Accountant salary in the Central New Hampshire nonmetro area

Pay in the Central New Hampshire nonmetro area against New Hampshire and the US

The middle half of accountants in the Central New Hampshire nonmetro area earns $63,880–$97,390. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $122,260, only 2.2 times the bottom tenth, against 2.6 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $33,510 wide, against $33,800 across New Hampshire and $42,790 nationally: employers in the Central New Hampshire nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an accountant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $13,850 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $19,660, or about $25,368 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 Central New Hampshire nonmetro area, and the New Hampshire statewide median of $83,470 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Central New Hampshire 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 $22,567 to the $77,730 median and brings it to $100,297 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 New Hampshire nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Central New Hampshire nonmetro area, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($81,560); sales development representatives come next at $70,160.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #13 of the 17 roles we track in the Central New Hampshire nonmetro area (-7.1%), between office managers (-3.7%) and executive assistants (-11.5%). The typical role here is at -1.7%, so, measured against the US, accountants cost less in the Central New Hampshire nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Accountants hold 10.4% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Central New Hampshire nonmetro area, 9.4% across New Hampshire and 9.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in New Hampshire

Across the 4 areas of New Hampshire with data for this job, the median runs from $77,730 in the Central New Hampshire nonmetro area to $83,660 in Manchester-Nashua, a gap of $5,930 a year. The one area in New Hampshire with more accountants, Manchester-Nashua, NH ($83,660), also pays more.

the Central New Hampshire nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Central New Hampshire nonmetro area is #182 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside New Hampshire, Lafayette-West Lafayette and Prescott Valley-Prescott pay just above the Central New Hampshire nonmetro area and Green Bay and St. Cloud just below. All four are within $40 a year of the median in the Central New Hampshire nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, one pays more.

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