Accountant salary in Stockton-Lodi, CA

Pay in Stockton-Lodi against California and the US

Accountants at the 90th percentile earn $137,590, 2.3 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.6. The middle half of accountants in Stockton-Lodi earns $71,310–$107,150. The mean ($93,820) is 12% 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 $35,840 wide, against $50,040 across California and $42,790 nationally: employers in Stockton-Lodi 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 $23,580 over the median, the 25th only $12,260 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $30,426 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 Stockton-Lodi, and the California statewide median of $97,050 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Stockton-Lodi

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 $24,262 to the $83,570 median and brings it to $107,832 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 Stockton-Lodi

Of the 17 roles we track in Stockton-Lodi, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($104,240); executive assistants come next at $79,200.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #15 of the 17 roles we track in Stockton-Lodi (-0.1%), between e-commerce order specialists (+0.2%) and sales development representatives (-4.4%). The typical role here is at +5.1%, so, measured against the US, accountants cost less in Stockton-Lodi than the area's general pay level would suggest. Accountants hold 7.6% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Stockton-Lodi, 10.5% across California and 9.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in California

Across the 28 areas of California with data for this job, the median runs from $74,880 in the North Coast Region of California nonmetro area to $121,700 in San Jose-Sunnyvale, a gap of $46,820 a year. Of the 11 areas in California with more accountants than Stockton-Lodi, 2 pay less: Fresno, CA ($78,690) and Bakersfield-Delano, CA ($79,620).

Stockton-Lodi against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Stockton-Lodi is #136 of 521 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside California, Manchester-Nashua and Ithaca pay just above Stockton-Lodi and Austin-Round Rock and Atlantic City-Hammonton just below. All four are within $530 a year of the median in Stockton-Lodi. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, one pays more.

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