Accountant salary in the Eastern Washington nonmetro area

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

The middle half of accountants in the Eastern Washington nonmetro area earns $66,420–$100,800. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $128,680, only 2.2 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 $34,380 wide, against $43,300 across Washington and $42,790 nationally: employers in the Eastern Washington nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an accountant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $17,870 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $16,510, or about $21,303 once benefits are added. 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 25th percentile and the median in the Eastern Washington nonmetro area, and the Washington statewide median of $96,550 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in the Eastern Washington 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 $24,471 to the $84,290 median and brings it to $108,761 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 Washington nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Eastern Washington nonmetro area, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($96,780); recruiters come next at $77,520.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #11 of the 16 roles we track in the Eastern Washington nonmetro area (+0.7%), between sales development representatives (+1.8%) and HR assistants (-0.2%). The typical role here is at +4.6%, so, measured against the US, accountants cost less in the Eastern Washington nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Accountants hold 10.4% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Eastern Washington nonmetro area, 10.2% across Washington and 9.2% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Washington

Across the 13 areas of Washington with data for this job, the median runs from $82,380 in Yakima to $99,370 in Seattle-Tacoma, a gap of $16,990 a year. All 6 areas in Washington with more accountants than the Eastern Washington nonmetro area also pay more, among them Seattle-Tacoma, WA ($99,370) and Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA ($86,350).

the Eastern Washington nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Eastern Washington nonmetro area is #222 of 521 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside Washington, Amherst Town-Northampton and Naples-Marco Island pay just above the Eastern Washington nonmetro area and Richmond and Rochester just below. All four are within $330 a year of the median in the Eastern Washington nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, one pays more.

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