Accountant salary in the Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area

Pay in the Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area against Pennsylvania and the US

Accountants at the 90th percentile earn $110,910, 2.6 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.6. The middle half of accountants in the Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area earns $51,840–$88,040. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $36,200 wide, against $37,660 across Pennsylvania and $42,790 nationally: employers in the Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an accountant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $18,150 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $18,050, or about $23,290 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 Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area, and the Pennsylvania statewide median of $79,000 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area

At the $69,990 median, a local hire costs about $90,310 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $20,320 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 Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($96,830); recruiters come next at $66,720.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #12 of the 17 roles we track in the Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area (-16.4%), between bookkeepers (-14.8%) and payroll specialists (-16.7%). The typical role here is at -14.3%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Accountants hold 7.1% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area, 9.5% across Pennsylvania and 9.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Pennsylvania

Across the 20 areas of Pennsylvania with data for this job, the median runs from $65,690 in Altoona to $85,990 in Philadelphia-Camden, a gap of $20,300 a year. Of the 12 areas in Pennsylvania with more accountants than the Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area, 2 pay less: the Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area ($67,390) and the Central Pennsylvania nonmetro area ($65,850).

the Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area is #282 of 521 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Pennsylvania, Lake Charles and Shreveport-Bossier City pay just above the Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area and Champaign-Urbana and Texarkana just below. All four are within $550 a year of the median in the Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, two pay more.

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