Accountant salary in Hattiesburg, MS

Pay in Hattiesburg against Mississippi and the US

The middle half of accountants in Hattiesburg earns $52,250–$96,860. The top tenth earns $117,500 or more, 2.7 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.6 times. The mean ($76,970) is 18% 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 $44,610 wide, wider than in Mississippi as a whole ($36,090) and the US ($42,790), so what a accountant earns in Hattiesburg 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 $31,540 over the median, the 25th only $13,070 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $40,697 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 Hattiesburg, and the Mississippi statewide median of $68,100 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Hattiesburg

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 $18,964 to the $65,320 median and brings it to $84,284 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 Hattiesburg

Of the 15 roles we track in Hattiesburg, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($81,710); executive assistants come next at $61,780.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #9 of the 15 roles we track in Hattiesburg (-21.9%), between virtual receptionists (-21.5%) and medical administrative assistants (-24.5%). The typical role here is at -21.5%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Accountants hold 6.7% of the jobs in the 14 of these roles with a job count in Hattiesburg, 7.6% across Mississippi and 9.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Mississippi

Across the 7 areas of Mississippi with data for this job, the median runs from $62,360 in the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area to $76,380 in Gulfport-Biloxi, a gap of $14,020 a year. Of the 6 areas in Mississippi with more accountants than Hattiesburg, 3 pay less: the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area ($64,410), the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area ($62,360) and the West Delta Mississippi nonmetro area ($64,670).

Hattiesburg against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Hattiesburg is #433 of 521 US areas for this job. It is a small market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Mississippi, Pocatello and Altoona pay just above Hattiesburg and Lincoln and Johnson City just below. All four are within $610 a year of the median in Hattiesburg. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, all three pay more.

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