Accountant salary in the Central Missouri nonmetro area

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

Accountants at the 90th percentile earn $114,320, 2.5 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.6. The middle half of accountants in the Central Missouri nonmetro area earns $52,430–$89,840. The mean ($75,420) is 14% 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 $37,410 wide, against $39,210 across Missouri and $42,790 nationally: employers in the Central Missouri nonmetro area 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 $23,810 over the median, the 25th only $13,600 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $30,723 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 the Central Missouri nonmetro area, and the Missouri statewide median of $76,590 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Central Missouri nonmetro area

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 $19,170 to the $66,030 median and brings it to $85,200 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 the Central Missouri nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Central Missouri nonmetro area, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($74,080); recruiters come next at $64,060.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #11 of the 17 roles we track in the Central Missouri nonmetro area (-21.1%), between administrative assistants (-19.9%) and payroll specialists (-22.2%). The typical role here is at -18.5%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Accountants hold 7.8% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Central Missouri nonmetro area, 10.1% across Missouri and 9.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Missouri

Across the 12 areas of Missouri with data for this job, the median runs from $62,490 in the Southwest Missouri nonmetro area to $80,040 in Kansas City, a gap of $17,550 a year. Of the 5 areas in Missouri with more accountants than the Central Missouri nonmetro area, 1 pays less: Jefferson City, MO ($64,040).

the Central Missouri nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Central Missouri nonmetro area is #252 of 521 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Missouri, Hammond and Anniston-Oxford pay just above the Central Missouri nonmetro area and Jonesboro and El Paso just below. All four are within $230 a year of the median in the Central Missouri nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, all three pay more.

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