Accountant salary in the Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetro area

Pay in the Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetro area against Colorado and the US

Pay is more spread out here than nationally: the top tenth earns $129,700 or more, 2.9 times the bottom tenth, against 2.6 times across the US. Two offers for the same title can sit far apart. The middle half of accountants in the Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetro area earns $57,530–$98,120. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $40,590 wide, against $52,370 across Colorado and $42,790 nationally: employers in the Eastern and Southern Colorado 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 $21,590 a year in pay and about $27,858 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $19,000 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 Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetro area, and the Colorado statewide median of $97,030 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Eastern and Southern Colorado 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 $22,218 to the $76,530 median and brings it to $98,748 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 Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetro area, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between sales development representatives ($77,730) and office managers ($69,140). Project Coordinator is the highest at $96,080.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #12 of the 16 roles we track in the Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetro area (-8.5%), between administrative assistants (-6.5%) and customer support specialists (-9.4%). The typical role here is at -4.9%, so, measured against the US, accountants cost less in the Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Accountants hold 10.9% of the jobs in the 15 of these roles with a job count in the Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetro area, 12.7% across Colorado and 10.0% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

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. All 8 areas in Colorado with more accountants than the Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetro area also pay more, among them Denver-Aurora, CO ($100,020) and Colorado Springs, CO ($85,000).

the Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetro area is #310 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Colorado, Harrisonburg and Bloomington pay just above the Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetro area and Bloomington and Harrisburg-Carlisle just below. All four are within $110 a year of the median in the Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, one pays more.

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