Accountant salary in Jefferson City, MO

Pay in Jefferson City against Missouri and the US

The middle half of accountants in Jefferson City earns $54,050–$80,060. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $106,330, only 2.3 times the bottom tenth, against 2.6 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($71,860) is 12% 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 $26,010 wide, against $39,210 across Missouri and $42,790 nationally: employers in Jefferson City 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 $16,020 over the median, the 25th only $9,990 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $20,671 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 75th and 90th percentiles in Jefferson City, and the Missouri statewide median of $76,590 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local accountants earn.

What a hire really costs in Jefferson City

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 $18,592 to the $64,040 median and brings it to $82,632 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 Jefferson City

Of the 16 roles we track in Jefferson City, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($79,980); marketing specialists come next at $62,460.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #14 of the 16 roles we track in Jefferson City (-23.5%), between project coordinators (-21.8%) and paralegals (-23.9%). The typical role here is at -14.5%, so, measured against the US, accountants cost less in Jefferson City than the area's general pay level would suggest. Accountants hold 13.5% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Jefferson City, 10.2% across Missouri and 9.2% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Missouri

Across the 12 areas of Missouri with data for this job, the median runs from $62,490 in the Southwest Missouri nonmetro area to $80,040 in Kansas City, a gap of $17,550 a year. All 3 areas in Missouri with more accountants than Jefferson City also pay more, among them St. Louis, MO-IL ($78,880) and Kansas City, MO-KS ($80,040).

Jefferson City against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Jefferson City is #168 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 Missouri, McAllen-Edinburg and Alexandria pay just above Jefferson City and Twin Falls and Laredo just below. All four are within $630 a year of the median in Jefferson City. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, all three pay more.

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