Accountant salary in Kingston, NY

Pay in Kingston against New York and the US

The middle half of accountants in Kingston earns $66,070–$106,220. The top tenth earns $138,380 or more, 2.6 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.6 times. The mean ($91,310) is 13% 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 $40,150 wide, against $55,060 across New York and $42,790 nationally: employers in Kingston 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 $25,660 over the median, the 25th only $14,490 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $33,110 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 Kingston, and the New York statewide median of $102,640 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Kingston

At the $80,560 median, a local hire costs about $103,948 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $23,388 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 Kingston

Of the 16 roles we track in Kingston, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($97,770); executive assistants come next at $74,820.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #10 of the 16 roles we track in Kingston (-3.7%), between customer support specialists (-2.4%) and office managers (-3.9%). The typical role here is at -2.4%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Accountants hold 8.4% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Kingston, 10.0% across New York and 9.2% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in New York

Across the 16 areas of New York with data for this job, the median runs from $76,510 in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area to $105,650 in New York-Newark, a gap of $29,140 a year. Of the 11 areas in New York with more accountants than Kingston, 4 pay less, the largest of them the Southwest New York nonmetro area ($78,450), Utica-Rome, NY ($79,830) and the Central East New York nonmetro area ($79,820).

Kingston against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Kingston is #372 of 521 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside New York, Cincinnati and Detroit-Warren pay just above Kingston and Las Vegas-Henderson and Merced just below. All four are within $140 a year of the median in Kingston. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, none pays as much.

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