Accountant salary in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area

Pay in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area against California and the US

Accountants at the 90th percentile earn $132,850, 2.4 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.6. The middle half of accountants in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area earns $68,110–$104,390. The mean ($90,150) 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 $36,280 wide, against $50,040 across California and $42,790 nationally: employers in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California 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 $22,250 over the median, the 25th only $14,030 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $28,710 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 Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area, and the California statewide median of $97,050 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California 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 $23,847 to the $82,140 median and brings it to $105,987 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 Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($86,540); marketing specialists come next at $80,540.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #15 of the 17 roles we track in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area (-1.8%), between e-commerce order specialists (-0.9%) and recruiters (-2.3%). The typical role here is at +2.8%, so, measured against the US, accountants cost less in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Accountants hold 9.1% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area, 10.5% across California and 9.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in California

Across the 28 areas of California with data for this job, the median runs from $74,880 in the North Coast Region of California nonmetro area to $121,700 in San Jose-Sunnyvale, a gap of $46,820 a year. Of the 18 areas in California with more accountants than the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area, 4 pay less, the largest of them Fresno, CA ($78,690), Bakersfield-Delano, CA ($79,620) and Visalia, CA ($79,400).

the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area is #273 of 521 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside California, Anchorage and Syracuse pay just above the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area and Buffalo-Cheektowaga and Salt Lake City-Murray just below. All four are within $90 a year of the median in the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, none pays as much.

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