Accountant salary in Manchester-Nashua, NH

Pay in Manchester-Nashua against New Hampshire and the US

The middle half of accountants in Manchester-Nashua earns $71,840–$105,060. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $132,540, only 2.1 times the bottom tenth, against 2.6 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($92,960) 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 $33,220 wide, against $33,800 across New Hampshire and $42,790 nationally: employers in Manchester-Nashua 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 $21,400 over the median, the 25th only $11,820 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $27,613 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 Manchester-Nashua, and the New Hampshire statewide median of $83,470 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Manchester-Nashua

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 $24,288 to the $83,660 median and brings it to $107,948 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 Manchester-Nashua

Of the 17 roles we track in Manchester-Nashua, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($90,180); office managers come next at $74,970.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #9 of the 17 roles we track in Manchester-Nashua (-0.0%), between sales development representatives (+1.3%) and administrative assistants (-0.3%). The typical role here is at -0.0%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Accountants hold 9.5% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Manchester-Nashua, 9.4% across New Hampshire and 9.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in New Hampshire

Across the 4 areas of New Hampshire with data for this job, the median runs from $77,730 in the Central New Hampshire nonmetro area to $83,660 in Manchester-Nashua, a gap of $5,930 a year. No other area in New Hampshire has as many accountants, and all 3 others pay less.

Manchester-Nashua against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Manchester-Nashua is #97 of 521 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job and one of the better-paying ones. Outside New Hampshire, Ithaca and Salinas pay just above Manchester-Nashua and Stockton-Lodi and Modesto just below. All four are within $150 a year of the median in Manchester-Nashua. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, none pays as much.

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