Accountant salary in Fayetteville-Springdale, AR

Pay in Fayetteville-Springdale against Arkansas and the US

The middle half of accountants in Fayetteville-Springdale earns $59,400–$106,660. The top tenth earns $134,360 or more, 2.7 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.6 times. The mean ($85,140) is 10% 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 $47,260 wide, wider than in Arkansas as a whole ($36,380) and the US ($42,790), so what a accountant earns in Fayetteville-Springdale depends more on the employer.

What to budget for an accountant here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $29,470 over the median, the 25th only $17,790 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $38,026 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 Fayetteville-Springdale, and the Arkansas statewide median of $66,330 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Fayetteville-Springdale

At the $77,190 median, a local hire costs about $99,600 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $22,410 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 Fayetteville-Springdale

Of the 17 roles we track in Fayetteville-Springdale, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between project coordinators ($82,310) and executive assistants ($65,400). Marketing Specialist is the highest at $83,000.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #3 of the 17 roles we track in Fayetteville-Springdale (-7.8%), between virtual receptionists (-5.1%) and office managers (-8.5%). The typical role here is at -12.6%, so, measured against the US, accountants cost more in Fayetteville-Springdale than the area's general pay level would suggest. Accountants hold 7.7% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Fayetteville-Springdale, 7.4% across Arkansas and 9.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Arkansas

Across the 9 areas of Arkansas with data for this job, the median runs from $59,770 in Hot Springs to $77,190 in Fayetteville-Springdale, a gap of $17,420 a year. The one area in Arkansas with more accountants, Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR ($65,810), pays less: a bigger pool at a lower median.

Fayetteville-Springdale against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Fayetteville-Springdale is #104 of 521 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside Arkansas, Corvallis and Roanoke pay just above Fayetteville-Springdale and Cedar Rapids and Kalamazoo-Portage just below. All four are within $50 a year of the median in Fayetteville-Springdale. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, one pays more.

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