Accountant salary in Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC

Pay in Charlotte-Concord against North Carolina and the US

The middle half of accountants in Charlotte-Concord earns $72,420–$129,000. The top tenth earns $167,330 or more, 2.8 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.6 times. The mean ($101,910) 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 $56,580 wide, wider than in North Carolina as a whole ($42,970) and the US ($42,790), so what a accountant earns in Charlotte-Concord depends more on the employer.

What to budget for an accountant here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $36,090 over the median, the 25th only $20,490 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $46,568 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 25th percentile and the median in Charlotte-Concord, and the North Carolina statewide median of $82,050 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Charlotte-Concord

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 $26,974 to the $92,910 median and brings it to $119,884 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 Charlotte-Concord

Of the 17 roles we track in Charlotte-Concord, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($105,200); marketing specialists come next at $82,930.

Measured against the US median, this job is the best paid of the 17 roles we track in Charlotte-Concord (+11.0%); sales development representatives come last (-11.6%). The typical role here is at +0.3%, so, measured against the US, accountants cost more in Charlotte-Concord than the area's general pay level would suggest. Accountants hold 11.2% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Charlotte-Concord, 9.4% across North Carolina and 9.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in North Carolina

Across the 18 areas of North Carolina with data for this job, the median runs from $73,740 in Jacksonville to $92,910 in Charlotte-Concord, a gap of $19,170 a year. No other area in North Carolina has as many accountants, and all 17 others pay less.

Charlotte-Concord against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Charlotte-Concord is #17 of 521 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job and one of the better-paying ones. Outside North Carolina, Mount Vernon-Anacortes and Waterbury-Shelton pay just above Charlotte-Concord and Portland-Vancouver and Sacramento-Roseville just below. All four are within $800 a year of the median in Charlotte-Concord. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, none pays as much.

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