Accountant salary in the South Florida nonmetro area

Pay in the South Florida nonmetro area against Florida and the US

Accountants at the 90th percentile earn $127,080, 2.5 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.6. The middle half of accountants in the South Florida nonmetro area earns $62,870–$101,840. The mean ($85,570) 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 $38,970 wide, against $40,410 across Florida and $42,790 nationally: employers in the South Florida nonmetro area 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 $23,660 over the median, the 25th only $15,310 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $30,529 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 the South Florida nonmetro area, and the Florida statewide median of $79,250 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the South Florida nonmetro area

At the $78,180 median, a local hire costs about $100,877 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $22,697 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 the South Florida nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the South Florida nonmetro area, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($86,170); executive assistants come next at $65,120.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #5 of the 15 roles we track in the South Florida nonmetro area (-6.6%), between customer support specialists (-6.0%) and paralegals (-9.8%). The typical role here is at -11.2%, so, measured against the US, accountants cost more in the South Florida nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Accountants hold 7.2% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the South Florida nonmetro area, 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 18 areas in Florida with more accountants than the South Florida nonmetro area, 9 pay less, the largest of them Tallahassee, FL ($61,840), Palm Bay-Melbourne, FL ($75,860) and Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL ($76,820).

the South Florida nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the South Florida nonmetro area is #337 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Florida, Hanford-Corcoran and Pueblo pay just above the South Florida nonmetro area and Nashville-Murfreesboro and Grants Pass just below. All four are within $160 a year of the median in the South Florida nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, one pays more.

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