Accountant salary in the Southeast Missouri nonmetro area

Pay in the Southeast Missouri nonmetro area against Missouri and the US

Accountants at the 90th percentile earn $108,500, 2.4 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.6. The middle half of accountants in the Southeast Missouri nonmetro area earns $51,660–$86,220. The mean ($74,400) is 16% 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 $34,560 wide, against $39,210 across Missouri and $42,790 nationally: employers in the Southeast Missouri 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 $22,130 over the median, the 25th only $12,430 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $28,555 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 Southeast Missouri nonmetro area, and the Missouri statewide median of $76,590 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Southeast Missouri nonmetro area

At the $64,090 median, a local hire costs about $82,697 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,607 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 Southeast Missouri nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Southeast Missouri nonmetro area, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($79,430); recruiters come next at $60,040.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #11 of the 16 roles we track in the Southeast Missouri nonmetro area (-23.4%), between project coordinators (-22.4%) and paralegals (-25.7%). The typical role here is at -21.4%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Accountants hold 7.4% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Southeast Missouri nonmetro area, 10.1% across Missouri and 9.2% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Missouri

Across the 12 areas of Missouri with data for this job, the median runs from $62,490 in the Southwest Missouri nonmetro area to $80,040 in Kansas City, a gap of $17,550 a year. Of the 6 areas in Missouri with more accountants than the Southeast Missouri nonmetro area, 1 pays less: Jefferson City, MO ($64,040).

the Southeast Missouri nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southeast Missouri nonmetro area is #255 of 521 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Missouri, McAllen-Edinburg and Alexandria pay just above the Southeast Missouri nonmetro area and Twin Falls and Laredo just below. All four are within $680 a year of the median in the Southeast Missouri nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, all three pay more.

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