Accountant salary in the Northwest Nebraska nonmetro area

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

The middle half of accountants in the Northwest Nebraska nonmetro area earns $54,270–$77,430. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $98,060, only 2.2 times the bottom tenth, against 2.6 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($69,090) 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 $23,160 wide, against $30,670 across Nebraska and $42,790 nationally: employers in the Northwest Nebraska nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an accountant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $9,460 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $13,700, or about $17,677 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 75th and 90th percentiles in the Northwest Nebraska nonmetro area, and the Nebraska statewide median of $72,080 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local accountants earn.

What a hire really costs in the Northwest Nebraska 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 $18,502 to the $63,730 median and brings it to $82,232 a year. Recruiting, equipment and office space come on top. Benefit levels vary by employer, so treat this as an estimate.

We place executive assistants, customer support and e-commerce staff today; for accountants we answer within one business day whether we can help. Enter the monthly pay you have in mind to compare it with a local hire. The fee field shows our standard fee³; Deel's contractor plan is the default payroll tool⁴.

Other roles in the Northwest Nebraska nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the Northwest Nebraska nonmetro area, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($94,600); recruiters come next at $61,560.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #11 of the 15 roles we track in the Northwest Nebraska nonmetro area (-23.8%), between sales development representatives (-21.6%) and paralegals (-24.3%). The typical role here is at -16.8%, so, measured against the US, accountants cost less in the Northwest Nebraska nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Accountants hold 9.7% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the Northwest Nebraska nonmetro area, 10.5% across Nebraska and 9.2% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Nebraska

Across the 6 areas of Nebraska with data for this job, the median runs from $63,730 in the Northwest Nebraska nonmetro area to $77,030 in Omaha, a gap of $13,300 a year. All 4 areas in Nebraska with more accountants than the Northwest Nebraska nonmetro area also pay more, among them Omaha, NE-IA ($77,030) and Lincoln, NE ($65,170).

the Northwest Nebraska nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northwest Nebraska nonmetro area is #459 of 521 US areas for this job. It is a small market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Nebraska, Cape Girardeau and Jefferson City pay just above the Northwest Nebraska nonmetro area and Twin Falls and Laredo just below. All four are within $320 a year of the median in the Northwest Nebraska nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, all three pay more.

Questions

Sources

How these pages are built: methodology and data sources. Last updated 2026-11-12.