Accountant salary in Yuba City, CA

Pay in Yuba City against California and the US

Accountants at the 90th percentile earn $131,260, 2.4 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 2.6. The middle half of accountants in Yuba City earns $66,070–$102,660. The mean ($90,600) 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 $36,590 wide, against $50,040 across California and $42,790 nationally: employers in Yuba City 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 $24,130 over the median, the 25th only $12,460 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $31,135 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 Yuba City, and the California statewide median of $97,050 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Yuba City

At the $78,530 median, a local hire costs about $101,329 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $22,799 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 Yuba City

Of the 15 roles we track in Yuba City, this one ranks #2 by median pay, after project coordinators ($108,190); executive assistants come next at $78,420.

Measured against the US median, accountants rank #13 of the 15 roles we track in Yuba City (-6.2%), between paralegals (-3.6%) and marketing specialists (-17.0%). The typical role here is at +2.4%, so, measured against the US, accountants cost less in Yuba City than the area's general pay level would suggest. Accountants hold 7.8% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Yuba City, 10.7% across California and 9.3% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in California

Across the 28 areas of California with data for this job, the median runs from $74,880 in the North Coast Region of California nonmetro area to $121,700 in San Jose-Sunnyvale, a gap of $46,820 a year. Of the 26 areas in California with more accountants than Yuba City, 4 pay less, the largest of them the North Coast Region of California nonmetro area ($74,880), Chico, CA ($77,680) and the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetro area ($77,790).

Yuba City against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Yuba City is #473 of 521 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside California, Akron and Warner Robins pay just above Yuba City and Sumter and Allentown-Bethlehem just below. All four are within $100 a year of the median in Yuba City. Of the three markets with about as many accountants, none pays as much.

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