Accountant salary in Elkhart-Goshen, IN

Pay in Elkhart-Goshen against Indiana and the US

Accountants at the 90th percentile earn $128,440, 2.5 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.6. The middle half of accountants in Elkhart-Goshen earns $62,610–$103,040. The mean ($84,670) 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 $40,430 wide, between the figure for Indiana ($37,750) 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 $25,620 over the median, the 25th only $14,810 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $33,058 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 Elkhart-Goshen, and the Indiana statewide median of $77,720 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Elkhart-Goshen

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 $22,477 to the $77,420 median and brings it to $99,897 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 Elkhart-Goshen

Of the 17 roles we track in Elkhart-Goshen, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($86,640); office managers come next at $75,180.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #9 of the 17 roles we track in Elkhart-Goshen (-7.5%), between payroll specialists (-3.1%) and administrative assistants (-9.0%). The typical role here is at -7.5%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Accountants hold 11.3% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Elkhart-Goshen, 9.6% across Indiana and 9.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Indiana

Across the 15 areas of Indiana with data for this job, the median runs from $63,170 in Terre Haute to $79,290 in Indianapolis-Carmel, a gap of $16,120 a year. Of the 6 areas in Indiana with more accountants than Elkhart-Goshen, 3 pay less: Fort Wayne, IN ($75,250), the Northern Indiana nonmetro area ($73,570) and the Southern Indiana nonmetro area ($72,580).

Elkhart-Goshen against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Elkhart-Goshen is #197 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Indiana, Watertown-Fort Drum and Hickory-Lenoir pay just above Elkhart-Goshen and Dalton and Bozeman just below. All four are within $70 a year of the median in Elkhart-Goshen. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, one pays more.

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