Accountant salary in the North Region of Texas nonmetro area

Pay in the North Region of Texas nonmetro area against Texas and the US

Accountants at the 90th percentile earn $130,170, 2.7 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.6. The middle half of accountants in the North Region of Texas nonmetro area earns $59,000–$97,550. The mean ($83,010) is 9% 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 $38,550 wide, between the figure for Texas ($38,200) and the US figure ($42,790).

What to budget for an accountant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $17,290 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $21,260, or about $27,432 once benefits are added. 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 Region of Texas nonmetro area, and the Texas statewide median of $80,920 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the North Region of Texas 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 $22,149 to the $76,290 median and brings it to $98,439 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 Region of Texas nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the North Region of Texas nonmetro area, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($85,190); recruiters come next at $62,490.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #3 of the 17 roles we track in the North Region of Texas nonmetro area (-8.8%), between paralegals (-8.5%) and bookkeepers (-9.5%). The typical role here is at -15.5%, so, measured against the US, accountants cost more in the North Region of Texas nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Accountants hold 6.6% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the North Region of Texas nonmetro area, 7.4% across Texas and 9.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Texas

Across the 32 areas of Texas with data for this job, the median runs from $63,410 in Laredo to $100,890 in Midland, a gap of $37,480 a year. Of the 5 areas in Texas with more accountants than the North Region of Texas nonmetro area, 1 pays less: El Paso, TX ($65,990).

the North Region of Texas nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the North Region of Texas nonmetro area is #133 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Texas, Yuma and Salisbury pay just above the North Region of Texas nonmetro area and El Centro and Topeka just below. All four are within $10 a year of the median in the North Region of Texas nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, all three pay more.

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