Accountant salary in the Southern Ohio nonmetro area

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

The middle half of accountants in the Southern Ohio nonmetro area earns $56,650–$85,780. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $105,360, only 2.3 times the bottom tenth, against 2.6 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($74,730) is 8% 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 $29,130 wide, against $39,210 across Ohio and $42,790 nationally: employers in the Southern Ohio nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an accountant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $12,390 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $16,740, or about $21,600 once benefits are added. 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 Ohio nonmetro area, and the Ohio statewide median of $79,320 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Southern Ohio 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 $20,044 to the $69,040 median and brings it to $89,084 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 Ohio nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Southern Ohio nonmetro area, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($82,910); executive assistants come next at $63,500.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #13 of the 17 roles we track in the Southern Ohio nonmetro area (-17.5%), between executive assistants (-17.1%) and project coordinators (-19.0%). The typical role here is at -12.8%, so, measured against the US, accountants cost less in the Southern Ohio nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Accountants hold 8.5% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Southern Ohio nonmetro area, 9.9% across Ohio and 9.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Ohio

Across the 16 areas of Ohio with data for this job, the median runs from $67,280 in Mansfield to $81,700 in Columbus, a gap of $14,420 a year. All 10 areas in Ohio with more accountants than the Southern Ohio nonmetro area also pay more, among them Columbus, OH ($81,700) and Cleveland, OH ($80,000).

the Southern Ohio nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southern Ohio nonmetro area is #205 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 Ohio, Columbia and Texarkana pay just above the Southern Ohio nonmetro area and Enid and Grand Island just below. All four are within $950 a year of the median in the Southern Ohio nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, all three pay more.

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