Accountant salary in the Southwest New York nonmetro area

Pay in the Southwest New York nonmetro area against New York and the US

The middle half of accountants in the Southwest New York nonmetro area earns $65,000–$101,570. The top tenth earns $134,750 or more, 2.6 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.6 times. The mean ($88,630) 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 $36,570 wide, against $55,060 across New York and $42,790 nationally: employers in the Southwest New York 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 $23,120 over the median, the 25th only $13,450 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $29,832 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 New York nonmetro area, and the New York statewide median of $102,640 falls between the 75th and 90th percentiles.

What a hire really costs in the Southwest New York 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 $22,776 to the $78,450 median and brings it to $101,226 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 New York nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Southwest New York nonmetro area, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($106,970); recruiters come next at $73,910.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #9 of the 17 roles we track in the Southwest New York nonmetro area (-6.2%), between administrative assistants (-4.6%) and office managers (-6.8%). The typical role here is at -6.2%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Accountants hold 7.5% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Southwest New York nonmetro area, 10.0% across New York and 9.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in New York

Across the 16 areas of New York with data for this job, the median runs from $76,510 in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetro area to $105,650 in New York-Newark, a gap of $29,140 a year. All 6 areas in New York with more accountants than the Southwest New York nonmetro area also pay more, among them New York-Newark, NY-NJ ($105,650) and Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY ($82,120).

the Southwest New York nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southwest New York nonmetro area is #173 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside New York, Sumter and Yuba City pay just above the Southwest New York nonmetro area and Allentown-Bethlehem and Pueblo just below. All four are within $110 a year of the median in the Southwest New York nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, one pays more.

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