Accountant salary in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area

Pay in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area against New York and the US

Accountants at the 90th percentile earn $122,270, 2.3 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.6. The middle half of accountants in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area earns $61,980–$97,130. The mean ($83,860) 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 $35,150 wide, against $55,060 across New York and $42,790 nationally: employers in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an accountant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $14,530 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $20,620, or about $26,606 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 the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area, and the New York statewide median of $102,640 falls between the 75th and 90th percentiles.

What a hire really costs in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area

At the $76,510 median, a local hire costs about $98,723 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $22,213 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 the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($97,210); recruiters come next at $71,560.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #14 of the 17 roles we track in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area (-8.6%), between executive assistants (-7.2%) and sales development representatives (-10.9%). The typical role here is at -4.4%, so, measured against the US, accountants cost less in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Accountants hold 7.0% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area, 10.0% across New York and 9.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in New York

Across the 16 areas of New York with data for this job, the median runs from $76,510 in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area to $105,650 in New York-Newark, a gap of $29,140 a year. All 9 areas in New York with more accountants than the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area also pay more, among them New York-Newark, NY-NJ ($105,650) and Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY ($82,120).

the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area is #236 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside New York, Harrisburg-Carlisle and Bloomington pay just above the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area and Fargo and Pensacola-Ferry Pass just below. All four are within $100 a year of the median in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, one pays more.

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