Locations / Salt Lake City, UT
Salt Lake City, UT
Managed Filipino staff for Salt Lake City businesses.
Trained, managed operations staff and pods for Salt Lake City-area marketing agencies, property managers and more. Monthly or hourly, working your hours.
Bookkeeping assistant, per hour. Local = May 2025 BLS median wage for the Salt Lake City metro plus about 30% employer costs.
The Salt Lake City market
Who does business in Salt Lake City.
In 2024 the Salt Lake City metro had 1,317 plumbing, HVAC and electrical contractors, the largest of the five markets we serve. The most distinctive is advertising, PR and marketing agencies: they make up 1.59 times their national share of local businesses. Accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll firms grew fastest, up 7.7% on 2023. For accounting and bookkeeping firms per resident, Salt Lake City ranks 1st of the 50 largest US metros.
| Industry | Businesses | Per 100k residents | Change on 2023 | Concentration vs US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advertising, PR and marketing agencies | 726 | 55 | +1.7% | 1.59× |
| Property management and related real estate firms | 1,235 | 94 | +2.1% | 1.49× |
| Accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll firms | 1,305 | 100 | +7.7% | 1.24× |
| Insurance agencies and brokerages | 1,207 | 92 | +2.6% | 1.12× |
| Plumbing, HVAC and electrical contractors | 1,317 | 101 | +2.2% | 0.99× |
Business counts: BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages, private sector, Salt Lake City metropolitan area. Concentration compares each industry’s share of local businesses with its share nationally (1.00× = the US average). Per-resident figures use 2025 population estimates.
What a local hire costs in Salt Lake City
The cost of a seat in Salt Lake City, role by role.
Salt Lake City has the 25th highest median wage for bookkeeping, accounting and auditing clerks among the 50 largest US metros. Even at the top of our draft range, a managed Molave role costs about 25% less per hour than a local hire with employer costs. That’s a meaningful saving, even before counting recruiting and turnover. Most Salt Lake City bookkeepers earn between $21.34 and $29.70 an hour.
| Role | Salt Lake City median wage | With employer costs | Molave (draft) | Less, at our top rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bookkeeping assistantBLS: Bookkeeping, accounting and auditing clerks | $24.67 | $32.07 | $14–$24 | 25% |
| Marketing productionBLS: Market research analysts and marketing specialists (more senior than most production roles, so this overstates the gap) | $31.09 | $40.42 | $14–$24 | 41% |
| Customer service / CSRBLS: Customer service representatives | $21.83 | $28.38 | $10–$16 | 44% |
| Admin / operations assistantBLS: Secretaries and administrative assistants | $23.04 | $29.95 | $10–$16 | 47% |
Wages: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, median hourly wage for the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. “With employer costs” adds about 30% for payroll taxes and benefits, rounded from BLS Employer Costs for Employee Compensation. Molave rates are draft ranges. BLS categories are the closest match to each role, not an exact one. The Salt Lake City metro employs 6,310 bookkeeping, accounting and auditing clerks and 8,250 marketing specialists and analysts, according to the BLS.
Your team works your day.
Molave staff work Salt Lake City business hours. In Manila that’s a night shift, which is standard in the Filipino outsourcing industry and something we plan around from day one.
Nearby metros
Bookkeeping costs around Salt Lake City.
Of these metros, Salt Lake City pays the least for this work, $2.98 an hour below Denver at the median. Local hiring is cheaper here, so the case for Molave rests more on training, management and cover.
Industries
Who we support in Salt Lake City.
Ordered by how concentrated each industry is in Salt Lake City.
Plug in trained production capacity for SEO, reporting, CRM and client operations.
726 advertising, PR and marketing agencies in the Salt Lake City metro.
In Salt Lake City → Property managementA trained operations team for tenant, vendor and listing work.
1,235 property management and related real estate firms in the Salt Lake City metro.
Explore → Bookkeeping & CASA trained offshore accounting operations bench, not a random VA.
1,305 accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll firms in the Salt Lake City metro.
In Salt Lake City → Insurance agenciesTrained service support that works behind your licensed producers.
1,207 insurance agencies and brokerages in the Salt Lake City metro.
Explore → Home servicesA remote back office that keeps calls, estimates and follow-up moving.
1,317 plumbing, HVAC and electrical contractors in the Salt Lake City metro.
Explore →Salt Lake City questions
Straight answers, with local numbers.
How many accounting and bookkeeping firms are in the Salt Lake City area?
1,305 accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll firms, based on 2024 BLS data, +7.7% on the year before. That’s 100 for every 100,000 residents.
What does a bookkeeper cost in Salt Lake City?
The median wage for bookkeeping, accounting and auditing clerks in the Salt Lake City metro is $24.67 an hour (May 2025), and most earn between $21.34 and $29.70. With payroll taxes and benefits, a median hire costs about $32.07 an hour. A managed Molave bookkeeping assistant costs $14–$24 an hour.
Can Molave staff work Salt Lake City hours?
Yes. Staff work Salt Lake City business hours. A 9am–5pm day in Salt Lake City is 11pm–7am in Manila during US daylight saving time and midnight–8am in winter, a night shift that’s standard in the Filipino outsourcing industry.
Book a staffing call
Start with one role in Salt Lake City.
Tell us what’s stuck. We’ll come back with the role, the person and the price, with no upfront recruiting fee.