Accountant salary in the East North Dakota nonmetro area

Pay in the East North Dakota nonmetro area against North Dakota and the US

The middle half of accountants in the East North Dakota nonmetro area earns $58,070–$82,790. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $105,670, only 2.2 times the bottom tenth, against 2.6 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($73,960) 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 only $24,720 wide, against $34,820 across North Dakota and $42,790 nationally: employers in the East North Dakota nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an accountant here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $16,550 over the median, the 25th only $8,170 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $21,355 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 75th and 90th percentiles in the East North Dakota nonmetro area, and the North Dakota statewide median of $75,730 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local accountants earn.

What a hire really costs in the East North Dakota nonmetro area

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 $19,231 to the $66,240 median and brings it to $85,471 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 the East North Dakota nonmetro area

Of the 14 roles we track in the East North Dakota nonmetro area, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between recruiters ($71,150) and office managers ($61,530). Project Coordinator is the highest at $92,490.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #11 of the 14 roles we track in the East North Dakota nonmetro area (-20.8%), between office managers (-11.5%) and executive assistants (-22.8%). The typical role here is at -7.0%, so, measured against the US, accountants cost less in the East North Dakota nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Accountants hold 16.2% of the jobs in these 14 roles in the East North Dakota nonmetro area, 13.2% across North Dakota and 9.3% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in North Dakota

Across the 6 areas of North Dakota with data for this job, the median runs from $66,240 in the East North Dakota nonmetro area to $77,640 in the West North Dakota nonmetro area, a gap of $11,400 a year. All 3 areas in North Dakota with more accountants than the East North Dakota nonmetro area also pay more, among them Fargo, ND-MN ($76,420) and Bismarck, ND ($76,910).

the East North Dakota nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the East North Dakota nonmetro area is #291 of 521 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside North Dakota, Anniston-Oxford and Brownsville-Harlingen pay just above the East North Dakota nonmetro area and Hammond and Jonesboro just below. All four are within $240 a year of the median in the East North Dakota nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, all three pay more.

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