Accountant salary in the Southern Vermont nonmetro area

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

The middle half of accountants in the Southern Vermont nonmetro area earns $64,180–$91,620. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $109,100, only 1.8 times the bottom tenth, against 2.6 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($82,150) 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 $27,440 wide, against $30,910 across Vermont and $42,790 nationally: employers in the Southern Vermont nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an accountant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $11,100 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $16,340, or about $21,084 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 Vermont nonmetro area, and the Vermont statewide median of $78,890 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Southern Vermont 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 $21,855 to the $75,280 median and brings it to $97,135 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 Vermont nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Southern Vermont nonmetro area, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between sales development representatives ($75,960) and marketing specialists ($73,000). Project Coordinator is the highest at $81,640.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #15 of the 17 roles we track in the Southern Vermont nonmetro area (-10.0%), between marketing specialists (-7.3%) and executive assistants (-11.0%). The typical role here is at +1.1%, so, measured against the US, accountants cost less in the Southern Vermont nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Accountants hold 7.8% of the jobs in the 16 of these roles with a job count in the Southern Vermont nonmetro area, 11.1% across Vermont and 9.2% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Vermont

Across the 3 areas of Vermont with data for this job, the median runs from $75,280 in the Southern Vermont nonmetro area to $82,510 in Burlington-South Burlington, a gap of $7,230 a year. All 2 areas in Vermont with more accountants than the Southern Vermont nonmetro area also pay more, among them Burlington-South Burlington, VT ($82,510) and the Northern Vermont nonmetro area ($76,210).

the Southern Vermont nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southern Vermont nonmetro area is #369 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Vermont, Knoxville and Abilene pay just above the Southern Vermont nonmetro area and Rockford and Fort Wayne just below. All four are within $130 a year of the median in the Southern Vermont nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, one pays more.

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