Accountant salary in the Southwest Louisiana nonmetro area

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

Accountants at the 90th percentile earn $118,610, 2.8 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.6. The middle half of accountants in the Southwest Louisiana nonmetro area earns $54,140–$83,800. The mean ($75,190) is 17% 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 $29,660 wide, against $31,870 across Louisiana and $42,790 nationally: employers in the Southwest Louisiana 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 $19,710 over the median, the 25th only $9,950 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $25,432 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 Southwest Louisiana nonmetro area, and the Louisiana statewide median of $73,810 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Southwest Louisiana nonmetro area

At the $64,090 median, a local hire costs about $82,697 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,607 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 Southwest Louisiana nonmetro area

Of the 14 roles we track in the Southwest Louisiana nonmetro area, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($88,130); recruiters come next at $58,880.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #9 of the 14 roles we track in the Southwest Louisiana nonmetro area (-23.4%), between payroll specialists (-22.7%) and administrative assistants (-23.4%). The typical role here is at -22.6%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Accountants hold 6.1% of the jobs in these 14 roles in the Southwest Louisiana nonmetro area, 8.3% across Louisiana and 9.3% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Louisiana

Across the 13 areas of Louisiana with data for this job, the median runs from $64,090 in the Southwest Louisiana nonmetro area to $77,940 in New Orleans-Metairie, a gap of $13,850 a year. All 8 areas in Louisiana with more accountants than the Southwest Louisiana nonmetro area also pay more, among them New Orleans-Metairie, LA ($77,940) and Baton Rouge, LA ($73,070).

the Southwest Louisiana nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southwest Louisiana nonmetro area is #386 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 Louisiana, McAllen-Edinburg and Johnson City pay just above the Southwest Louisiana nonmetro area and Jefferson City and Cape Girardeau just below. All four are within $620 a year of the median in the Southwest Louisiana nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, all three pay more.

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