Accountant salary in Minot, ND

Pay in Minot against North Dakota and the US

The middle half of accountants in Minot earns $60,520–$91,530. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $107,280, only 2.2 times the bottom tenth, against 2.6 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $31,010 wide, against $34,820 across North Dakota and $42,790 nationally: employers in Minot pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an accountant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $18,020 a year in pay and about $23,252 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $12,990 in pay. 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 Minot, and the North Dakota statewide median of $75,730 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Minot

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 $21,342 to the $73,510 median and brings it to $94,852 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 Minot

Of the 12 roles we track in Minot, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between recruiters ($78,220) and office managers ($66,060). Project Coordinator is the highest at $86,990.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #9 of the 12 roles we track in Minot (-12.2%), between paralegals (-5.5%) and project coordinators (-15.0%). The typical role here is at -3.5%, so, measured against the US, accountants cost less in Minot than the area's general pay level would suggest. Accountants hold 13.1% of the jobs in these 12 roles in Minot, 13.5% across North Dakota and 9.7% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in North Dakota

Across the 6 areas of North Dakota with data for this job, the median runs from $66,240 in the East North Dakota nonmetro area to $77,640 in the West North Dakota nonmetro area, a gap of $11,400 a year. Of the 5 areas in North Dakota with more accountants than Minot, 1 pays less: the East North Dakota nonmetro area ($66,240).

Minot against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Minot is #455 of 521 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside North Dakota, Waterloo-Cedar Falls and Columbus pay just above Minot and Valdosta and Bay City just below. All four are within $190 a year of the median in Minot. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, one pays more.

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