Accountant salary in Austin-Round Rock, TX

Pay in Austin-Round Rock against Texas and the US

The middle half of accountants in Austin-Round Rock earns $68,250–$103,820. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $130,130, only 2.3 times the bottom tenth, against 2.6 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($91,300) is 10% 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 $35,570 wide, against $38,200 across Texas and $42,790 nationally: employers in Austin-Round Rock pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an accountant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $20,700 a year in pay and about $26,710 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $14,870 in pay. 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 median and the 75th percentile in Austin-Round Rock, and the Texas statewide median of $80,920 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Austin-Round Rock

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 $24,132 to the $83,120 median and brings it to $107,252 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 Austin-Round Rock

Of the 17 roles we track in Austin-Round Rock, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($102,390); marketing specialists come next at $80,460.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #11 of the 17 roles we track in Austin-Round Rock (-0.7%), between recruiters (-0.1%) and customer support specialists (-2.3%). The typical role here is at +0.1%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Accountants hold 7.4% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Austin-Round Rock, 7.4% across Texas and 9.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Texas

Across the 32 areas of Texas with data for this job, the median runs from $63,410 in Laredo to $100,890 in Midland, a gap of $37,480 a year. Of the 2 areas in Texas with more accountants than Austin-Round Rock, 1 pays less: Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ($82,620).

Austin-Round Rock against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Austin-Round Rock is #24 of 521 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job and one of the better-paying ones. Outside Texas, Modesto and Stockton-Lodi pay just above Austin-Round Rock and Atlantic City-Hammonton and Vineland just below. All four are within $450 a year of the median in Austin-Round Rock. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, all three pay more.

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