Accountant salary in the East South Dakota nonmetro area

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

The middle half of accountants in the East South Dakota nonmetro area earns $64,800–$93,400. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $107,860, only 1.8 times the bottom tenth, against 2.6 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $28,600 wide, against $30,950 across South Dakota and $42,790 nationally: employers in the East South Dakota nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an accountant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $16,330 a year in pay and about $21,071 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $12,270 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 East South Dakota nonmetro area, and the South Dakota statewide median of $78,880 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the East South 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 $22,375 to the $77,070 median and brings it to $99,445 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 South Dakota nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the East South Dakota nonmetro area, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($82,850); recruiters come next at $65,130.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #4 of the 15 roles we track in the East South Dakota nonmetro area (-7.9%), between HR assistants (-4.1%) and paralegals (-8.1%). The typical role here is at -12.3%, so, measured against the US, accountants cost more in the East South Dakota nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Accountants hold 13.1% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the East South Dakota nonmetro area, 13.4% across South Dakota and 9.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in South Dakota

Across the 4 areas of South Dakota with data for this job, the median runs from $76,590 in the West South Dakota nonmetro area to $80,920 in Sioux Falls, a gap of $4,330 a year. The one area in South Dakota with more accountants, Sioux Falls, SD-MN ($80,920), also pays more.

the East South Dakota nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the East South Dakota nonmetro area is #132 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside South Dakota, Spartanburg and Janesville-Beloit pay just above the East South Dakota nonmetro area and Omaha and Memphis just below. All four are within $110 a year of the median in the East South Dakota nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, all three pay more.

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