Accountant salary in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach, FL

Pay in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach against Florida and the US

The middle half of accountants in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach earns $62,980–$101,500. The top tenth earns $128,810 or more, 2.5 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.6 times. The mean ($87,190) 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 only $38,520 wide, against $40,410 across Florida and $42,790 nationally: employers in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an accountant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $21,990 a year in pay and about $28,374 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $16,530 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 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach, and the Florida statewide median of $79,250 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach

At the $79,510 median, a local hire costs about $102,594 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $23,084 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 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach

Of the 17 roles we track in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($100,180); recruiters come next at $76,230.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #8 of the 17 roles we track in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach (-5.0%), between e-commerce order specialists (-4.5%) and administrative assistants (-5.4%). The typical role here is at -5.4%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Accountants hold 7.4% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach, 7.9% across Florida and 9.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Florida

Across the 24 areas of Florida with data for this job, the median runs from $61,840 in Tallahassee to $84,570 in Naples-Marco Island, a gap of $22,730 a year. Of the 14 areas in Florida with more accountants than Crestview-Fort Walton Beach, 10 pay less, the largest of them Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL ($78,990), Orlando-Kissimmee, FL ($78,630) and Tallahassee, FL ($61,840).

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Crestview-Fort Walton Beach is #229 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Florida, Peoria and Elmira pay just above Crestview-Fort Walton Beach and Virginia Beach-Chesapeake and Visalia just below. All four are within $110 a year of the median in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, none pays as much.

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