Accountant salary in Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN

Pay in Lafayette-West Lafayette against Indiana and the US

Accountants at the 90th percentile earn $123,500, 2.4 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.6. The middle half of accountants in Lafayette-West Lafayette earns $61,560–$102,810. The mean ($84,780) is 9% 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 $41,250 wide, between the figure for Indiana ($37,750) and the US figure ($42,790).

What to budget for an accountant here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $25,070 over the median, the 25th only $16,180 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $32,348 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 Lafayette-West Lafayette, and the Indiana statewide median of $77,720 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Lafayette-West Lafayette

At the $77,740 median, a local hire costs about $100,310 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $22,570 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 Lafayette-West Lafayette

Of the 16 roles we track in Lafayette-West Lafayette, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($83,330); office managers come next at $67,600.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #6 of the 16 roles we track in Lafayette-West Lafayette (-7.1%), between data entry specialists (-5.7%) and virtual receptionists (-7.6%). The typical role here is at -8.2%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Accountants hold 7.6% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Lafayette-West Lafayette, 9.7% across Indiana and 9.2% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Indiana

Across the 15 areas of Indiana with data for this job, the median runs from $63,170 in Terre Haute to $79,290 in Indianapolis-Carmel, a gap of $16,120 a year. Of the 8 areas in Indiana with more accountants than Lafayette-West Lafayette, 6 pay less, the largest of them Fort Wayne, IN ($75,250), the Northern Indiana nonmetro area ($73,570) and the Southern Indiana nonmetro area ($72,580).

Lafayette-West Lafayette against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Lafayette-West Lafayette is #322 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Indiana, Prescott Valley-Prescott and Lexington-Fayette pay just above Lafayette-West Lafayette and Green Bay and St. Cloud just below. All four are within $40 a year of the median in Lafayette-West Lafayette. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, two pay more.

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