Accountant salary in Killeen-Temple, TX

Pay in Killeen-Temple against Texas and the US

The middle half of accountants in Killeen-Temple earns $60,460–$95,280. The top tenth earns $122,930 or more, 2.5 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.6 times. The mean ($80,340) 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 $34,820 wide, against $38,200 across Texas and $42,790 nationally: employers in Killeen-Temple 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 $22,010 over the median, the 25th only $12,810 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $28,400 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 Killeen-Temple, and the Texas statewide median of $80,920 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Killeen-Temple

At the $73,270 median, a local hire costs about $94,542 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $21,272 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 Killeen-Temple

Of the 17 roles we track in Killeen-Temple, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($90,120); recruiters come next at $70,170.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #10 of the 17 roles we track in Killeen-Temple (-12.4%), between project coordinators (-11.9%) and customer support specialists (-14.5%). The typical role here is at -11.9%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Accountants hold 5.5% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Killeen-Temple, 7.4% across Texas and 9.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Texas

Across the 32 areas of Texas with data for this job, the median runs from $63,410 in Laredo to $100,890 in Midland, a gap of $37,480 a year. Of the 17 areas in Texas with more accountants than Killeen-Temple, 4 pay less, the largest of them El Paso, TX ($65,990), McAllen-Edinburg, TX ($64,470) and College Station-Bryan, TX ($71,810).

Killeen-Temple against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Killeen-Temple is #270 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Texas, Bay City and Valdosta pay just above Killeen-Temple and Youngstown-Warren and Baton Rouge just below. All four are within $200 a year of the median in Killeen-Temple. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, two pay more.

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