Accountant salary in the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area

Pay in the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area against Mississippi and the US

Accountants at the 90th percentile earn $114,470, 2.7 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.6. The middle half of accountants in the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area earns $49,080–$84,560. The mean ($72,450) is 16% 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 $35,480 wide, against $36,090 across Mississippi and $42,790 nationally: employers in the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area 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 $22,200 over the median, the 25th only $13,280 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $28,645 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 the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area, and the Mississippi statewide median of $68,100 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area

At the $62,360 median, a local hire costs about $80,465 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,105 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 the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($79,960); recruiters come next at $58,210.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #12 of the 17 roles we track in the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area (-25.5%), between payroll specialists (-24.3%) and administrative assistants (-25.8%). The typical role here is at -23.3%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Accountants hold 5.3% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area and 9.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Mississippi

Across the 7 areas of Mississippi with data for this job, the median runs from $62,360 in the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area to $76,380 in Gulfport-Biloxi, a gap of $14,020 a year. All 3 areas in Mississippi with more accountants than the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area also pay more, among them Jackson, MS ($70,720) and the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area ($64,410).

the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area is #361 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 Mississippi, Fort Smith and Terre Haute pay just above the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area and Tallahassee and Hot Springs just below. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, all three pay more.

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