Accountant salary in the Northeast Virginia nonmetro area

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

Accountants at the 90th percentile earn $131,600, 2.6 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.6. The middle half of accountants in the Northeast Virginia nonmetro area earns $62,470–$99,090. The mean ($85,520) is 8% 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 $36,620 wide, against $49,260 across Virginia and $42,790 nationally: employers in the Northeast Virginia nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an accountant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $19,920 a year in pay and about $25,703 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $16,700 in pay. 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 Virginia nonmetro area, and the Virginia statewide median of $93,290 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Northeast Virginia nonmetro area

At the $79,170 median, a local hire costs about $102,155 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $22,985 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 Virginia nonmetro area

Of the 14 roles we track in the Northeast Virginia nonmetro area, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($116,090); recruiters come next at $78,290.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #7 of the 14 roles we track in the Northeast Virginia nonmetro area (-5.4%), between paralegals (-4.9%) and virtual receptionists (-8.1%). The typical role here is at -6.7%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Accountants hold 8.9% of the jobs in these 14 roles in the Northeast Virginia nonmetro area, 11.2% across Virginia and 9.3% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Virginia

Across the 13 areas of Virginia with data for this job, the median runs from $74,800 in Blacksburg-Christiansburg to $84,220 in Richmond, a gap of $9,420 a year. Of the 11 areas in Virginia with more accountants than the Northeast Virginia nonmetro area, 8 pay less, the largest of them Roanoke, VA ($77,240), Lynchburg, VA ($78,990) and the Southside Virginia nonmetro area ($75,900).

the Northeast Virginia nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northeast Virginia nonmetro area is #441 of 521 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Virginia, Lansing-East Lansing and Huntsville pay just above the Northeast Virginia nonmetro area and Lawrence and Dayton-Kettering just below. All four are within $140 a year of the median in the Northeast Virginia nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, none pays as much.

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