Accountant salary in Ocala, FL

Pay in Ocala against Florida and the US

Accountants at the 90th percentile earn $126,630, 2.7 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.6. The middle half of accountants in Ocala earns $59,350–$98,270. The mean ($82,620) 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 only $38,920 wide, against $40,410 across Florida and $42,790 nationally: employers in Ocala pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an accountant here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $23,900 over the median, the 25th only $15,020 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $30,839 a year in employer cost. 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 Ocala, and the Florida statewide median of $79,250 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Ocala

At the $74,370 median, a local hire costs about $95,961 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $21,591 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 Ocala

Of the 17 roles we track in Ocala, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($82,580); recruiters come next at $68,080.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #6 of the 17 roles we track in Ocala (-11.1%), between data entry specialists (-10.5%) and HR assistants (-13.0%). The typical role here is at -15.1%, so, measured against the US, accountants cost more in Ocala than the area's general pay level would suggest. Accountants hold 6.7% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Ocala, 7.9% across Florida and 9.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Florida

Across the 24 areas of Florida with data for this job, the median runs from $61,840 in Tallahassee to $84,570 in Naples-Marco Island, a gap of $22,730 a year. Of the 15 areas in Florida with more accountants than Ocala, 2 pay less: Tallahassee, FL ($61,840) and Deltona-Daytona Beach, FL ($73,730).

Ocala against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Ocala is #271 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Florida, Lubbock and Idaho Falls pay just above Ocala and Sandusky and Victoria just below. All four are within $100 a year of the median in Ocala. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, one pays more.

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