Accountant salary in Greenville, NC

Pay in Greenville against North Carolina and the US

The middle half of accountants in Greenville earns $62,910–$96,260. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $120,700, only 2.3 times the bottom tenth, against 2.6 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($82,750) 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 $33,350 wide, against $42,970 across North Carolina and $42,790 nationally: employers in Greenville 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 $21,120 over the median, the 25th only $12,230 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $27,252 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 Greenville, and the North Carolina statewide median of $82,050 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Greenville

At the $75,140 median, a local hire costs about $96,955 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $21,815 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 Greenville

Of the 16 roles we track in Greenville, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($94,540); marketing specialists come next at $73,300.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #8 of the 16 roles we track in Greenville (-10.2%), between project coordinators (-7.6%) and virtual receptionists (-11.4%). The typical role here is at -10.8%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Accountants hold 7.2% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Greenville, 9.5% across North Carolina and 9.2% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in North Carolina

Across the 18 areas of North Carolina with data for this job, the median runs from $73,740 in Jacksonville to $92,910 in Charlotte-Concord, a gap of $19,170 a year. Of the 12 areas in North Carolina with more accountants than Greenville, 2 pay less: the Western North Carolina nonmetro area ($74,770) and the Central North Carolina nonmetro area ($75,120).

Greenville against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Greenville is #327 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside North Carolina, York-Hanover and Gainesville pay just above Greenville and Niles and Iowa City just below. All four are within $60 a year of the median in Greenville. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, all three pay more.

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