Accountant salary in the Southwest Minnesota nonmetro area

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

Accountants at the 90th percentile earn $126,310, 2.5 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.6. The middle half of accountants in the Southwest Minnesota nonmetro area earns $60,170–$94,520. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $34,350 wide, against $36,830 across Minnesota and $42,790 nationally: employers in the Southwest Minnesota nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an accountant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $17,680 a year in pay and about $22,813 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $16,670 in pay. 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 Minnesota nonmetro area, and the Minnesota statewide median of $81,600 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Southwest Minnesota nonmetro area

At the $76,840 median, a local hire costs about $99,148 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $22,308 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 Minnesota nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the Southwest Minnesota nonmetro area, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($80,840); recruiters come next at $73,630.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #12 of the 15 roles we track in the Southwest Minnesota nonmetro area (-8.2%), between executive assistants (-6.9%) and sales development representatives (-11.3%). The typical role here is at -0.9%, so, measured against the US, accountants cost less in the Southwest Minnesota nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Accountants hold 11.6% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the Southwest Minnesota nonmetro area, 10.5% across Minnesota and 9.3% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Minnesota

Across the 9 areas of Minnesota with data for this job, the median runs from $73,830 in the Northwest Minnesota nonmetro area to $86,500 in Minneapolis-St. Paul, a gap of $12,670 a year. Of the 4 areas in Minnesota with more accountants than the Southwest Minnesota nonmetro area, 1 pays less: the Northwest Minnesota nonmetro area ($73,830).

the Southwest Minnesota nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southwest Minnesota nonmetro area is #211 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Minnesota, Fond du Lac and Greenville-Anderson pay just above the Southwest Minnesota nonmetro area and Lakeland-Winter Haven and Decatur just below. All four are within $120 a year of the median in the Southwest Minnesota nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, one pays more.

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