Accountant salary in Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI

Pay in Muskegon-Norton Shores against Michigan and the US

The middle half of accountants in Muskegon-Norton Shores earns $62,440–$96,540. The top tenth earns $121,970 or more, 2.4 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.6 times. The mean ($81,770) is 8% 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 $34,100 wide, against $37,180 across Michigan and $42,790 nationally: employers in Muskegon-Norton Shores 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 $21,060 over the median, the 25th only $13,040 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $27,174 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 Muskegon-Norton Shores, and the Michigan statewide median of $78,820 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Muskegon-Norton Shores

At the $75,480 median, a local hire costs about $97,394 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $21,914 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 Muskegon-Norton Shores

Of the 16 roles we track in Muskegon-Norton Shores, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($83,360); recruiters come next at $67,410.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #9 of the 16 roles we track in Muskegon-Norton Shores (-9.8%), between medical administrative assistants (-9.6%) and recruiters (-11.2%). The typical role here is at -9.7%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Accountants hold 7.5% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Muskegon-Norton Shores, 10.3% across Michigan and 9.2% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Michigan

Across the 19 areas of Michigan with data for this job, the median runs from $69,740 in the Northern Michigan nonmetro area to $91,790 in Midland, a gap of $22,050 a year. Of the 16 areas in Michigan with more accountants than Muskegon-Norton Shores, 7 pay less, the largest of them the Mid Michigan nonmetro area ($69,790), the Southern Michigan nonmetro area ($74,430) and Flint, MI ($74,500).

Muskegon-Norton Shores against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Muskegon-Norton Shores is #463 of 521 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Michigan, Reading and Corpus Christi pay just above Muskegon-Norton Shores and Abilene and Knoxville just below. All four are within $100 a year of the median in Muskegon-Norton Shores. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, one pays more.

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