Accountant salary in the Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro area

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

Pay is more spread out here than nationally: the top tenth earns $132,140 or more, 3.1 times the bottom tenth, against 2.6 times across the US. Two offers for the same title can sit far apart. The middle half of accountants in the Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro area earns $57,260–$92,490. The mean ($80,840) is 9% 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 $35,230 wide, against $44,250 across Oklahoma and $42,790 nationally: employers in the Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an accountant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $16,880 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $18,350, or about $23,677 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 Oklahoma nonmetro area, and the Oklahoma statewide median of $79,370 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Southwest Oklahoma 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 $21,525 to the $74,140 median and brings it to $95,665 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 Oklahoma nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro area, this one ranks #3 by median pay, between sales development representatives ($75,430) and recruiters ($61,450). Project Coordinator is the highest at $95,990.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #3 of the 15 roles we track in the Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro area (-11.4%), between project coordinators (-6.2%) and data entry specialists (-14.5%). The typical role here is at -19.1%, so, measured against the US, accountants cost more in the Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Accountants hold 9.9% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro area, 9.7% across Oklahoma and 9.2% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Oklahoma

Across the 8 areas of Oklahoma with data for this job, the median runs from $64,640 in the Southeast Oklahoma nonmetro area to $83,990 in the Northeast Oklahoma nonmetro area, a gap of $19,350 a year. Of the 5 areas in Oklahoma with more accountants than the Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro area, 2 pay less: the Southeast Oklahoma nonmetro area ($64,640) and the Northwest Oklahoma nonmetro area ($71,520).

the Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro area is #376 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Oklahoma, Dubuque and Lebanon pay just above the Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro area and Cheyenne and Elizabethtown just below. All four are within $120 a year of the median in the Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, none pays as much.

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