Accountant salary in the Western Wyoming nonmetro area

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

The middle half of accountants in the Western Wyoming nonmetro area earns $62,510–$102,720. The top tenth earns $131,060 or more, 2.7 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 2.6 times. The mean ($87,190) 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 $40,210 wide, between the figure for Wyoming ($40,090) and the US figure ($42,790).

What to budget for an accountant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $17,490 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $22,720, or about $29,316 once benefits are added. 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 Wyoming nonmetro area, and the Wyoming statewide median of $77,620 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in the Western Wyoming nonmetro area

At the $80,000 median, a local hire costs about $103,226 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $23,226 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 Wyoming nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the Western Wyoming nonmetro area, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($96,660); recruiters come next at $66,490.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #5 of the 15 roles we track in the Western Wyoming nonmetro area (-4.4%), between medical administrative assistants (-3.3%) and customer support specialists (-4.8%). The typical role here is at -6.1%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Accountants hold 11.4% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the Western Wyoming nonmetro area, 13.1% across Wyoming and 9.2% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Wyoming

Across the 4 areas of Wyoming with data for this job, the median runs from $74,050 in Cheyenne to $83,890 in Casper, a gap of $9,840 a year. No other area in Wyoming has as many accountants, and 2 of the other 3 pay less.

the Western Wyoming nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Western Wyoming nonmetro area is #256 of 521 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside Wyoming, Cleveland and Kansas City pay just above the Western Wyoming nonmetro area and Jacksonville and Eugene-Springfield just below. All four are within $70 a year of the median in the Western Wyoming nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, none pays as much.

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