Accountant salary in the Eastern New Mexico nonmetro area

Pay in the Eastern New Mexico nonmetro area against New Mexico and the US

Accountants at the 90th percentile earn $129,010, 2.5 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.6. The middle half of accountants in the Eastern New Mexico nonmetro area earns $62,150–$104,000. The mean ($85,420) 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 $41,850 wide, between the figure for New Mexico ($35,800) and the US figure ($42,790).

What to budget for an accountant here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $25,440 over the median, the 25th only $16,410 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $32,826 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 median and the 75th percentile in the Eastern New Mexico nonmetro area, and the New Mexico statewide median of $78,580 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Eastern New Mexico nonmetro area

At the $78,560 median, a local hire costs about $101,368 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $22,808 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 the Eastern New Mexico nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the Eastern New Mexico nonmetro area, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between sales development representatives ($79,550) and executive assistants ($72,650). Project Coordinator is the highest at $93,810.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #5 of the 15 roles we track in the Eastern New Mexico nonmetro area (-6.1%), between executive assistants (-5.1%) and project coordinators (-8.3%). The typical role here is at -9.9%, so, measured against the US, accountants cost more in the Eastern New Mexico nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Accountants hold 6.0% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the Eastern New Mexico nonmetro area, 6.6% across New Mexico and 9.3% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in New Mexico

Across the 6 areas of New Mexico with data for this job, the median runs from $67,470 in Las Cruces to $88,880 in the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area, a gap of $21,410 a year. The one area in New Mexico with more accountants, Albuquerque, NM ($79,880), also pays more.

the Eastern New Mexico nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Eastern New Mexico nonmetro area is #213 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside New Mexico, Warner Robins and Fayetteville pay just above the Eastern New Mexico nonmetro area and Akron and Yuba City just below. All four are within $30 a year of the median in the Eastern New Mexico nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, one pays more.

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