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Accountants & Auditors salary in Clarksville, TN

Median pay for accountants & auditors in Clarksville, TN: $63,570/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $42,430 – $105,050 · about 500 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($74,290) by −$10,720 (-14%).

What it's really worth in Clarksville

With Clarksville's cost of living at 92 (US=100), that $63,570 has the buying power of about $69,359 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $62,188 · median home $292,990 · median rent $1,342/mo.

Full Clarksville cost of living & taxes →

How Clarksville ranks for this job

On raw pay, Clarksville, TN is 170th of the 187 metros we hold accountants & auditors wages for. Once Clarksville's cost of living is applied, it ranks 173rd.

Pay and living costs are roughly in step here, so Clarksville sits in much the same place whether you look at raw salary or spending power.

What that salary buys in Clarksville

A median home in Clarksville, TN costs $292,990 — about 4.6× 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 $1,342/mo works out at 25% 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 Clarksville.

MetroMedian payvs ClarksvilleRent vs Clarksville
San Jose, CA $113,980 +79% 2.7×
San Francisco, CA $103,990 +64% 2.4×
New York, NY $103,900 +63% 2.6×
Washington, DC $97,320 +53% 1.8×

Same job elsewhere in TN

MetroMedian payvs ClarksvilleRent vs Clarksville
Nashville, TN $76,440 +20% 1.3×
Memphis, TN $72,060 +13% 1.1×
Knoxville, TN $71,260 +12% 1.3×
Chattanooga, TN $70,140 +10% 1.1×

Staying in TN 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.