Accountant salary in the Western Wisconsin nonmetro area

Pay in the Western Wisconsin nonmetro area against Wisconsin and the US

The middle half of accountants in the Western Wisconsin nonmetro area earns $63,560–$100,440. The top tenth earns $130,790 or more, 2.3 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.6 times. The mean ($85,550) is 10% 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 $36,880 wide, between the figure for Wisconsin ($35,800) and the US figure ($42,790).

What to budget for an accountant here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $22,370 over the median, the 25th only $14,510 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $28,865 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 the Western Wisconsin nonmetro area, and the Wisconsin statewide median of $79,400 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Western Wisconsin nonmetro area

At the $78,070 median, a local hire costs about $100,735 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $22,665 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 Western Wisconsin nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Western Wisconsin nonmetro area, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($84,420); recruiters come next at $76,400.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #12 of the 17 roles we track in the Western Wisconsin nonmetro area (-6.7%), between e-commerce order specialists (-4.2%) and executive assistants (-8.2%). The typical role here is at -3.7%, so, measured against the US, accountants cost less in the Western Wisconsin nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Accountants hold 7.8% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Western Wisconsin nonmetro area, 8.9% across Wisconsin and 9.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Wisconsin

Across the 17 areas of Wisconsin with data for this job, the median runs from $74,210 in the Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetro area to $81,130 in Madison, a gap of $6,920 a year. Of the 7 areas in Wisconsin with more accountants than the Western Wisconsin nonmetro area, 4 pay less, the largest of them Green Bay, WI ($77,720), the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area ($77,340) and the Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetro area ($75,590).

the Western Wisconsin nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Western Wisconsin nonmetro area is #287 of 521 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Wisconsin, Grants Pass and Nashville-Murfreesboro pay just above the Western Wisconsin nonmetro area and Flagstaff and New Orleans-Metairie just below. All four are within $130 a year of the median in the Western Wisconsin nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, one pays more.

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