Accountant salary in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area

Pay in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area against Utah and the US

Accountants at the 90th percentile earn $131,650, 2.7 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.6. The middle half of accountants in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area earns $59,860–$97,990. The mean ($83,350) 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 $38,130 wide, against $42,230 across Utah and $42,790 nationally: employers in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an accountant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $15,720 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $22,410, or about $28,916 once benefits are added. 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 the High Desert Utah nonmetro area, and the Utah statewide median of $79,990 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area

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 $21,943 to the $75,580 median and brings it to $97,523 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 the High Desert Utah nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($92,550); recruiters come next at $64,680.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #6 of the 15 roles we track in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area (-9.7%), between project coordinators (-9.5%) and customer support specialists (-10.3%). The typical role here is at -10.4%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Accountants hold 7.8% of the jobs in the 14 of these roles with a job count in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area, 8.1% across Utah and 9.3% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Utah

Across the 7 areas of Utah with data for this job, the median runs from $70,530 in St. George to $82,100 in Salt Lake City-Murray, a gap of $11,570 a year. All 3 areas in Utah with more accountants than the High Desert Utah nonmetro area also pay more, among them Salt Lake City-Murray, UT ($82,100) and Provo-Orem, UT ($75,700).

the High Desert Utah nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the High Desert Utah nonmetro area is #296 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Utah, Corpus Christi and Bangor pay just above the High Desert Utah nonmetro area and Reading and Muskegon-Norton Shores just below. All four are within $100 a year of the median in the High Desert Utah nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, one pays more.

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