Accountant salary in the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area

Pay in the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area against Ohio and the US

The middle half of accountants in the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area earns $59,290–$91,540. The top tenth earns $117,630 or more, 2.5 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.6 times. The mean ($78,520) is 10% 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 $32,250 wide, against $39,210 across Ohio and $42,790 nationally: employers in the North Northeastern Ohio 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 $20,410 over the median, the 25th only $11,840 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $26,335 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 Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area, and the Ohio statewide median of $79,320 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area

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 $20,651 to the $71,130 median and brings it to $91,781 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 the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($84,590); recruiters come next at $63,610.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #10 of the 17 roles we track in the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area (-15.0%), between medical administrative assistants (-14.5%) and recruiters (-16.2%). The typical role here is at -14.5%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Accountants hold 9.3% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area, 9.9% across Ohio and 9.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Ohio

Across the 16 areas of Ohio with data for this job, the median runs from $67,280 in Mansfield to $81,700 in Columbus, a gap of $14,420 a year. All 7 areas in Ohio with more accountants than the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area also pay more, among them Columbus, OH ($81,700) and Cleveland, OH ($80,000).

the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area is #120 of 521 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, yet its pay sits in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Ohio, Daphne-Fairhope and Coeur d'Alene pay just above the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area and Huntington-Ashland and Jackson just below. All four are within $410 a year of the median in the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, two pay more.

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