Accountants & Auditors salary in St. Louis, MO

Median pay for accountants & auditors in St. Louis, MO: $76,280/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $47,250 – $126,780 · about 12,770 employed locally

Above the typical metro median ($74,290) by +$1,990 (+3%).

What it's really worth in St. Louis

With St. Louis's cost of living at 95 (US=100), that $76,280 has the buying power of about $80,318 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $75,316 · median home $276,878 · median rent $1,451/mo.

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How St. Louis ranks for this job

On raw pay, St. Louis, MO is 80th of the 187 metros we hold accountants & auditors wages for. Once St. Louis's cost of living is applied, it ranks 54th.

Pay here goes further than the headline number suggests — St. Louis 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 St. Louis

A median home in St. Louis, MO costs $276,878 — about 3.6× 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 $1,451/mo works out at 23% 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 St. Louis.

Metro	Median pay	vs St. Louis	Rent vs St. Louis
San Jose, CA	$113,980	+49%	2.5×
San Francisco, CA	$103,990	+36%	2.2×
New York, NY	$103,900	+36%	2.4×
Washington, DC	$97,320	+28%	1.7×

Same job elsewhere in MO

Metro	Median pay	vs St. Louis	Rent vs St. Louis
Kansas City, MO	$78,500	+3%	1.1×
Springfield, MO	$59,870	−22%	0.9×

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

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