Accountant salary in Corpus Christi, TX

Pay in Corpus Christi against Texas and the US

The middle half of accountants in Corpus Christi earns $60,140–$97,000. The top tenth earns $126,550 or more, 2.6 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.6 times. The mean ($82,420) is 9% 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 $36,860 wide, against $38,200 across Texas and $42,790 nationally: employers in Corpus Christi pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an accountant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $21,420 a year in pay and about $27,639 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $15,440 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 Corpus Christi, and the Texas statewide median of $80,920 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Corpus Christi

At the $75,580 median, a local hire costs about $97,523 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $21,943 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 Corpus Christi

Of the 17 roles we track in Corpus Christi, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($90,320); executive assistants come next at $67,360.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #2 of the 17 roles we track in Corpus Christi (-9.7%), between bookkeepers (-9.3%) and administrative assistants (-10.2%). The typical role here is at -16.3%, so, measured against the US, accountants cost more in Corpus Christi than the area's general pay level would suggest. Accountants hold 6.2% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Corpus Christi, 7.4% across Texas and 9.1% 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 9 areas in Texas with more accountants than Corpus Christi, 3 pay less: El Paso, TX ($65,990), McAllen-Edinburg, TX ($64,470) and the Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetro area ($74,450).

Corpus Christi against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Corpus Christi is #176 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Texas, Bangor and Provo-Orem pay just above Corpus Christi and Reading and Muskegon-Norton Shores just below. All four are within $120 a year of the median in Corpus Christi. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, all three pay more.

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