Accountant salary in the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area

Pay in the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area against Mississippi and the US

The middle half of accountants in the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area earns $57,420–$83,260. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $104,750, only 2.3 times the bottom tenth, against 2.6 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($73,630) 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 $25,840 wide, against $36,090 across Mississippi and $42,790 nationally: employers in the Upper East Mississippi 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 $18,850 over the median, the 25th only $6,990 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $24,323 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 the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area, and the Mississippi statewide median of $68,100 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 the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area

At the $64,410 median, a local hire costs about $83,110 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,700 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 Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($78,640); office managers come next at $59,180.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #10 of the 17 roles we track in the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area (-23.0%), between administrative assistants (-22.1%) and project coordinators (-23.1%). The typical role here is at -22.1%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Accountants hold 6.2% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area and 9.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Mississippi

Across the 7 areas of Mississippi with data for this job, the median runs from $62,360 in the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area to $76,380 in Gulfport-Biloxi, a gap of $14,020 a year. The one area in Mississippi with more accountants, Jackson, MS ($70,720), also pays more.

the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area is #196 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 Mississippi, McAllen-Edinburg and Alexandria pay just above the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area and Jefferson City and Cape Girardeau just below. All four are within $400 a year of the median in the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, all three pay more.

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