Accountant salary in the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area

Pay in the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area against New Mexico and the US

The middle half of accountants in the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area earns $64,660–$117,500. The top tenth earns $122,250 or more, 2.4 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.6 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $52,840 wide, wider than in New Mexico as a whole ($35,800) and the US ($42,790), so what a accountant earns in the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area depends more on the employer.

What to budget for an accountant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $24,220 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $28,620, or about $36,929 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 25th percentile and the median in the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area, and the New Mexico statewide median of $78,580 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Northern New Mexico 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 $25,804 to the $88,880 median and brings it to $114,684 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 Northern New Mexico nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between sales development representatives ($93,710) and marketing specialists ($77,600). Project Coordinator is the highest at $157,300.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #3 of the 15 roles we track in the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area (+6.2%), between sales development representatives (+33.9%) and recruiters (+0.3%). The typical role here is at -5.9%, so, measured against the US, accountants cost more in the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Accountants hold 6.6% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area, 6.6% across New Mexico and 9.3% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in New Mexico

Across the 6 areas of New Mexico with data for this job, the median runs from $67,470 in Las Cruces to $88,880 in the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area, a gap of $21,410 a year. All 3 areas in New Mexico with more accountants than the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area pay less, among them Albuquerque, NM ($79,880) and the Eastern New Mexico nonmetro area ($78,560).

the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area is #330 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 New Mexico, Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie and Fort Collins-Loveland pay just above the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area and Bremerton-Silverdale and San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles just below. All four are within $720 a year of the median in the Northern New Mexico nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, none pays as much.

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