Accountant salary in Las Cruces, NM

Pay in Las Cruces against New Mexico and the US

The middle half of accountants in Las Cruces earns $60,120–$84,030. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $103,840, only 2.0 times the bottom tenth, against 2.6 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($74,750) is 11% 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 $23,910 wide, against $35,800 across New Mexico and $42,790 nationally: employers in Las Cruces 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 $16,560 over the median, the 25th only $7,350 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $21,368 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 Las Cruces, and the New Mexico statewide median of $78,580 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Las Cruces

At the $67,470 median, a local hire costs about $87,058 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $19,588 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 Las Cruces

Of the 14 roles we track in Las Cruces, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($82,110); executive assistants come next at $64,870.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #10 of the 14 roles we track in Las Cruces (-19.4%), between medical administrative assistants (-15.8%) and customer support specialists (-19.4%). The typical role here is at -15.4%, so, measured against the US, accountants cost less in Las Cruces than the area's general pay level would suggest. Accountants hold 6.0% of the jobs in these 14 roles in Las Cruces, 6.7% across New Mexico and 9.3% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in New Mexico

Across the 6 areas of New Mexico with data for this job, the median runs from $67,470 in Las Cruces to $88,880 in the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area, a gap of $21,410 a year. All 4 areas in New Mexico with more accountants than Las Cruces also pay more, among them Albuquerque, NM ($79,880) and the Eastern New Mexico nonmetro area ($78,560).

Las Cruces against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Las Cruces is #364 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 New Mexico, St. Joseph and Florence-Muscle Shoals pay just above Las Cruces and Dothan and Mansfield just below. All four are within $190 a year of the median in Las Cruces. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, all three pay more.

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