Accountant salary in Evansville, IN

Pay in Evansville against Indiana and the US

Accountants at the 90th percentile earn $128,610, 2.4 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.6. The middle half of accountants in Evansville earns $62,600–$99,850. The mean ($84,180) 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 $37,250 wide, against $37,750 across Indiana and $42,790 nationally: employers in Evansville 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 $22,410 over the median, the 25th only $14,840 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $28,916 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 Evansville, and the Indiana statewide median of $77,720 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Evansville

At the $77,440 median, a local hire costs about $99,923 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $22,483 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 Evansville

Of the 17 roles we track in Evansville, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($89,990); office managers come next at $64,000.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #3 of the 17 roles we track in Evansville (-7.5%), between data entry specialists (-7.2%) and bookkeepers (-7.9%). The typical role here is at -12.1%, so, measured against the US, accountants cost more in Evansville than the area's general pay level would suggest. Accountants hold 9.3% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Evansville, 9.6% across Indiana and 9.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

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 4 areas in Indiana with more accountants than Evansville, 3 pay less: Fort Wayne, IN ($75,250), the Northern Indiana nonmetro area ($73,570) and the Southern Indiana nonmetro area ($72,580).

Evansville against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Evansville is #180 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 Evansville and Dalton and Bozeman just below. All four are within $50 a year of the median in Evansville. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, two pay more.

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