Accountant salary in the Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetro area

Pay in the Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetro area against New Hampshire and the US

Accountants at the 90th percentile earn $127,540, 2.4 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.6. The middle half of accountants in the Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetro area earns $64,610–$101,170. The mean ($87,240) 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 $36,560 wide, between the figure for New Hampshire ($33,800) and the US figure ($42,790).

What to budget for an accountant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $21,210 a year in pay and about $27,368 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $15,350 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 Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetro area, and the New Hampshire statewide median of $83,470 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Southwestern New Hampshire 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 $23,214 to the $79,960 median and brings it to $103,174 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 Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetro area, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($81,120); sales development representatives come next at $69,060.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #10 of the 16 roles we track in the Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetro area (-4.4%), between office managers (-3.9%) and data entry specialists (-7.5%). The typical role here is at -3.5%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Accountants hold 8.8% of the jobs in the 15 of these roles with a job count in the Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetro area, 9.6% across New Hampshire and 9.4% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in New Hampshire

Across the 4 areas of New Hampshire with data for this job, the median runs from $77,730 in the Central New Hampshire nonmetro area to $83,660 in Manchester-Nashua, a gap of $5,930 a year. Of the 3 areas in New Hampshire with more accountants than the Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetro area, 2 pay less: the Central New Hampshire nonmetro area ($77,730) and the Northern New Hampshire nonmetro area ($79,700).

the Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetro area is #439 of 521 US areas for this job. The market is small, but its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside New Hampshire, Jacksonville and Cleveland pay just above the Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetro area and Eugene-Springfield and Albuquerque just below. All four are within $80 a year of the median in the Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, none pays as much.

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