Accountants and Auditors Salary in New Orleans-Metairie, LA
Median annual salary
$77,940
-7% vs US median ($83,680)
Worth after local cost of living
$84,442
cost index 92.3 (relative rent (Census ACS), US metro median = 100)
Pay range in New Orleans-Metairie, LA
| 10th percentile | $52,630 |
| 25th percentile | $62,550 |
| Median (50th) | $77,940 |
| 75th percentile | $98,540 |
| 90th percentile | $121,170 |
| Mean | $83,540 |
| Employed in metro | 3,740 |
A Accountants and Auditors in New Orleans-Metairie, LA earns a median of $77,940 per year. That is 7% below the national median of $83,680 for this occupation. Because New Orleans-Metairie, LA has a cost index of 92.3 (below the US metro average of 100), that salary has the local purchasing power of about $84,442 in an average-cost metro.
Local context: median household income in the metro is $62,655, median gross rent $1,217/mo, and the median home value $260,200. See the full New Orleans-Metairie, LA cost-of-living profile.