Accountant salary in the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area

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

Accountants at the 90th percentile earn $126,990, 2.5 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.6. The middle half of accountants in the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area earns $61,590–$97,600. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $36,010 wide, against $49,260 across Virginia and $42,790 nationally: employers in the Southwest Virginia 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 $20,280 a year in pay and about $26,168 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $15,730 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 Virginia nonmetro area, and the Virginia statewide median of $93,290 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area

At the $77,320 median, a local hire costs about $99,768 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $22,448 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 Virginia nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($87,870); recruiters come next at $63,800.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #4 of the 17 roles we track in the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area (-7.6%), between virtual receptionists (-7.4%) and bookkeepers (-8.1%). The typical role here is at -14.8%, so, measured against the US, accountants cost more in the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Accountants hold 6.7% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area, 11.0% across Virginia and 9.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Virginia

Across the 13 areas of Virginia with data for this job, the median runs from $74,800 in Blacksburg-Christiansburg to $84,220 in Richmond, a gap of $9,420 a year. Of the 6 areas in Virginia with more accountants than the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area, 2 pay less: Roanoke, VA ($77,240) and the Southside Virginia nonmetro area ($75,900).

the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area is #314 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Virginia, Toledo and Duluth pay just above the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area and Wildwood-The Villages and Oklahoma City just below. All four are within $80 a year of the median in the Southwest Virginia nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, one pays more.

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