Accountant salary in the Northeast Maine nonmetro area

Pay in the Northeast Maine nonmetro area against Maine and the US

The middle half of accountants in the Northeast Maine nonmetro area earns $64,980–$97,470. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $126,440, only 2.3 times the bottom tenth, against 2.6 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($86,610) 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 only $32,490 wide, against $34,780 across Maine and $42,790 nationally: employers in the Northeast Maine nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an accountant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $14,520 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $17,970, or about $23,187 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 Northeast Maine nonmetro area, and the Maine statewide median of $77,480 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in the Northeast Maine nonmetro area

At the $79,500 median, a local hire costs about $102,581 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $23,081 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 Northeast Maine nonmetro area

Of the 14 roles we track in the Northeast Maine nonmetro area, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($80,060); recruiters come next at $73,990.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #7 of the 14 roles we track in the Northeast Maine nonmetro area (-5.0%), between medical administrative assistants (-4.0%) and customer support specialists (-5.5%). The typical role here is at -5.3%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Accountants hold 7.7% of the jobs in these 14 roles in the Northeast Maine nonmetro area, 7.2% across Maine and 9.3% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Maine

Across the 5 areas of Maine with data for this job, the median runs from $70,430 in the Southwest Maine nonmetro area to $79,790 in Portland-South Portland, a gap of $9,360 a year. Of the 3 areas in Maine with more accountants than the Northeast Maine nonmetro area, 2 pay less: the Southwest Maine nonmetro area ($70,430) and Bangor, ME ($75,640).

the Northeast Maine nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northeast Maine nonmetro area is #425 of 521 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Maine, Crestview-Fort Walton Beach and Peoria pay just above the Northeast Maine nonmetro area and Virginia Beach-Chesapeake and Port St. Lucie just below. All four are within $70 a year of the median in the Northeast Maine nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, one pays more.

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