Accountant salary in the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area

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

The middle half of accountants in the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area earns $69,580–$95,860. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $110,850, only 1.9 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 $26,280 wide, against $29,800 across Oregon and $42,790 nationally: employers in the Eastern Oregon 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 $16,540 over the median, the 25th only $9,740 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $21,342 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 Oregon nonmetro area, and the Oregon statewide median of $85,800 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Eastern Oregon 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 $23,028 to the $79,320 median and brings it to $102,348 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 Oregon nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($91,750); office managers come next at $73,740.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #9 of the 15 roles we track in the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area (-5.2%), between administrative assistants (-4.5%) and recruiters (-9.5%). The typical role here is at -4.5%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Accountants hold 6.7% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area, 7.9% across Oregon and 9.3% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Oregon

Across the 11 areas of Oregon with data for this job, the median runs from $77,200 in Corvallis to $92,200 in Portland-Vancouver, a gap of $15,000 a year. All 6 areas in Oregon with more accountants than the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area also pay more, among them Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA ($92,200) and Salem, OR ($87,480).

the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area is #434 of 521 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Oregon, Ames and Charleston-North Charleston pay just above the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area and Des Moines-West Des Moines and Indianapolis-Carmel just below. All four are within $30 a year of the median in the Eastern Oregon nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, one pays more.

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