Accountant salary in the Southeast Oklahoma nonmetro area

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

Accountants at the 90th percentile earn $116,230, 2.8 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.6. The middle half of accountants in the Southeast Oklahoma nonmetro area earns $47,830–$87,970. The mean ($74,730) 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 $40,140 wide, against $44,250 across Oklahoma and $42,790 nationally: employers in the Southeast Oklahoma nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an accountant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $23,330 a year in pay and about $30,103 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $16,810 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 the Southeast Oklahoma nonmetro area, and the Oklahoma statewide median of $79,370 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Southeast Oklahoma nonmetro area

At the $64,640 median, a local hire costs about $83,406 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,766 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 Oklahoma nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Southeast Oklahoma nonmetro area, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($74,390); sales development representatives come next at $61,230.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #12 of the 17 roles we track in the Southeast Oklahoma nonmetro area (-22.8%), between office managers (-20.9%) and HR assistants (-23.6%). The typical role here is at -20.4%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Accountants hold 7.5% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Southeast Oklahoma nonmetro area, 9.6% across Oklahoma and 9.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Oklahoma

Across the 8 areas of Oklahoma with data for this job, the median runs from $64,640 in the Southeast Oklahoma nonmetro area to $83,990 in the Northeast Oklahoma nonmetro area, a gap of $19,350 a year. All 2 areas in Oklahoma with more accountants than the Southeast Oklahoma nonmetro area also pay more, among them Oklahoma City, OK ($77,280) and Tulsa, OK ($81,320).

the Southeast Oklahoma nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southeast Oklahoma nonmetro area is #163 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 Oklahoma, Johnson City and Lincoln pay just above the Southeast Oklahoma nonmetro area and Alexandria and McAllen-Edinburg just below. All four are within $530 a year of the median in the Southeast Oklahoma nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, all three pay more.

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