Accountant / auditor · Fargo, ND
Accountant / auditor in Fargo: $2,501/mo left
BLS OEWS May 2025 puts the median accountant / auditor wage in Fargo at $76,420 a year. About 1,580 accountant / auditor jobs are in the metro. The job is about the same share of local employment as nationwide (location quotient 1.14). The 10th percentile is $49,590 and the 90th is $126,000. Pay ranks 221st-highest of 387 metros with a published median for this job. Pay is 7.2× a year of one-bedroom rent ($885/mo). North Dakota taxes wage income on a bracket schedule. At this pay, one adult in a one-bedroom keeps $2,501 a month after tax and rent. The best nearby metro for this job is Sioux Falls, about 234 miles away, at $2,603 left over a month.
Source: BLS OEWS May 2025.
Left over each month
$2,501
1 adult, 1 bd
Pay
$76,420
$49,590 to $126,000
Rent (1 bd)
$885
$1,054 (2 bd)
Employment
1,580
Location quotient 1.14
Pay rank
221st of 387
Metros with a published median
Pay vs rent
7.2×
Annual pay ÷ a year of 1 bd rent
Where the money goes
1 adult, 1 bd, accountant / auditor pay of $76,420.
- Taxes$1,211
- Rent$885
- Other living costs$1,771
- Left over$2,501
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $76,420
- Federal income tax
- −$8,426
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$5,846
- State income tax (ND)
- −$260
- Take-home pay
- $61,887
- Effective tax rate
- 19.0%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $885
- Groceries
- $349
- Getting around
- $505
- Healthcare
- $393
- Utilities and internet
- $218
- Everything else
- $306
- Total spending
- $2,656
Left over each month
$6,368 gross, minus $1,211 in tax and $2,656 in living costs.
$2,501
Rank every metro for a accountant / auditor
Same job. Local pay. After tax and rent. Best nearby: Sioux Falls, $2,603/mo.
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Questions
What does a accountant / auditor make in Fargo?
$76,420 a year. That figure is the BLS OEWS May 2025 median for the metro. About 1,580 accountant / auditor jobs are in the metro.
What is left after tax and rent for a accountant / auditor in Fargo?
$2,501 a month for one adult in a one-bedroom. North Dakota taxes wage income on a bracket schedule Rent is $885, and pay covers 7.2× a year of it.
Where nearby would a accountant / auditor keep more?
Sioux Falls, about 234 miles away, leaves $2,603 a month, more than Fargo.