Accountant salary in Sioux Falls, SD-MN

Pay in Sioux Falls against South Dakota and the US

The middle half of accountants in Sioux Falls earns $71,840–$99,730. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $119,660, only 1.9 times the bottom tenth, against 2.6 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($88,090) 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 $27,890 wide, against $30,950 across South Dakota and $42,790 nationally: employers in Sioux Falls 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 $18,810 over the median, the 25th only $9,080 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $24,271 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 Sioux Falls, and the South Dakota statewide median of $78,880 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Sioux Falls

At the $80,920 median, a local hire costs about $104,413 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $23,493 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 Sioux Falls

Of the 16 roles we track in Sioux Falls, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($84,190); recruiters come next at $68,230.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #6 of the 16 roles we track in Sioux Falls (-3.3%), between office managers (-3.1%) and paralegals (-4.5%). The typical role here is at -7.5%, so, measured against the US, accountants cost more in Sioux Falls than the area's general pay level would suggest. Accountants hold 13.3% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Sioux Falls, 13.4% across South Dakota and 9.2% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in South Dakota

Across the 4 areas of South Dakota with data for this job, the median runs from $76,590 in the West South Dakota nonmetro area to $80,920 in Sioux Falls, a gap of $4,330 a year. No other area in South Dakota has as many accountants, and all 3 others pay less.

Sioux Falls against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Sioux Falls is #91 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 South Dakota, Miami-Fort Lauderdale and North Port-Bradenton pay just above Sioux Falls and Rochester and Phoenix-Mesa just below. All four are within $170 a year of the median in Sioux Falls. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, two pay more.

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