Accountant salary in the Alaska nonmetro area

Pay in the Alaska nonmetro area against Alaska and the US

The middle half of accountants in the Alaska nonmetro area earns $76,540–$106,690. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $125,990, only 2.1 times the bottom tenth, against 2.6 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($93,880) is 9% over the median, so a group of high earners pulls the average up; price a typical hire from the median. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $30,150 wide, against $30,230 across Alaska and $42,790 nationally: employers in the Alaska nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an accountant here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $20,840 over the median, the 25th only $9,310 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $26,890 a year in employer cost. These percentiles describe what people in the job earn locally, not experience levels, so place your offer by the tasks and seniority you need.

For scale, the US median of $83,680 falls between the 25th percentile and the median in the Alaska nonmetro area, and the Alaska statewide median of $83,460 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Alaska nonmetro area

Pay is only part of it. Benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², which adds about $24,924 to the $85,850 median and brings it to $110,774 a year. Recruiting, equipment and office space come on top. Benefit levels vary by employer, so treat this as an estimate.

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Other roles in the Alaska nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Alaska nonmetro area, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($98,020); recruiters come next at $78,900.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #11 of the 16 roles we track in the Alaska nonmetro area (+2.6%), between administrative assistants (+3.5%) and office managers (-0.9%). The typical role here is at +3.8%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Accountants hold 7.3% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Alaska nonmetro area, 6.9% across Alaska and 9.2% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Alaska

Across the 3 areas of Alaska with data for this job, the median runs from $82,150 in Anchorage to $85,850 in the Alaska nonmetro area, a gap of $3,700 a year. The one area in Alaska with more accountants, Anchorage, AK ($82,150), pays less: a bigger pool at a lower median.

the Alaska nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Alaska nonmetro area is #263 of 521 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside Alaska, Philadelphia-Camden and Bend pay just above the Alaska nonmetro area and Atlanta-Sandy Springs and Bellingham just below. All four are within $400 a year of the median in the Alaska nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, one pays more.

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