Accountant salary in the Central Louisiana nonmetro area

Pay in the Central Louisiana nonmetro area against Louisiana and the US

The middle half of accountants in the Central Louisiana nonmetro area earns $50,870–$79,400. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $98,660, only 2.3 times the bottom tenth, against 2.6 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($69,950) 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 $28,530 wide, against $31,870 across Louisiana and $42,790 nationally: employers in the Central Louisiana nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an accountant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $13,620 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $14,910, or about $19,239 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 75th and 90th percentiles in the Central Louisiana nonmetro area, and the Louisiana statewide median of $73,810 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local accountants earn.

What a hire really costs in the Central Louisiana nonmetro area

At the $64,490 median, a local hire costs about $83,213 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,723 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 Central Louisiana nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the Central Louisiana nonmetro area, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($89,650); recruiters come next at $59,990.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #8 of the 15 roles we track in the Central Louisiana nonmetro area (-22.9%), between bookkeepers (-22.7%) and medical administrative assistants (-23.2%). The typical role here is at -22.9%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Accountants hold 5.9% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the Central Louisiana nonmetro area, 8.3% across Louisiana and 9.3% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Louisiana

Across the 13 areas of Louisiana with data for this job, the median runs from $64,090 in the Southwest Louisiana nonmetro area to $77,940 in New Orleans-Metairie, a gap of $13,850 a year. Of the 10 areas in Louisiana with more accountants than the Central Louisiana nonmetro area, 1 pays less: the Southwest Louisiana nonmetro area ($64,090).

the Central Louisiana nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Central Louisiana nonmetro area is #452 of 521 US areas for this job. It is a small market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Louisiana, Johnson City and Lincoln pay just above the Central Louisiana nonmetro area and McAllen-Edinburg and Jefferson City just below. All four are within $680 a year of the median in the Central Louisiana nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, two pay more.

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