Accountant salary in Lubbock, TX

Pay in Lubbock against Texas and the US

Accountants at the 90th percentile earn $122,520, 2.5 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.6. The middle half of accountants in Lubbock earns $59,910–$96,600. The mean ($80,850) 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 only $36,690 wide, against $38,200 across Texas and $42,790 nationally: employers in Lubbock 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 $22,210 over the median, the 25th only $14,480 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $28,658 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 Lubbock, and the Texas statewide median of $80,920 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Lubbock

At the $74,390 median, a local hire costs about $95,987 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $21,597 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 Lubbock

Of the 17 roles we track in Lubbock, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($77,110); executive assistants come next at $63,830.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #2 of the 17 roles we track in Lubbock (-11.1%), between bookkeepers (-10.1%) and data entry specialists (-13.1%). The typical role here is at -19.7%, so, measured against the US, accountants cost more in Lubbock than the area's general pay level would suggest. Accountants hold 5.6% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Lubbock, 7.4% across Texas and 9.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Texas

Across the 32 areas of Texas with data for this job, the median runs from $63,410 in Laredo to $100,890 in Midland, a gap of $37,480 a year. Of the 12 areas in Texas with more accountants than Lubbock, 2 pay less: El Paso, TX ($65,990) and McAllen-Edinburg, TX ($64,470).

Lubbock against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Lubbock is #202 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Texas, Idaho Falls and Flint pay just above Lubbock and Ocala and Sandusky just below. All four are within $110 a year of the median in Lubbock. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, one pays more.

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