Salaries · Bookkeeper · Mexico · Updated November 2026
Bookkeeper salary in Mexico
Foreign businesses that hire a bookkeeper in Mexico directly pay $8.00–$10.00 an hour on hourly work, or $1,500–$2,500 a month full-time, in published job ads and salary guides. Local employers there pay $2.67–$4.17 an hour ($463–$723 a month full-time).
The numbers
| What you're looking at | Per hour | Per month, full-time | Based on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hiring directly: hourly rate | $8.00–$10.00 | 1 published figure | |
| Hiring directly: full-time pay | $8.65–$14.42 | $1,500–$2,500 | 1 published figure |
| Local employers in Mexico | $2.67–$4.17 | $463–$723 | 3 published figures |
| For comparison: employees in the US | $20.92–$29.55 | $3,626–$5,122 | Wages only, before benefits and payroll taxes |
For this role, direct-hire pay in Mexico runs about 3.3× local pay, midpoint to midpoint. Budget from the direct-hire figures, not the local ones.
Mexico against other countries
Of the 8 countries with published direct-hire figures for this role, Mexico has the 6th lowest starting figure.
Every figure behind these numbers
Hiring directly (remote work for foreign businesses)
- range · hourly rate$8.00–$10.00/hrNative Pest Management careers page (BambooHR), remote job ad (ad posted 2026-10-01 (reposted on Himalayas 2026-10-24), open on 2026-10-28). Checked Oct 2026. Hourly USD pay published in 1 live full-time remote job ad by a US (Florida) pest-control company for an accounts-receivable representative based in Mexico (customer accounts, payment collection, account reconciliation).
- range · full-time pay$1,500–$2,500/month Himalayas, live remote job ads by direct foreign employers (search with new keywords) (ad posted 2026-10-24, live on 2026-10-28). Checked Oct 2026. Monthly USD pay published in 1 live full-time remote job ad by a US accounting firm for an associate staff accountant doing day-to-day bookkeeping (transaction coding, reconciliations, accounts payable), open only to Mexico.
Local employers
- average · local employersMX$11,559/month Indeed Mexico, 'Auxiliar contable' salary page (updated Oct 19, 2026). Checked Oct 2026. Average base salary from 28.1k salaries published on Indeed for 'Auxiliar contable' (accounting clerk). Indeed's typical range: MXN 8,031 to MXN 16,637 a month.
- average · local employersMX$13,500/month Computrabajo Mexico, 'Auxiliar contable' salary page (updated Sep 8, 2026 (per snippet)). Checked Oct 2026. Snippet: average ('sueldo medio') of $13,500 al mes for Auxiliar contable, 'una estimación a partir de 6,419,892 fuentes obtenidas de las empresas, usuarios y empleados en los últimos 12 meses'.
- average · local employersMX$8,640/month Data México (Secretaría de Economía), accounting and finance assistants occupation profile (2026 Q1). Checked Oct 2026. 'Salario promedio mensual' of $8.64k MX for everyone working in the occupation 'Auxiliares en Contabilidad, Economía, Finanzas y Agentes de Bolsa' (403k people; 23% informal workers). Government labor data; the page rounds figures.
'Auxiliar contable' (accounting clerk) is the local equivalent of a bookkeeper.
What an agency charges for this role
Published by Outsourcing Insider, a VA MASTERS company. The example below is VA MASTERS' own published rate card, shown because it's public; other agencies' prices vary. About us
| Agency | Per hour | Per month, 160 hours | What's included |
|---|---|---|---|
| VA MASTERS Parent company | $7.50–$14.00 | $1,200–$2,240 | Recruitment, contract and payments, time tracking, an account manager and replacement at no extra cost. No setup fee. Source: VA MASTERS pricing page, checked Oct 2026. |
Hiring a bookkeeper
- Bookkeeper job description
- Bookkeeper interview questions and a paid test task
- Onboarding checklist for the first 90 days
- Hiring checklist, from defining the job to day one
Cost guides
FAQ
How much does a bookkeeper cost in Mexico?
Hiring directly, foreign businesses pay $8.00–$10.00 an hour on hourly work, or $1,500–$2,500 a month full-time (Native Pest Management careers page, Himalayas, checked Oct 2026). Local employers in Mexico pay $2.67–$4.17 an hour ($463–$723 a month full-time), which is local pay, not the rate for remote work for a foreign client.
What is the monthly salary of a bookkeeper in Mexico?
Published full-time pay for remote work for foreign businesses is $1,500–$2,500 a month. Local employers pay $463–$723 a month. Both use 40 hours a week and are in USD.
Why is hiring directly different from local pay in Mexico?
They measure two different markets. Local pay is what employers in Mexico pay local staff. Direct-hire figures come from job ads, salary guides and surveys for remote work for foreign businesses. For this role the second runs about 3.3× the first, midpoint to midpoint, so local pay isn't a good guide to what a remote hire will cost.
How does Mexico compare with hiring a bookkeeper in the US?
Employees' wages in the US run $20.92–$29.55 an hour for the middle 50% of workers, before benefits and payroll taxes. Hiring directly in Mexico, published figures come to $8.00–$14.42 an hour, with full-time pay converted to an hourly figure. That's pay only: you'd still do the recruiting, contract and payments yourself.
What does an agency charge for a bookkeeper?
Agencies set their own prices, and many don't publish them. As one published example, VA MASTERS (the parent company of this site's publisher) lists $7.50–$14.00 an hour for its Finance & Accounting category, all-inclusive. Ask any agency what its rate covers: recruiting, replacement, payroll and fees.