Pricing
How much does a bookkeeper cost? Here's the honest answer.
The honest range
Full bookkeeping starts at $500 a month
Here's roughly how it breaks down. Every plan at $500 and up includes the office manager support most bookkeepers don't offer at any price.
$300 / mo
You keep your own books day to day. I reconcile every account, review the file, and send you the reports.
- You handle the daily entry
- Every account reconciled monthly
- Review and plain-English reports
$500 – $750 / mo
Where most small shops and solo operators start. The books are off your plate entirely.
- Every transaction categorized and reconciled
- Monthly reports with notes on what changed
- Office manager in a box included
$750 – $2,500 / mo
Higher volume, payroll, job costing, and industry complexity. The sweet spot for most contractors and small teams.
- Job costing, retainage, and WIP where it applies
- Payroll tied into the books
- Office manager in a box included
$2,500 – $6,000 / mo
Multiple entities, heavy volume, intercompany activity, and CFO-level reporting your lender can rely on.
- Multi-entity and intercompany reconciliation
- Management and lender-ready report packages
- Office manager in a box included
These are honest ranges to set expectations, not a quote. Your exact number comes after one quick call, once I understand your business.
Your office manager in a box
- Help filling out forms, from vendor packets to government paperwork
- Filing for business licenses and keeping the renewals on track
- Reviewing your insurance renewals before you sign
- General liability and workers' comp audits, handled start to finish
- Any other question you'd ask an office manager to track down the answer to
Included with every monthly bookkeeping plan at $500 and up.
Why I cost more than most
Someone to hand the paperwork to
Priced separately
Three things that are never quietly folded in
I'd rather tell you up front what costs extra than surprise you later. These are real work on top of the monthly plan, and they're priced that way.
Accounts receivable and payable
Sending your invoices, chasing what's owed, and paying your bills for you is a different job from keeping the books. It's available, and clients who need it pay noticeably more for it.
Inventory tracking
I can track inventory when you get me physical counts to work from. It's always an additional charge, priced on how much there is to track.
Cleanup and catch-up
If the books are behind or wrong when we start, there's a one-time project to get them current and correct before monthly service begins.
The market, honestly
Cheap bookkeeping costs more later
There's always someone offering to keep your books for $75 a month, and I understand the appeal. Here's the honest truth though: that price often costs more in the end. Cleanup work later isn't cheap, and in the meantime you may overpay on taxes because deductions got missed.
What you're paying me for is the oversight around the numbers, not just the data entry. I'll tell you what your reports mean, give you a heads up when something needs attention, and handle the office manager work that would otherwise land back on you.
What drives the price
Four things move the number
Transaction volume
More accounts and more monthly transactions mean more to categorize and reconcile. A one-person shop and a busy contractor with three cards aren't the same job.
Payroll
Running payroll, contractors, and the filings that come with them adds real work each month. If you have a team, that factors in.
Cleanup needed
If we start from a mess, there's a one-time cleanup to get you current and correct before smooth monthly service begins.
Industry complexity
Construction job costing, retainage, progress billing, and sales tax take more expertise than a simple service business. Complexity is priced honestly.
What you're really paying for
What CFO-level service includes that cheap bookkeeping skips
Anyone can record a transaction. The value is in everything that happens around it. This is the part that actually protects your money.
- A real read on your numbers, not just tidy data entry
- Problems flagged before they grow, not discovered at tax time
- Job or profit-center costing so you know what actually makes money
- A partner who talks directly to your CPA and speaks their language
- CFO-level monthly reporting, with context on what it means
- An office manager you can hand the paperwork to
Want your exact number? It takes one call.
I'll give you a real quote after a 15-minute conversation about your business. No prep needed, no obligation.