How much do Accountants and Auditors make in Sioux City, IA-NE-SD?

Percentile spread

For Accountants and Auditors, the published 10th percentile is $56,100 and the 90th percentile is $120,500. The difference is $64,400, which is 81.9% 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 $64,530 to the 75th at $97,250, covers $32,720.

The mean annual wage is $83,650, which sits above the median of $78,650. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Sioux City, IA-NE-SD median is 6% lower than the national median of $83,680 for Accountants and Auditors. In 2024 national prices the local median is $90,973, which is 8.7% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.6% higher than the Iowa median of $77,440.

Sioux City, IA-NE-SD covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Iowa, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Sioux City, IA-NE-SD is 86.454, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $78,650 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Accountants and Auditors at $90,973 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

8 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Accountants and Auditors. Sioux City, IA-NE-SD ranks 4th of 9 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).).

• Sioux Falls, SD-MN is 76 miles away, with a median of $80,920 and employment of 2,370. That median is 2.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $89,285, against $90,973 here.
• Omaha, NE-IA is 86 miles away, with a median of $77,030 and employment of 5,170. That median is 2.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $83,809, against $90,973 here.
• Lincoln, NE is 120 miles away, with a median of $65,170 and employment of 2,130. That median is 17.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $71,161, against $90,973 here.

Employment share

Accountants and Auditors accounts for 0.69% of wage-and-salary employment in Sioux City, IA-NE-SD (520 of 75,010). Nationally the occupation is 0.93% of employment (1,449,500 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.74 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.