Accountant salary in the Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetro area

Pay in the Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetro area against Texas and the US

Accountants at the 90th percentile earn $133,920, 2.7 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.6. The middle half of accountants in the Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetro area earns $60,940–$101,500. The mean ($87,530) is 12% 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 $40,560 wide, between the figure for Texas ($38,200) and the US figure ($42,790).

What to budget for an accountant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $23,310 a year in pay and about $30,077 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $17,250 in pay. 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 Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetro area, and the Texas statewide median of $80,920 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetro area

At the $78,190 median, a local hire costs about $100,890 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $22,700 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 Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetro area, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($96,470); sales development representatives come next at $66,210.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #3 of the 16 roles we track in the Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetro area (-6.6%), between project coordinators (-5.7%) and paralegals (-6.7%). The typical role here is at -15.2%, so, measured against the US, accountants cost more in the Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Accountants hold 6.4% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetro area, 7.4% across Texas and 9.2% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Texas

Across the 32 areas of Texas with data for this job, the median runs from $63,410 in Laredo to $100,890 in Midland, a gap of $37,480 a year. Of the 18 areas in Texas with more accountants than the Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetro area, 12 pay less, the largest of them El Paso, TX ($65,990), the North Region of Texas nonmetro area ($76,290) and McAllen-Edinburg, TX ($64,470).

the Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetro area is #274 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Texas, Hanford-Corcoran and Pueblo pay just above the Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetro area and Sebastian-Vero Beach and Nashville-Murfreesboro just below. All four are within $150 a year of the median in the Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, none pays as much.

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