Accountant salary in Brunswick-St. Simons, GA

Pay in Brunswick-St. Simons against Georgia and the US

Pay is more spread out here than nationally: the top tenth earns $129,250 or more, 2.9 times the bottom tenth, against 2.6 times across the US. Two offers for the same title can sit far apart. The middle half of accountants in Brunswick-St. Simons earns $59,320–$99,110. The mean ($82,820) 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 $39,790 wide, against $44,280 across Georgia and $42,790 nationally: employers in Brunswick-St. Simons 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 $24,050 over the median, the 25th only $15,740 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $31,032 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 median and the 75th percentile in Brunswick-St. Simons, and the Georgia statewide median of $81,900 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Brunswick-St. Simons

At the $75,060 median, a local hire costs about $96,852 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $21,792 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 Brunswick-St. Simons

Of the 14 roles we track in Brunswick-St. Simons, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($77,070); recruiters come next at $62,870.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #2 of the 14 roles we track in Brunswick-St. Simons (-10.3%), between payroll specialists (-7.2%) and virtual receptionists (-10.6%). The typical role here is at -17.8%, so, measured against the US, accountants cost more in Brunswick-St. Simons than the area's general pay level would suggest. Accountants hold 7.2% of the jobs in these 14 roles in Brunswick-St. Simons, 8.7% across Georgia and 9.3% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Georgia

Across the 18 areas of Georgia with data for this job, the median runs from $67,800 in Hinesville to $85,820 in Atlanta-Sandy Springs, a gap of $18,020 a year. Of the 15 areas in Georgia with more accountants than Brunswick-St. Simons, 5 pay less, the largest of them Columbus, GA-AL ($73,640), Macon-Bibb County, GA ($74,870) and the East Georgia nonmetro area ($72,790).

Brunswick-St. Simons against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Brunswick-St. Simons is #475 of 521 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Georgia, Iowa City and Niles pay just above Brunswick-St. Simons and Longview and Montgomery just below. All four are within $80 a year of the median in Brunswick-St. Simons. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, none pays as much.

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