Accountant salary in the Eastern Ohio nonmetro area

Pay in the Eastern Ohio nonmetro area against Ohio and the US

The middle half of accountants in the Eastern Ohio nonmetro area earns $60,310–$99,040. The top tenth earns $130,000 or more, 2.7 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.6 times. The mean ($83,350) 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 only $38,730 wide, against $39,210 across Ohio and $42,790 nationally: employers in the Eastern Ohio 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 $22,630 a year in pay and about $29,200 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $16,100 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 Ohio nonmetro area, and the Ohio statewide median of $79,320 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Eastern Ohio 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 $22,184 to the $76,410 median and brings it to $98,594 a year. Recruiting, equipment and office space come on top. Benefit levels vary by employer, so treat this as an estimate.

We place executive assistants, customer support and e-commerce staff today; for accountants we answer within one business day whether we can help. Enter the monthly pay you have in mind to compare it with a local hire. The fee field shows our standard fee³; Deel's contractor plan is the default payroll tool⁴.

Other roles in the Eastern Ohio nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Eastern Ohio nonmetro area, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($82,950); recruiters come next at $64,840.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #8 of the 17 roles we track in the Eastern Ohio nonmetro area (-8.7%), between administrative assistants (-8.7%) and data entry specialists (-10.8%). The typical role here is at -10.8%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Accountants hold 9.6% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Eastern Ohio nonmetro area, 9.9% across Ohio and 9.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Ohio

Across the 16 areas of Ohio with data for this job, the median runs from $67,280 in Mansfield to $81,700 in Columbus, a gap of $14,420 a year. Of the 10 areas in Ohio with more accountants than the Eastern Ohio nonmetro area, 3 pay less: the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area ($71,130), Youngstown-Warren, OH ($73,080) and Canton-Massillon, OH ($72,170).

the Eastern Ohio nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Eastern Ohio nonmetro area is #204 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Ohio, Pensacola-Ferry Pass and Fargo pay just above the Eastern Ohio nonmetro area and Eau Claire and Gulfport-Biloxi just below. All four are within $30 a year of the median in the Eastern Ohio nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, none pays as much.

Questions

Sources

How these pages are built: methodology and data sources. Last updated 2026-11-12.