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United States
Accountants and Auditors
United States. Estimated employment 1,449,500, with pages for 156 metro areas below.
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$56,020 10th
$67,020 25th
$83,680 50th
$109,810 75th
$144,090 90th
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Accountants and Auditors page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
Metro area Median Employment
San Jose, CA $121,700 13,180 San Francisco, CA $110,730 25,170 New York, NY $105,650 111,930 Washington, DC $102,140 41,470 Midland, TX $100,890 1,240 Boston, MA $100,150 37,150 Denver, CO $100,020 22,720 Boulder, CO $99,990 2,380 Napa, CA $99,640 520 Seattle, WA $99,370 22,100 San Diego, CA $96,340 13,450 Barnstable Town, MA $96,110 760 Vallejo, CA $95,800 690 Santa Rosa, CA $94,690 1,740 Olympia, WA $94,470 1,330 Los Angeles, CA $94,360 70,640 Worcester, MA $94,070 3,090 Kennewick, WA $93,280 1,020 Longview, WA $93,130 250 Mount Vernon, WA $92,920 400 Charlotte, NC $92,910 16,820 Portland, OR $92,200 10,100 Sacramento, CA $92,110 13,170 Springfield, MA $92,010 1,720 Midland, MI $91,790 450 Lexington Park, MD $91,240 360 Walla Walla, WA $89,630 170 Fort Collins, CO $89,340 1,860 Kiryas Joel, NY $88,900 1,860 Bremerton, WA $88,250 580 Wenatchee, WA $87,770 410 Salem, OR $87,480 1,510 Greeley, CO $87,240 1,160 Minneapolis, MN $86,500 21,820 Springfield, IL $86,440 1,600 Bend, OR $86,030 750 Philadelphia, PA $85,990 29,370 Atlanta, GA $85,820 30,150 Baltimore, MD $85,160 13,550 Houston, TX $85,090 28,400 Durham, NC $85,090 3,060 Colorado Springs, CO $85,000 2,580 Albany, NY $84,660 4,680 Pittsfield, MA $84,640 480 Naples, FL $84,570 1,430 Amherst Town, MA $84,390 490 Rochester, MN $83,960 760 Ithaca, NY $83,800 370 Austin, TX $83,120 12,480 Dallas, TX $82,620 37,450 Binghamton, NY $82,500 670 Chicago, IL $82,360 41,360 Syracuse, NY $82,230 2,710 Buffalo, NY $82,120 4,870 Albany, OR $81,970 200 Raleigh, NC $81,950 9,190 Columbus, OH $81,700 11,410 Jackson, MI $81,470 500 Medford, OR $81,210 600 North Port, FL $81,090 2,780 Miami, FL $80,920 30,950 Rochester, NY $80,890 4,370 Phoenix, AZ $80,820 21,360 Detroit, MI $80,650 19,390 Cincinnati, OH $80,640 10,050 Asheville, NC $80,400 1,540 Burlington, NC $80,320 430 Odessa, TX $80,260 550 Greensboro, NC $80,170 3,300 Kansas City, MO $80,040 11,260 Ann Arbor, MI $80,040 1,580 Cleveland, OH $80,000 10,740 Jacksonville, FL $79,960 6,890 Eugene, OR $79,930 1,120 Savannah, GA $79,790 1,360 Peoria, IL $79,540 1,350 Crestview, FL $79,510 840 Port St. Lucie, FL $79,430 1,170 Cape Coral, FL $79,420 2,440 Indianapolis, IN $79,290 11,210 Lansing, MI $79,210 2,270 Dayton, OH $79,030 2,640 Tampa, FL $78,990 14,770 Winston, NC $78,950 2,030 St. Louis, MO $78,880 13,610 Columbus, IN $78,740 330 San Antonio, TX $78,650 8,360 Orlando, FL $78,630 10,410 Warner Robins, GA $78,560 390 Fayetteville, NC $78,560 800 Akron, OH $78,540 2,840 Allentown, PA $78,430 2,500 Pueblo, CO $78,340 420 Nashville, TN $78,080 11,290 Grants Pass, OR $78,070 130 Flagstaff, AZ $77,980 380 South Bend, IN $77,940 1,020 Prescott Valley, AZ $77,770 500 Lafayette, IN $77,740 570 St. Cloud, MN $77,720 800 Kokomo, IN $77,520 170 Evansville, IN $77,440 1,050 Elkhart, IN $77,420 990 Dalton, GA $77,410 450 Duluth, MN $77,400 940 Toledo, OH $77,400 2,130 Corvallis, OR $77,200 210 Kalamazoo, MI $77,140 1,060 Memphis, TN $76,960 4,390 Pittsburgh, PA $76,940 10,430 Grand Junction, CO $76,870 640 Decatur, IL $76,720 260 Augusta, GA $76,710 1,280 Beaumont, TX $76,680 840 Chattanooga, TN $76,680 1,940 Mankato, MN $76,660 400 Bloomington, IN $76,640 480 Bloomington, IL $76,510 750 Harrisburg, PA $76,510 3,210 Tucson, AZ $76,320 2,570 Saginaw, MI $76,310 790 Yuma, AZ $76,300 390 Salisbury, MD $76,300 390 Grand Rapids, MI $76,270 5,670 Amarillo, TX $76,200 1,070 Lancaster, PA $76,110 1,990 Kingsport, TN $75,940 780 Athens, GA $75,900 570 Sierra Vista, AZ $75,780 190 Reading, PA $75,550 1,230 Knoxville, TN $75,380 3,240 Rockford, IL $75,260 850 Hagerstown, MD $75,250 660 Gainesville, GA $75,200 750 York, PA $75,160 1,400 Brunswick, GA $75,060 270 Sandusky, OH $74,360 260 Lebanon, PA $74,190 330 Youngstown, OH $73,080 1,150 Columbia, MO $73,070 930 Springfield, MO $73,020 2,070 Morristown, TN $72,810 240 Clarksville, TN $72,760 510 Joplin, MO $72,560 560 Jackson, TN $71,980 520 Kankakee, IL $71,610 210 Champaign, IL $69,670 730 Lake Havasu City, AZ $67,780 280 St. Joseph, MO $67,480 340 Jefferson City, MO $64,040 1,120 Cape Girardeau, MO $64,010 320 San Juan, PR $44,470 10,260 Mayaguez, PR $38,490 420 Ponce, PR $37,980 590 Aguadilla, PR $36,880 470 Arecibo, PR $36,680 330
Sources
How this page was made
Wage data Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
Employment 1,449,500 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
Occupation SOC 13-2011, Accountants and Auditors. Mapped to our taxonomy as accountants-and-auditors .
Percentiles are reported exactly as released and are never interpolated between published values. We take no payment from employers, recruiters or anyone else for how any figure is presented.