Accountant salary in Springfield, OH

Pay in Springfield against Ohio and the US

Accountants at the 90th percentile earn $123,390, 2.6 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.6. The middle half of accountants in Springfield earns $57,990–$92,980. The mean ($78,780) is 10% 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 $34,990 wide, against $39,210 across Ohio and $42,790 nationally: employers in Springfield 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 $21,560 over the median, the 25th only $13,430 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $27,819 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 Springfield, and the Ohio statewide median of $79,320 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Springfield

At the $71,420 median, a local hire costs about $92,155 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $20,735 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 Springfield

Of the 15 roles we track in Springfield, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($77,490); recruiters come next at $62,390.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #6 of the 15 roles we track in Springfield (-14.7%), between customer support specialists (-12.9%) and office managers (-15.0%). The typical role here is at -17.8%, so, measured against the US, accountants cost more in Springfield than the area's general pay level would suggest. Accountants hold 7.6% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Springfield, 10.0% across Ohio and 9.3% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Ohio

Across the 16 areas of Ohio with data for this job, the median runs from $67,280 in Mansfield to $81,700 in Columbus, a gap of $14,420 a year. Of the 13 areas in Ohio with more accountants than Springfield, 2 pay less: the North Northeastern Ohio nonmetro area ($71,130) and the Southern Ohio nonmetro area ($69,040).

Springfield against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Springfield is #477 of 521 US areas for this job. It is a small market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Ohio, Weirton-Steubenville and Sebring pay just above Springfield and Coeur d'Alene and Daphne-Fairhope just below. All four are within $190 a year of the median in Springfield. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, two pay more.

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