Accountant salary in the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area

Pay in the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area against Texas and the US

The middle half of accountants in the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area earns $62,270–$105,320. The top tenth earns $133,350 or more, 2.7 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.6 times. The mean ($87,910) is 9% 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 $43,050 wide, wider than in Texas as a whole ($38,200) and the US ($42,790), so what a accountant earns in the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area depends more on the employer.

What to budget for an accountant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $18,330 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $24,720, or about $31,897 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 Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area, and the Texas statewide median of $80,920 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Northwestern Region of Texas 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 $23,400 to the $80,600 median and brings it to $104,000 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 Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($94,960); sales development representatives come next at $68,570.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #2 of the 16 roles we track in the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area (-3.7%), between sales development representatives (-2.0%) and paralegals (-6.8%). The typical role here is at -15.4%, so, measured against the US, accountants cost more in the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Accountants hold 7.2% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area, 7.4% across Texas and 9.2% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Texas

Across the 32 areas of Texas with data for this job, the median runs from $63,410 in Laredo to $100,890 in Midland, a gap of $37,480 a year. Of the 11 areas in Texas with more accountants than the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area, 7 pay less, the largest of them San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX ($78,650), El Paso, TX ($65,990) and the North Region of Texas nonmetro area ($76,290).

the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area is #187 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 Texas, Cincinnati and Detroit-Warren pay just above the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area and Kingston and Las Vegas-Henderson just below. All four are within $70 a year of the median in the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, one pays more.

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