Accountant salary in Wichita Falls, TX

Pay in Wichita Falls against Texas and the US

Accountants at the 90th percentile earn $120,470, 2.4 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.6. The middle half of accountants in Wichita Falls earns $60,610–$93,280. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $32,670 wide, against $38,200 across Texas and $42,790 nationally: employers in Wichita Falls pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for an accountant here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $15,440 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $17,230, or about $22,232 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 Wichita Falls, and the Texas statewide median of $80,920 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Wichita Falls

Pay is only part of it. Benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², which adds about $22,079 to the $76,050 median and brings it to $98,129 a year. 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 Wichita Falls

Of the 16 roles we track in Wichita Falls, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($80,070); recruiters come next at $62,300.

Measured against the US median, this job is the best paid of the 16 roles we track in Wichita Falls (-9.1%); marketing specialists come last (-39.3%). The typical role here is at -17.9%, so, measured against the US, accountants cost more in Wichita Falls than the area's general pay level would suggest. Accountants hold 6.3% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Wichita Falls, 7.4% across Texas and 9.2% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Texas

Across the 32 areas of Texas with data for this job, the median runs from $63,410 in Laredo to $100,890 in Midland, a gap of $37,480 a year. Of the 27 areas in Texas with more accountants than Wichita Falls, 15 pay less, the largest of them El Paso, TX ($65,990), McAllen-Edinburg, TX ($64,470) and the Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetro area ($74,450).

Wichita Falls against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Wichita Falls is #457 of 521 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Texas, Monroe and Farmington pay just above Wichita Falls and Battle Creek and Lewiston-Auburn just below. All four are within $70 a year of the median in Wichita Falls. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, none pays as much.

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