Accountant salary in St. George, UT

Pay in St. George against Utah and the US

Pay is more spread out here than nationally: the top tenth earns $129,230 or more, 3.0 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 St. George earns $49,260–$96,930. The mean ($77,910) 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 $47,670 wide, wider than in Utah as a whole ($42,230) and the US ($42,790), so what a accountant earns in St. George depends more on the employer.

What to budget for an accountant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $21,270 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $26,400, or about $34,065 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 St. George, and the Utah statewide median of $79,990 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in St. George

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 $20,476 to the $70,530 median and brings it to $91,006 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 St. George

Of the 15 roles we track in St. George, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($78,300); sales development representatives come next at $63,900.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #10 of the 15 roles we track in St. George (-15.7%), between office managers (-10.1%) and paralegals (-18.3%). The typical role here is at -9.9%, so, measured against the US, accountants cost less in St. George than the area's general pay level would suggest. Accountants hold 6.4% of the jobs in the 14 of these roles with a job count in St. George, 8.1% across Utah and 9.3% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Utah

Across the 7 areas of Utah with data for this job, the median runs from $70,530 in St. George to $82,100 in Salt Lake City-Murray, a gap of $11,570 a year. All 4 areas in Utah with more accountants than St. George also pay more, among them Salt Lake City-Murray, UT ($82,100) and Provo-Orem, UT ($75,700).

St. George against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, St. George is #335 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 Utah, Jackson and Huntington-Ashland pay just above St. George and Chambersburg and Scranton-Wilkes-Barre just below. All four are within $310 a year of the median in St. George. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, all three pay more.

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