Accountant salary in the Southern Michigan nonmetro area

Pay in the Southern Michigan nonmetro area against Michigan and the US

Accountants at the 90th percentile earn $119,970, 2.4 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.6. The middle half of accountants in the Southern Michigan nonmetro area earns $60,680–$95,670. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $34,990 wide, against $37,180 across Michigan and $42,790 nationally: employers in the Southern Michigan 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 $21,240 over the median, the 25th only $13,750 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $27,406 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 Southern Michigan nonmetro area, and the Michigan statewide median of $78,820 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Southern Michigan nonmetro area

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 $21,609 to the $74,430 median and brings it to $96,039 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 the Southern Michigan nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Southern Michigan nonmetro area, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($96,590); sales development representatives come next at $71,580.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #10 of the 17 roles we track in the Southern Michigan nonmetro area (-11.1%), between administrative assistants (-9.3%) and office managers (-11.7%). The typical role here is at -9.3%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Accountants hold 11.3% of the jobs in the 16 of these roles with a job count in the Southern Michigan nonmetro area, 10.3% across Michigan and 9.2% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Michigan

Across the 19 areas of Michigan with data for this job, the median runs from $69,740 in the Northern Michigan nonmetro area to $91,790 in Midland, a gap of $22,050 a year. Of the 6 areas in Michigan with more accountants than the Southern Michigan nonmetro area, 1 pays less: the Mid Michigan nonmetro area ($69,790).

the Southern Michigan nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southern Michigan nonmetro area is #195 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Michigan, Myrtle Beach-Conway and Houma-Bayou Cane pay just above the Southern Michigan nonmetro area and Idaho Falls and Lubbock just below. All four are within $190 a year of the median in the Southern Michigan nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, all three pay more.

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