Accountant salary in the North Missouri nonmetro area

Pay in the North Missouri nonmetro area against Missouri and the US

Accountants at the 90th percentile earn $114,280, 2.6 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.6. The middle half of accountants in the North Missouri nonmetro area earns $51,260–$89,850. The mean ($75,600) is 15% 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 $38,590 wide, against $39,210 across Missouri and $42,790 nationally: employers in the North Missouri 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 $24,200 over the median, the 25th only $14,390 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $31,226 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 North Missouri nonmetro area, and the Missouri statewide median of $76,590 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the North Missouri nonmetro area

At the $65,650 median, a local hire costs about $84,710 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $19,060 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 North Missouri nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the North Missouri nonmetro area, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($76,590); recruiters come next at $62,130.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #9 of the 15 roles we track in the North Missouri nonmetro area (-21.5%), between administrative assistants (-21.2%) and project coordinators (-25.1%). The typical role here is at -21.2%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Accountants hold 8.0% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the North Missouri nonmetro area, 10.1% across Missouri and 9.2% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Missouri

Across the 12 areas of Missouri with data for this job, the median runs from $62,490 in the Southwest Missouri nonmetro area to $80,040 in Kansas City, a gap of $17,550 a year. Of the 7 areas in Missouri with more accountants than the North Missouri nonmetro area, 2 pay less: Jefferson City, MO ($64,040) and the Southeast Missouri nonmetro area ($64,090).

the North Missouri nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the North Missouri nonmetro area is #323 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 Missouri, Altoona and Little Rock-North Little Rock pay just above the North Missouri nonmetro area and Pocatello and Hattiesburg just below. All four are within $330 a year of the median in the North Missouri nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, all three pay more.

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