Accountant salary in Punta Gorda, FL

Pay in Punta Gorda against Florida and the US

Accountants at the 90th percentile earn $117,830, 2.4 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.6. The middle half of accountants in Punta Gorda earns $60,310–$98,580. The mean ($81,080) 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 $38,270 wide, against $40,410 across Florida and $42,790 nationally: employers in Punta Gorda 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 $23,780 over the median, the 25th only $14,490 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $30,684 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 Punta Gorda, and the Florida statewide median of $79,250 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Punta Gorda

At the $74,800 median, a local hire costs about $96,516 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $21,716 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 Punta Gorda

Of the 15 roles we track in Punta Gorda, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($79,890); marketing specialists come next at $63,450.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #6 of the 15 roles we track in Punta Gorda (-10.6%), between office managers (-10.4%) and medical administrative assistants (-12.9%). The typical role here is at -13.3%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Accountants hold 7.1% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Punta Gorda, 7.9% across Florida and 9.2% 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 19 areas in Florida with more accountants than Punta Gorda, 4 pay less, the largest of them Tallahassee, FL ($61,840), Deltona-Daytona Beach, FL ($73,730) and Ocala, FL ($74,370).

Punta Gorda against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Punta Gorda is #403 of 521 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Florida, Blacksburg-Christiansburg and Traverse City pay just above Punta Gorda and Grand Forks and Rome just below. All four are within $160 a year of the median in Punta Gorda. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, two pay more.

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