Accountant salary in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area

Pay in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area against Colorado and the US

The middle half of accountants in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area earns $61,120–$104,110. The top tenth earns $128,210 or more, 2.6 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.6 times. The mean ($86,290) 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 $42,990 wide, between the figure for Colorado ($52,370) and the US figure ($42,790).

What to budget for an accountant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $18,580 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $24,410, or about $31,497 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 Southwest Colorado nonmetro area, and the Colorado statewide median of $97,030 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Southwest Colorado 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 $23,139 to the $79,700 median and brings it to $102,839 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 Southwest Colorado nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($96,080); sales development representatives come next at $78,390.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #11 of the 17 roles we track in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area (-4.8%), between office managers (-4.6%) and project coordinators (-6.1%). The typical role here is at -2.7%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Accountants hold 10.0% of the jobs in the 15 of these roles with a job count in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area, 11.3% across Colorado and 9.4% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Colorado

Across the 10 areas of Colorado with data for this job, the median runs from $76,530 in the Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetro area to $100,020 in Denver-Aurora, a gap of $23,490 a year. All 6 areas in Colorado with more accountants than the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area also pay more, among them Denver-Aurora, CO ($100,020) and Colorado Springs, CO ($85,000).

the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area is #201 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Colorado, Savannah and Portland-South Portland pay just above the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area and Bakersfield-Delano and Elmira just below. All four are within $160 a year of the median in the Southwest Colorado nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, none pays as much.

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