Accountants and Auditors

San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR metropolitan area. Estimated employment 10,260.

Data released May 2025 BLS OEWS · SOC 13-2011

Fig. 1 — The wage rule

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$44,470 · 50th

$27,59010th

$35,61025th

$44,47050th

$59,49075th

$78,83090th

That is the median — half of accountants and auditors in San Juan earn more.

Table 1 — Nearby metros

The same job, elsewhere in Puerto Rico

Median annual pay for Accountants and Auditors across Puerto Rico metro areas, from the same federal release.

Metro area	Median	vs. San Juan
San Juan This page	$44,470	—
Mayaguez	$38,490	−13.4%
Ponce	$37,980	−14.6%
Aguadilla	$36,880	−17.1%
Arecibo	$36,680	−17.5%
Guayama	$36,030	−19.0%

Fig. 2 — Five-year trend

Nominal against real

The same median, once as published and once restated in 2025 dollars.

Nominal, as published Real, in 2025 dollars US$ thousands

Published pay rose 19.1% over the five years to 2025. Adjusted for inflation it is roughly flat — accountants and auditors in San Juan earn about what they earned in 2021. The two lines meet at the right edge by construction, since 2025 is the base year.

Sources

How this page was made

Wage data: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
Inflation: Real figures deflate by CPI-U annual averages (BLS, all items, US city average).
Employment: 10,260 employed in this occupation in the metro (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.

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