Accountant salary in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL

Pay in Florence-Muscle Shoals against Alabama and the US

The middle half of accountants in Florence-Muscle Shoals earns $56,150–$89,990. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $107,260, only 2.3 times the bottom tenth, against 2.6 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($74,140) 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 only $33,840 wide, against $35,030 across Alabama and $42,790 nationally: employers in Florence-Muscle Shoals 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 $22,390 over the median, the 25th only $11,450 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $28,890 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 Florence-Muscle Shoals, and the Alabama statewide median of $74,880 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Florence-Muscle Shoals

At the $67,600 median, a local hire costs about $87,226 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $19,626 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 Florence-Muscle Shoals

Of the 14 roles we track in Florence-Muscle Shoals, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($93,950); recruiters come next at $60,560.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #5 of the 14 roles we track in Florence-Muscle Shoals (-19.2%), between administrative assistants (-18.3%) and virtual receptionists (-19.5%). The typical role here is at -21.4%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Accountants hold 9.0% of the jobs in these 14 roles in Florence-Muscle Shoals, 11.3% across Alabama and 9.3% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Alabama

Across the 16 areas of Alabama with data for this job, the median runs from $63,250 in Gadsden to $79,220 in Huntsville, a gap of $15,970 a year. Of the 13 areas in Alabama with more accountants than Florence-Muscle Shoals, 4 pay less, the largest of them the Northeast Alabama nonmetro area ($66,010), the Southeast Alabama nonmetro area ($65,990) and Dothan, AL ($67,330).

Florence-Muscle Shoals against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Florence-Muscle Shoals is #374 of 521 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Alabama, Lafayette and Lake Havasu City-Kingman pay just above Florence-Muscle Shoals and St. Joseph and Las Cruces just below. All four are within $180 a year of the median in Florence-Muscle Shoals. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, all three pay more.

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