Accountant salary in the Northeast Oklahoma nonmetro area

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

Pay is more spread out here than nationally: the top tenth earns $161,100 or more, 3.4 times the bottom tenth, against 2.6 times across the US. Two offers for the same title can sit far apart. The middle half of accountants in the Northeast Oklahoma nonmetro area earns $60,970–$127,510. The mean ($95,200) is 13% 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 $66,540 wide, wider than in Oklahoma as a whole ($44,250) and the US ($42,790), so what a accountant earns in the Northeast Oklahoma nonmetro area depends more on the employer.

What to budget for an accountant here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $43,520 over the median, the 25th only $23,020 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $56,155 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 25th percentile and the median in the Northeast Oklahoma nonmetro area, and the Oklahoma statewide median of $79,370 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Northeast Oklahoma 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 $24,384 to the $83,990 median and brings it to $108,374 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 Northeast Oklahoma nonmetro area

Accountants have the highest median of the 17 roles we track in the Northeast Oklahoma nonmetro area; virtual receptionists have the lowest, at $32,130.

Measured against the US median, this job is the best paid of the 17 roles we track in the Northeast Oklahoma nonmetro area (+0.4%); sales development representatives come last (-48.4%). The typical role here is at -19.6%, so, measured against the US, accountants cost more in the Northeast Oklahoma nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Accountants hold 10.3% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Northeast Oklahoma nonmetro area, 9.6% across Oklahoma and 9.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Oklahoma

Across the 8 areas of Oklahoma with data for this job, the median runs from $64,640 in the Southeast Oklahoma nonmetro area to $83,990 in the Northeast Oklahoma nonmetro area, a gap of $19,350 a year. All 3 areas in Oklahoma with more accountants than the Northeast Oklahoma nonmetro area pay less, among them Oklahoma City, OK ($77,280) and Tulsa, OK ($81,320).

the Northeast Oklahoma nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northeast Oklahoma nonmetro area is #179 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 Oklahoma, Richmond and Amherst Town-Northampton pay just above the Northeast Oklahoma nonmetro area and Rochester and Riverside-San Bernardino just below. All four are within $400 a year of the median in the Northeast Oklahoma nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, none pays as much.

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