Accountant salary in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area

Pay in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area against Pennsylvania and the US

Accountants at the 90th percentile earn $119,870, 2.6 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.6. The middle half of accountants in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area earns $57,260–$91,970. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $34,710 wide, against $37,660 across Pennsylvania and $42,790 nationally: employers in the Southwestern Pennsylvania 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 $20,830 over the median, the 25th only $13,880 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $26,877 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 Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area, and the Pennsylvania statewide median of $79,000 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area

At the $71,140 median, a local hire costs about $91,794 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $20,654 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 Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($94,870); recruiters come next at $64,500.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #10 of the 17 roles we track in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area (-15.0%), between e-commerce order specialists (-14.5%) and recruiters (-15.1%). The typical role here is at -14.5%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Accountants hold 8.2% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area, 9.5% across Pennsylvania and 9.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Pennsylvania

Across the 20 areas of Pennsylvania with data for this job, the median runs from $65,690 in Altoona to $85,990 in Philadelphia-Camden, a gap of $20,300 a year. Of the 11 areas in Pennsylvania with more accountants than the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area, 4 pay less, the largest of them Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA ($70,480), the Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area ($67,390) and the Central Pennsylvania nonmetro area ($65,850).

the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area is #226 of 521 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Pennsylvania, Daphne-Fairhope and Coeur d'Alene pay just above the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area and Huntington-Ashland and Jackson just below. All four are within $420 a year of the median in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, all three pay more.

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