Accountant salary in Lewiston-Auburn, ME

Pay in Lewiston-Auburn against Maine and the US

The middle half of accountants in Lewiston-Auburn earns $62,860–$97,450. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $125,950, only 2.3 times the bottom tenth, against 2.6 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($83,510) 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 $34,590 wide, against $34,780 across Maine and $42,790 nationally: employers in Lewiston-Auburn 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 $21,470 over the median, the 25th only $13,120 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $27,703 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 Lewiston-Auburn, and the Maine statewide median of $77,480 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Lewiston-Auburn

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 $22,059 to the $75,980 median and brings it to $98,039 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 Lewiston-Auburn

Of the 16 roles we track in Lewiston-Auburn, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($102,490); office managers come next at $69,990.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #12 of the 16 roles we track in Lewiston-Auburn (-9.2%), between paralegals (-7.1%) and marketing specialists (-15.2%). The typical role here is at -1.6%, so, measured against the US, accountants cost less in Lewiston-Auburn than the area's general pay level would suggest. Accountants hold 8.4% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Lewiston-Auburn, 7.1% across Maine and 9.2% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Maine

Across the 5 areas of Maine with data for this job, the median runs from $70,430 in the Southwest Maine nonmetro area to $79,790 in Portland-South Portland, a gap of $9,360 a year. Of the 4 areas in Maine with more accountants than Lewiston-Auburn, 2 pay less: the Southwest Maine nonmetro area ($70,430) and Bangor, ME ($75,640).

Lewiston-Auburn against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Lewiston-Auburn is #449 of 521 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Maine, Battle Creek and Wichita Falls pay just above Lewiston-Auburn and Kingsport-Bristol and Athens-Clarke County just below. All four are within $80 a year of the median in Lewiston-Auburn. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, one pays more.

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