Tasks in the US, Canada, the UK and the EU, with the rate on every one. See open tasks
Bookkeeper is one of the titles we hear most. These are the part-time roles where your experience carries over, what they pay per hour, and the tasks open now. About five hours a week, next to your main job.
By Grace Huang, Director, Finance & Accounting · Edited by Helena Voss · Published
Bookkeeping is steady, repeatable work, which is why small companies prefer to keep it with one person for months rather than switch every quarter. A typical engagement is two to four hours a week: categorise transactions, chase missing receipts, reconcile the bank and card accounts, and send a short note when something looks wrong.
What companies check first is the software you already know. Be specific in your profile: name the ledger, the bank feed and the payroll tool, and say whether you have closed a month on your own. The rate is set close to the country floor in many places, so the way to earn more is a second recurring client rather than a higher hourly figure.
In our data: 1,040 open tasks across the 3 roles that fit a bookkeeper, 53% of them remote. The typical senior rate for Bookkeeper is $35 in the US, £23 in the UK, CA$45 in Canada and €35 in Germany an hour, before the company's 15% fee. The other roles that fit are Accounts Payable Specialist, Month-End Close Accountant. Most of these tasks are sized for 3 to 10 hours a week. Rates come from official wage statistics aged to October 2026; see the full table by country.
The best match is first. Each role page shows the rate by country and level.
Day-to-day bookkeeping for small companies: coding, reconciliations and clean monthly books.
288 open tasksAccounts Payable SpecialistProcesses vendor invoices, matches them to orders and receipts, and runs payment batches on schedule.
321 open tasksMonth-End Close AccountantRuns the monthly close: journals, accruals, intercompany and the checklist, handed back on the due date.
Tasks in the roles above, newest first, each with the hourly rate.
Senior · Accounts Payable Specialist
Packaging manufacturer supplying aerospace · 51–200 employees
$35–$44 / hour
About $600 a month at 4 h a week
Manager · Month-End Close Accountant
Boutique advisory firm for retailers · 5,000+ employees
$83–$102 / hour
About $600 a month at 2 h a week
Senior · Accounts Payable Specialist
Series C collaboration software company for field-service companies · 201–500 employees
$38–$44 / hour
About $530 a month at 3 h a week
Manager · Month-End Close Accountant
Health insurer for homeowners · 201–500 employees
€51–€64 / hour
About €230–€580 in total
Senior · Bookkeeper
Space-technology company in drones · 5,000+ employees
€37–€47 / hour
About €170–€420 in total
Manager · Month-End Close Accountant
Retail chain with 120 stores · 1,001–5,000 employees
$87–$98 / hour
About $600 a month at 2 h a week
Three checks that take ten minutes.
The same rules apply to every task, so they live on two pages: Pricing explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; How it works covers matching, what a company sees and side work next to a job.
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