Accountant salary in the Southwest Maine nonmetro area

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

Accountants at the 90th percentile earn $124,800, 2.4 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.6. The middle half of accountants in the Southwest Maine nonmetro area earns $61,350–$92,480. The mean ($79,500) is 13% 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 $31,130 wide, against $34,780 across Maine and $42,790 nationally: employers in the Southwest Maine 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 $22,050 over the median, the 25th only $9,080 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $28,452 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 Maine nonmetro area, and the Maine statewide median of $77,480 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Southwest Maine 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 $20,447 to the $70,430 median and brings it to $90,877 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 Maine nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Southwest Maine nonmetro area, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($94,320); recruiters come next at $68,320.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #13 of the 16 roles we track in the Southwest Maine nonmetro area (-15.8%), between HR assistants (-10.5%) and marketing specialists (-16.6%). The typical role here is at -5.2%, so, measured against the US, accountants cost less in the Southwest Maine nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Accountants hold 6.8% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the Southwest Maine nonmetro area, 7.1% across Maine and 9.2% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Maine

Across the 5 areas of Maine with data for this job, the median runs from $70,430 in the Southwest Maine nonmetro area to $79,790 in Portland-South Portland, a gap of $9,360 a year. The one area in Maine with more accountants, Portland-South Portland, ME ($79,790), also pays more.

the Southwest Maine nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southwest Maine nonmetro area is #244 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 Maine, Scranton-Wilkes-Barre and Chambersburg pay just above the Southwest Maine nonmetro area and Shreveport-Bossier City and Lake Charles just below. All four are within $380 a year of the median in the Southwest Maine nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, all three pay more.

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