Accountant salary in the Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetro area

Pay in the Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetro area against Wisconsin and the US

The middle half of accountants in the Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetro area earns $61,130–$93,260. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $113,960, only 2.2 times the bottom tenth, against 2.6 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $32,130 wide, against $35,800 across Wisconsin and $42,790 nationally: employers in the Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an accountant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $13,080 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $19,050, or about $24,581 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 Wisconsin nonmetro area, and the Wisconsin statewide median of $79,400 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetro area

At the $74,210 median, a local hire costs about $95,755 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $21,545 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 Wisconsin nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetro area, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($94,170); recruiters come next at $64,050.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #9 of the 15 roles we track in the Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetro area (-11.3%), between office managers (-9.9%) and payroll specialists (-14.0%). The typical role here is at -9.9%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Accountants hold 8.3% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetro area, 9.0% across Wisconsin and 9.2% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Wisconsin

Across the 17 areas of Wisconsin with data for this job, the median runs from $74,210 in the Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetro area to $81,130 in Madison, a gap of $6,920 a year. All 16 areas in Wisconsin with more accountants than the Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetro area also pay more, among them Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI ($80,290) and Madison, WI ($81,130).

the Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetro area is #474 of 521 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Wisconsin, Victoria and Sandusky pay just above the Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetro area and Lebanon and Dubuque just below. All four are within $150 a year of the median in the Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, none pays as much.

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