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Accountants & Auditors salary in Beaumont, TX

Median pay for accountants & auditors in Beaumont, TX: $73,880/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $47,280 – $129,030 · about 830 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($74,290) by −$410 (-1%).

What it's really worth in Beaumont

With Beaumont's cost of living at 91 (US=100), that $73,880 has the buying power of about $81,375 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $62,427 · median home $185,608 · median rent $1,332/mo.

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How Beaumont ranks for this job

On raw pay, Beaumont, TX is 100th of the 187 metros we hold accountants & auditors wages for. Once Beaumont's cost of living is applied, it ranks 43rd.

Pay here goes further than the headline number suggests — Beaumont is one of the places where accountants & auditors gain ground in real terms, because local costs are low relative to what the job pays.

What that salary buys in Beaumont

A median home in Beaumont, TX costs $185,608 — about 2.5× this salary, against a typical US metro figure of 4.7×. Buying is more attainable here than in the average metro on this income.

Median rent of $1,332/mo works out at 22% of gross pay — inside the conventional 30% affordability ceiling.

Where accountants & auditors earn more

Pay on its own is only half the picture, so each row shows what rent costs there relative to Beaumont.

MetroMedian payvs BeaumontRent vs Beaumont
San Jose, CA $113,980 +54% 2.7×
San Francisco, CA $103,990 +41% 2.4×
New York, NY $103,900 +41% 2.6×
Washington, DC $97,320 +32% 1.8×

Same job elsewhere in TX

MetroMedian payvs BeaumontRent vs Beaumont
Houston, TX $81,830 +11% 1.2×
Austin, TX $80,210 +9% 1.2×
Dallas, TX $79,840 +8% 1.3×
San Antonio, TX $77,490 +5% 1.1×

Staying in TX keeps state income tax and licensing the same, which makes these the most directly comparable moves.

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Source: US BLS OEWS (May 2023) median annual wage; cost of living from BEA; home price and rent from Zillow; household income from US Census ACS. Rankings are across the 187 metros we hold wage data for in this occupation. Estimates for guidance only. See methodology.