Accountant salary in Bozeman, MT

Pay in Bozeman against Montana and the US

The middle half of accountants in Bozeman earns $63,010–$96,900. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $121,790, only 2.1 times the bottom tenth, against 2.6 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($83,730) is 8% 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 $33,890 wide, against $35,630 across Montana and $42,790 nationally: employers in Bozeman pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an accountant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $14,390 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $19,500, or about $25,161 once benefits are added. 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 Bozeman, and the Montana statewide median of $75,810 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Bozeman

At the $77,400 median, a local hire costs about $99,871 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $22,471 here. 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 Bozeman

Of the 13 roles we track in Bozeman, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($99,090); office managers come next at $68,620.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #9 of the 13 roles we track in Bozeman (-7.5%), between paralegals (-6.0%) and sales development representatives (-11.7%). The typical role here is at -3.2%, so, measured against the US, accountants cost less in Bozeman than the area's general pay level would suggest. Accountants hold 14.7% of the jobs in these 13 roles in Bozeman, 13.0% across Montana and 11.2% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Montana

Across the 8 areas of Montana with data for this job, the median runs from $72,510 in Great Falls to $77,400 in Bozeman, a gap of $4,890 a year. No other area in Montana has as many accountants, and all 7 others pay less.

Bozeman against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Bozeman is #239 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Montana, Dalton and Elkhart-Goshen pay just above Bozeman and Duluth and Toledo just below. All four are within $20 a year of the median in Bozeman. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, two pay more.

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