Accountant salary in the Northwest Colorado nonmetro area

Pay in the Northwest Colorado nonmetro area against Colorado and the US

Pay is more spread out here than nationally: the top tenth earns $145,110 or more, 2.9 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 Northwest Colorado nonmetro area earns $62,400–$107,900. The mean ($91,970) is 11% 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 $45,500 wide, between the figure for Colorado ($52,370) and the US figure ($42,790).

What to budget for an accountant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $25,010 a year in pay and about $32,271 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $20,490 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 Northwest Colorado nonmetro area, and the Colorado statewide median of $97,030 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Northwest Colorado nonmetro area

At the $82,890 median, a local hire costs about $106,955 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $24,065 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 Northwest Colorado nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Northwest Colorado nonmetro area, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($100,970); sales development representatives come next at $77,730.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #11 of the 16 roles we track in the Northwest Colorado nonmetro area (-0.9%), between e-commerce order specialists (+2.9%) and project coordinators (-1.3%). The typical role here is at +3.7%, so, measured against the US, accountants cost less in the Northwest Colorado nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Accountants hold 13.7% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Northwest Colorado nonmetro area, 11.2% across Colorado and 9.2% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Colorado

Across the 10 areas of Colorado with data for this job, the median runs from $76,530 in the Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetro area to $100,020 in Denver-Aurora, a gap of $23,490 a year. All 4 areas in Colorado with more accountants than the Northwest Colorado nonmetro area also pay more, among them Denver-Aurora, CO ($100,020) and Colorado Springs, CO ($85,000).

the Northwest Colorado nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northwest Colorado nonmetro area is #121 of 521 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job and one of the better-paying ones. Outside Colorado, Vineland and Atlantic City-Hammonton pay just above the Northwest Colorado nonmetro area and Dallas-Fort Worth and Norwich-New London just below. All four are within $360 a year of the median in the Northwest Colorado nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, one pays more.

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