SOC 13-2011 · Business and Financial Operations Occupations · May 2025
How much do Accountants and Auditors make in Mayaguez, PR?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Accountants and Auditors in Mayaguez, PR is $38,490. The 10th percentile is $24,450 and the 90th percentile is $67,620. Employment is 420.
Median annual wage
$38,490
- 10th percentile
- $24,450
- 25th percentile
- $31,150
- Median
- $38,490
- 75th percentile
- $49,680
- 90th percentile
- $67,620
- Mean
- $45,220
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Percentile spread
For Accountants and Auditors, the published 10th percentile is $24,450 and the 90th percentile is $67,620. The difference is $43,170, which is 112.2% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.
The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $31,150 to the 75th at $49,680, covers $18,530.
The mean annual wage is $45,220, which sits above the median of $38,490. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Mayaguez, PR median is 54% lower than the national median of $83,680 for Accountants and Auditors.
It is 11.6% lower than the Puerto Rico median of $43,530.
Price-adjusted pay
The Bureau of Economic Analysis has not published a 2024 all-items regional price parity for Mayaguez, PR, so this page does not show a price-adjusted wage.
Nearby metros
5 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Accountants and Auditors. Mayaguez, PR ranks 2nd of 6 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).
- Aguadilla, PR is 26 miles away, with a median of $36,880 and employment of 470. That median is 4.2% lower than the median here.
- Ponce, PR is 34 miles away, with a median of $37,980 and employment of 590. That median is 1.3% lower than the median here.
- Arecibo, PR is 39 miles away, with a median of $36,680 and employment of 330. That median is 4.7% lower than the median here.
Employment share
Accountants and Auditors accounts for 0.81% of wage-and-salary employment in Mayaguez, PR (420 of 52,110). Nationally the occupation is 0.93% of employment (1,449,500 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.86 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.
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Questions this page answers
How much do Accountants and Auditors make in Mayaguez, PR?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Accountants and Auditors in Mayaguez, PR is $38,490. The 10th percentile is $24,450 and the 90th percentile is $67,620. Employment is 420.
How does that compare with the national median for Accountants and Auditors?
The local median is 54% lower than the national median of $83,680.
How does Mayaguez, PR compare with nearby metros for Accountants and Auditors?
Aguadilla, PR is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 26 miles away, at $36,880. Mayaguez, PR ranks 2nd of 6 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.