Accountant salary in the West Arkansas nonmetro area

Pay in the West Arkansas nonmetro area against Arkansas and the US

Accountants at the 90th percentile earn $102,720, 2.3 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.6. The middle half of accountants in the West Arkansas nonmetro area earns $49,690–$78,260. The mean ($69,320) is 9% 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 $28,570 wide, against $36,380 across Arkansas and $42,790 nationally: employers in the West Arkansas nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an accountant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $14,510 a year in pay and about $18,723 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $14,060 in pay. 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 West Arkansas nonmetro area, and the Arkansas statewide median of $66,330 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 West Arkansas nonmetro area

At the $63,750 median, a local hire costs about $82,258 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,508 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 West Arkansas nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the West Arkansas nonmetro area, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($80,570); recruiters come next at $53,730.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #8 of the 15 roles we track in the West Arkansas nonmetro area (-23.8%), between administrative assistants (-22.4%) and paralegals (-27.1%). The typical role here is at -23.8%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Accountants hold 7.3% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the West Arkansas nonmetro area, 7.4% across Arkansas and 9.2% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Arkansas

Across the 9 areas of Arkansas with data for this job, the median runs from $59,770 in Hot Springs to $77,190 in Fayetteville-Springdale, a gap of $17,420 a year. Of the 5 areas in Arkansas with more accountants than the West Arkansas nonmetro area, 3 pay less: Fort Smith, AR-OK ($62,990), the South Arkansas nonmetro area ($61,510) and the North Arkansas nonmetro area ($60,980).

the West Arkansas nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the West Arkansas nonmetro area is #431 of 521 US areas for this job. It is a small market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Arkansas, Cape Girardeau and Jefferson City pay just above the West Arkansas nonmetro area and Twin Falls and Laredo just below. All four are within $340 a year of the median in the West Arkansas nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, all three pay more.

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