Accountant salary in Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie, NY

Pay in Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie against New York and the US

The middle half of accountants in Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie earns $73,690–$114,880. The top tenth earns $148,250 or more, 2.5 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.6 times. The mean ($100,260) 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 $41,190 wide, against $55,060 across New York and $42,790 nationally: employers in Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie 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 $25,980 over the median, the 25th only $15,210 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $33,523 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 25th percentile and the median in Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie, and the New York statewide median of $102,640 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie

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 $25,810 to the $88,900 median and brings it to $114,710 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 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie

Of the 17 roles we track in Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($102,650); recruiters come next at $77,840.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #2 of the 17 roles we track in Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie (+6.2%), between bookkeepers (+10.8%) and office managers (+4.3%). The typical role here is at +0.7%, so, measured against the US, accountants cost more in Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie than the area's general pay level would suggest. Accountants hold 7.3% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie, 10.0% across New York and 9.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

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 5 areas in New York with more accountants than Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie, 4 pay less, the largest of them Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY ($82,120), Albany-Schenectady, NY ($84,660) and Rochester, NY ($80,890).

Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie is #108 of 521 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job and one of the better-paying ones. Outside New York, Fort Collins-Loveland and Walla Walla pay just above Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie and Bremerton-Silverdale and San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles just below. All four are within $740 a year of the median in Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, none pays as much.

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