Accountant salary in Reno, NV

Pay in Reno against Nevada and the US

The middle half of accountants in Reno earns $74,510–$104,030. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $129,210, only 2.2 times the bottom tenth, against 2.6 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($89,690) 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 only $29,520 wide, against $35,450 across Nevada and $42,790 nationally: employers in Reno 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 $21,660 over the median, the 25th only $7,860 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $27,948 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 Reno, and the Nevada statewide median of $81,600 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Reno

At the $82,370 median, a local hire costs about $106,284 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $23,914 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 Reno

Of the 17 roles we track in Reno, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($99,500); recruiters come next at $76,010.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #8 of the 17 roles we track in Reno (-1.6%), between recruiters (+0.1%) and customer support specialists (-1.9%). The typical role here is at -1.9%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Accountants hold 5.9% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Reno, 4.8% across Nevada and 9.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Nevada

Across the 4 areas of Nevada with data for this job, the median runs from $80,530 in Las Vegas-Henderson to $93,560 in Carson City, a gap of $13,030 a year. The one area in Nevada with more accountants, Las Vegas-Henderson, NV ($80,530), pays less: a bigger pool at a lower median.

Reno against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Reno is #131 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 Nevada, Yakima and Fairbanks-College pay just above Reno and Chicago-Naperville and Syracuse just below. All four are within $140 a year of the median in Reno. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, two pay more.

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