Accountant salary in the West Delta Mississippi nonmetro area

Pay in the West Delta Mississippi nonmetro area against Mississippi and the US

Accountants at the 90th percentile earn $103,990, 2.3 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.6. The middle half of accountants in the West Delta Mississippi nonmetro area earns $54,110–$83,190. The mean ($74,180) is 15% 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 $29,080 wide, against $36,090 across Mississippi and $42,790 nationally: employers in the West Delta 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 $18,520 over the median, the 25th only $10,560 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $23,897 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 West Delta 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 West Delta Mississippi nonmetro area

At the $64,670 median, a local hire costs about $83,445 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $18,775 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 Delta Mississippi nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the West Delta Mississippi nonmetro area, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($77,120); executive assistants come next at $57,240.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #8 of the 16 roles we track in the West Delta Mississippi nonmetro area (-22.7%), between e-commerce order specialists (-21.5%) and medical administrative assistants (-23.1%). The typical role here is at -22.9%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Accountants hold 5.7% of the jobs in these 16 roles in the West Delta Mississippi nonmetro area and 9.2% 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. Of the 5 areas in Mississippi with more accountants than the West Delta Mississippi nonmetro area, 2 pay less: the Upper East Mississippi nonmetro area ($64,410) and the Lower East Mississippi nonmetro area ($62,360).

the West Delta Mississippi nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the West Delta Mississippi nonmetro area is #421 of 521 US areas for this job. It is a small market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Mississippi, Johnson City and Lincoln pay just above the West Delta Mississippi nonmetro area and Alexandria and McAllen-Edinburg just below. All four are within $500 a year of the median in the West Delta Mississippi nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, all three pay more.

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