Accountant salary in Colorado Springs, CO

Pay in Colorado Springs against Colorado and the US

Accountants at the 90th percentile earn $143,700, 2.6 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.6. The middle half of accountants in Colorado Springs earns $65,370–$117,840. The mean ($94,240) is 11% 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 $52,470 wide, wider than in Colorado as a whole ($52,370) and the US ($42,790), so what a accountant earns in Colorado Springs 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 $32,840 over the median, the 25th only $19,630 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $42,374 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 Colorado Springs, and the Colorado statewide median of $97,030 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in Colorado Springs

At the $85,000 median, a local hire costs about $109,677 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $24,677 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 Colorado Springs

Of the 17 roles we track in Colorado Springs, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between marketing specialists ($90,210) and recruiters ($79,000). Project Coordinator is the highest at $111,740.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #9 of the 17 roles we track in Colorado Springs (+1.6%), between customer support specialists (+3.0%) and office managers (+0.9%). The typical role here is at +1.6%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Accountants hold 8.1% of the jobs in the 16 of these roles with a job count in Colorado Springs, 11.5% across Colorado and 9.4% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Colorado

Across the 10 areas of Colorado with data for this job, the median runs from $76,530 in the Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetro area to $100,020 in Denver-Aurora, a gap of $23,490 a year. The one area in Colorado with more accountants, Denver-Aurora, CO ($100,020), also pays more.

Colorado Springs against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Colorado Springs is #83 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 Colorado, Houston-Pasadena and Durham-Chapel Hill pay just above Colorado Springs and Santa Cruz-Watsonville and Albany-Schenectady just below. All four are within $340 a year of the median in Colorado Springs. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, none pays as much.

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