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Accountants & Auditors salary in Spartanburg, SC

Median pay for accountants & auditors in Spartanburg, SC: $67,890/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $45,310 – $109,840 · about 910 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($74,290) by −$6,400 (-9%).

What it's really worth in Spartanburg

With Spartanburg's cost of living at 90 (US=100), that $67,890 has the buying power of about $75,026 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $61,955 · median home $279,792 · median rent $1,473/mo.

Full Spartanburg cost of living & taxes →

How Spartanburg ranks for this job

On raw pay, Spartanburg, SC is 147th of the 187 metros we hold accountants & auditors wages for. Once Spartanburg's cost of living is applied, it ranks 119th.

Pay here goes further than the headline number suggests — Spartanburg 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 Spartanburg

A median home in Spartanburg, SC costs $279,792 — about 4.1× 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 $1,473/mo works out at 26% 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 Spartanburg.

MetroMedian payvs SpartanburgRent vs Spartanburg
San Jose, CA $113,980 +68% 2.5×
San Francisco, CA $103,990 +53% 2.2×
New York, NY $103,900 +53% 2.4×
Washington, DC $97,320 +43% 1.6×

Same job elsewhere in SC

MetroMedian payvs SpartanburgRent vs Spartanburg
Charleston, SC $73,850 +9% 1.4×
Greenville, SC $69,990 +3%
Myrtle Beach, SC $65,780 −3% 1.2×
Columbia, SC $62,460 −8%

Staying in SC 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.