Accountant salary in the Northwestern South Carolina nonmetro area

Pay in the Northwestern South Carolina nonmetro area against South Carolina and the US

Accountants at the 90th percentile earn $127,610, 2.6 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.6. The middle half of accountants in the Northwestern South Carolina nonmetro area earns $62,350–$95,780. The mean ($83,250) 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 $33,430 wide, against $36,980 across South Carolina and $42,790 nationally: employers in the Northwestern South Carolina nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an accountant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $14,630 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $18,800, or about $24,258 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 South Carolina nonmetro area, and the South Carolina statewide median of $76,560 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in the Northwestern South Carolina nonmetro area

At the $76,980 median, a local hire costs about $99,329 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $22,349 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 Northwestern South Carolina nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Northwestern South Carolina nonmetro area, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($93,590); recruiters come next at $69,990.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #2 of the 16 roles we track in the Northwestern South Carolina nonmetro area (-8.0%), between recruiters (-7.8%) and project coordinators (-8.5%). The typical role here is at -13.8%, so, measured against the US, accountants cost more in the Northwestern South Carolina nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Accountants hold 6.3% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Northwestern South Carolina nonmetro area, 6.1% across South Carolina and 9.2% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in South Carolina

Across the 11 areas of South Carolina with data for this job, the median runs from $68,070 in the Southern South Carolina nonmetro area to $79,350 in Charleston-North Charleston, a gap of $11,280 a year. Of the 7 areas in South Carolina with more accountants than the Northwestern South Carolina nonmetro area, 4 pay less, the largest of them Columbia, SC ($69,210), Greenville-Anderson, SC ($76,870) and Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC ($74,520).

the Northwestern South Carolina nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northwestern South Carolina nonmetro area is #377 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside South Carolina, Omaha and Janesville-Beloit pay just above the Northwestern South Carolina nonmetro area and Memphis and Rocky Mount just below. All four are within $120 a year of the median in the Northwestern South Carolina nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, one pays more.

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