Accountant salary in Tallahassee, FL

Pay in Tallahassee against Florida and the US

Accountants at the 90th percentile earn $110,810, 2.6 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.6. The middle half of accountants in Tallahassee earns $48,400–$82,920. The mean ($70,650) is 14% 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 $34,520 wide, against $40,410 across Florida and $42,790 nationally: employers in Tallahassee 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 $21,080 over the median, the 25th only $13,440 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $27,200 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 75th and 90th percentiles in Tallahassee, and the Florida statewide median of $79,250 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local accountants earn.

What a hire really costs in Tallahassee

At the $61,840 median, a local hire costs about $79,794 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $17,954 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 Tallahassee

Of the 16 roles we track in Tallahassee, this one ranks #4 by median pay, between sales development representatives ($61,880) and office managers ($59,730). Project Coordinator is the highest at $82,740.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 16 roles we track in Tallahassee (-26.1%); bookkeepers come first (-9.4%). The typical role here is at -15.4%, so, measured against the US, accountants cost less in Tallahassee than the area's general pay level would suggest. Accountants hold 11.9% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Tallahassee, 7.9% across Florida and 9.2% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Florida

Across the 24 areas of Florida with data for this job, the median runs from $61,840 in Tallahassee to $84,570 in Naples-Marco Island, a gap of $22,730 a year. All 5 areas in Florida with more accountants than Tallahassee also pay more, among them Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ($80,920) and Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL ($78,990).

Tallahassee against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Tallahassee is #88 of 521 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, yet its pay sits in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Florida, Fort Smith and Terre Haute pay just above Tallahassee and Hot Springs just below. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, all three pay more.

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