Accountant salary in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT

Pay in Salt Lake City-Murray against Utah and the US

Accountants at the 90th percentile earn $131,730, 2.6 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.6. The middle half of accountants in Salt Lake City-Murray earns $64,950–$107,790. The mean ($90,710) is 10% 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 $42,840 wide, wider than in Utah as a whole ($42,230) and the US ($42,790), so what a accountant earns in Salt Lake City-Murray depends more on the employer.

What to budget for an accountant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $25,690 a year in pay and about $33,148 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $17,150 in pay. 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 Salt Lake City-Murray, and the Utah statewide median of $79,990 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Salt Lake City-Murray

Pay is only part of it. Benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², which adds about $23,835 to the $82,100 median and brings it to $105,935 a year. 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 Salt Lake City-Murray

Of the 17 roles we track in Salt Lake City-Murray, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($98,000); recruiters come next at $74,410.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #10 of the 17 roles we track in Salt Lake City-Murray (-1.9%), between HR assistants (-1.9%) and recruiters (-2.0%). The typical role here is at -1.9%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Accountants hold 8.4% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Salt Lake City-Murray, 8.0% across Utah and 9.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Utah

Across the 7 areas of Utah with data for this job, the median runs from $70,530 in St. George to $82,100 in Salt Lake City-Murray, a gap of $11,570 a year. No other area in Utah has as many accountants, and all 6 others pay less.

Salt Lake City-Murray against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Salt Lake City-Murray is #36 of 521 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job and one of the better-paying ones. Outside Utah, Buffalo-Cheektowaga and Anchorage pay just above Salt Lake City-Murray and Albany and Raleigh-Cary just below. All four are within $150 a year of the median in Salt Lake City-Murray. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, two pay more.

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