Accountant Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Accountant positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$81,680

National average

Salary Range

$52,780 – $141,420

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Accountants and Auditors Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$121,630$75,680$200,450
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$105,750$72,000$177,450
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$105,100$68,790$186,880
District of Columbia$103,030$65,540$180,890
New York$101,780$62,430$178,500
New Jersey$101,340$65,670$166,230
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$99,440$64,490$167,270
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$99,380$69,290$153,930
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$98,080$66,400$161,940
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$97,670$62,830$145,770
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$97,580$65,350$154,740
Massachusetts$96,580$64,370$152,960
California$96,360$60,920$162,150
Washington$96,180$64,440$143,210
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$95,680$61,200$159,290
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV$95,640$59,050$127,520
Napa, CA$94,780$61,860$140,120
Boulder, CO$94,450$62,000$159,850
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$93,890$60,290$154,990
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$93,430$59,750$165,090
Vallejo, CA$93,310$60,830$145,750
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$92,450$58,650$154,910
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$90,610$62,190$130,760
Lexington Park, MD$90,330$56,980$153,340
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$90,140$62,660$123,250
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$90,100$63,000$130,380
Rhode Island$90,040$58,970$145,290
Colorado$90,030$59,540$155,590
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$89,680$59,560$131,260
Connecticut$89,630$61,390$135,090
Kennewick-Richland, WA$88,880$59,950$139,480
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$88,650$59,030$145,290
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$88,320$60,600$147,690
Worcester, MA$88,220$60,100$138,650
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$88,160$56,280$148,350
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$88,090$61,640$129,150
Walla Walla, WA$87,620$60,480$126,930
Midland, TX$87,490$58,450$147,420
New Haven, CT$87,210$59,850$126,740
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area$86,490$63,530$131,780
Midland, MI$86,390$61,130$154,770
Modesto, CA$85,640$60,740$138,420
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$85,450$56,780$159,760
Barnstable Town, MA$85,230$58,000$136,880
Maryland$84,890$59,040$150,560
Salinas, CA$84,860$60,460$140,990
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$84,640$59,010$131,940
Delaware$84,560$56,500$133,550
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$84,380$56,440$149,080
Carson City, NV$84,280$58,880$127,750
Virginia$84,190$57,150$145,750
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$84,080$57,630$139,140
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$84,030$60,050$130,560
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$84,030$58,810$134,500
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$83,990$59,280$145,060
Springfield, IL$83,970$53,010$134,390
Longview-Kelso, WA$83,830$59,390$126,050
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$83,750$57,640$133,240
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$83,670$58,740$143,210
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$83,390$59,890$127,500
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$83,260$59,280$139,000
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$83,200$53,580$129,990
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$83,070$57,310$131,750
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$83,060$55,610$135,200
Bellingham, WA$83,060$59,740$127,290
New Hampshire$82,830$58,300$128,400
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$82,780$58,240$134,840
Greeley, CO$82,660$56,220$141,450
Portland-South Portland, ME$82,580$59,740$133,950
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$82,570$56,180$155,360
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$82,420$60,250$132,810
Fairbanks-College, AK$82,370$60,590$109,120
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$82,340$51,850$151,180
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$82,240$58,960$129,780
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$82,080$55,950$125,060
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$82,040$53,400$128,930
Naples-Marco Island, FL$81,980$53,000$150,010
Alaska$81,950$56,020$128,150
Manchester-Nashua, NH$81,890$60,770$126,520
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$81,840$56,320$127,290
Vineland, NJ$81,790$57,410$130,840
Springfield, MA$81,750$60,690$131,140
Anchorage, AK$81,680$55,650$130,880
Rochester, MN$81,610$56,180$136,040
Bend, OR$81,590$59,820$114,070
Stockton-Lodi, CA$81,470$56,230$131,190
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$81,290$57,810$138,780
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$81,210$58,080$136,490
Salem, OR$81,140$61,020$120,680
Oregon$81,130$58,950$128,710
Minnesota$81,100$54,840$135,370
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$81,030$55,890$134,990
Charlottesville, VA$80,850$55,630$127,410
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$80,780$45,490$132,490
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$80,770$53,940$147,610
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$80,740$57,140$127,900
Raleigh-Cary, NC$80,650$55,300$134,390
North Carolina$80,490$50,940$137,260
Madison, WI$80,490$60,910$122,520
Rochester, NY$80,390$56,360$136,390
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$80,340$58,760$127,490
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$80,320$56,570$135,510
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$80,240$54,360$133,900
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$80,130$56,390$128,420
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$80,100$51,590$141,240
Georgia$80,100$48,140$140,640
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$80,080$56,070$128,390
Yakima, WA$80,040$59,710$123,590
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$80,010$55,630$123,250
Texas$80,000$51,810$132,550
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$80,000$58,410$137,680
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$79,960$49,990$136,000
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area$79,900$54,500$127,060
Columbus, OH$79,810$52,270$135,890
Syracuse, NY$79,790$54,340$132,510
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$79,760$58,640$130,180
Winchester, VA-WV$79,690$50,920$134,930
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$79,650$60,660$116,850
Colorado Springs, CO$79,630$52,330$134,840
Richmond, VA$79,620$57,050$129,200
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$79,560$52,250$128,330
Reno, NV$79,460$53,940$129,620
Yuba City, CA$79,460$52,360$132,130
Pittsfield, MA$79,400$54,890$138,630
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$79,400$53,310$124,790
Kansas City, MO-KS$79,340$52,360$129,520
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$79,310$57,040$130,000
Illinois$79,300$51,690$132,080
Albuquerque, NM$79,260$53,160$121,800
Kingston, NY$79,260$53,450$134,410
Sheboygan, WI$79,200$58,490$130,870
Kenosha, WI$79,130$51,860$128,620
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$79,130$53,760$105,750
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$79,120$50,500$130,570
Redding, CA$79,100$50,700$127,420
Binghamton, NY$79,100$50,380$125,440
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$79,090$52,770$123,210
Ithaca, NY$79,060$58,520$128,000
Albany, OR$79,040$59,110$118,560
Columbus, IN$79,000$49,180$125,880
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$79,000$47,490$125,340
South Florida nonmetropolitan area$78,940$48,100$131,950
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$78,860$51,700$130,110
Ann Arbor, MI$78,810$55,550$125,860
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$78,710$50,300$130,420
Merced, CA$78,670$57,080$130,700
Visalia, CA$78,640$52,240$125,990
Arizona$78,620$52,130$125,990
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$78,520$50,530$144,430
Tulsa, OK$78,500$49,140$130,410
Florida$78,470$49,830$132,070
Appleton, WI$78,430$57,050$129,480
Glens Falls, NY$78,390$53,270$128,110
Cleveland, OH$78,360$50,340$131,090
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$78,280$51,330$131,970
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$78,260$54,840$124,470
Decatur, IL$78,240$51,670$146,180
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$78,230$51,070$149,820
Nevada$78,220$51,430$119,110
Billings, MT$78,190$50,490$121,260
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$78,180$52,220$126,610
Wisconsin$78,150$56,360$126,180
Chico, CA$78,000$55,060$124,800
Jacksonville, FL$77,940$49,920$129,590
Warner Robins, GA$77,790$46,650$124,090
Fayetteville, NC$77,790$49,780$126,620
St. Louis, MO-IL$77,770$47,670$131,450
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$77,750$48,880$129,180
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$77,740$51,900$121,160
Michigan$77,720$50,240$130,320
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$77,700$51,090$124,390
Wausau, WI$77,680$56,790$125,010
Maine$77,680$52,920$124,990
Fresno, CA$77,670$50,560$124,830
Greensboro-High Point, NC$77,650$50,190$129,650
Ohio$77,640$49,480$129,640
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$77,630$51,530$126,010
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$77,600$52,270$107,370
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$77,590$51,300$133,490
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$77,580$45,390$136,580
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$77,560$50,270$115,170
Elmira, NY$77,500$50,790$130,510
Green Bay, WI$77,480$57,050$123,810
Pueblo, CO$77,470$52,070$120,680
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$77,450$45,580$150,620
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$77,440$48,540$129,260
Port St. Lucie, FL$77,420$48,980$133,180
New Mexico$77,420$51,590$119,020
Janesville-Beloit, WI$77,420$55,300$122,970
Indiana$77,410$49,810$125,160
Wyoming$77,400$51,180$123,330
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$77,370$51,990$123,080
Pennsylvania$77,330$48,850$128,300
South Dakota$77,310$59,190$110,630
Savannah, GA$77,300$44,420$130,370
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$77,280$49,500$128,090
Huntsville, AL$77,280$50,160$132,230
Oklahoma City, OK$77,270$46,750$129,780
Medford, OR$77,270$56,970$107,690
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$77,230$48,100$130,080
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$77,190$48,720$136,150
Eau Claire, WI$77,150$53,180$122,590
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$77,150$53,920$127,710
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$77,130$50,180$124,960
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$77,130$50,270$109,110
Grants Pass, OR$77,090$54,520$108,040
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area$77,030$52,400$117,190
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area$77,020$48,570$129,580
Rapid City, SD$77,010$60,610$107,240
Vermont$76,990$56,460$121,360
Odessa, TX$76,930$49,970$129,460
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$76,900$49,200$125,170
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area$76,900$55,360$105,420
Casper, WY$76,840$51,180$127,550
Oklahoma$76,820$46,670$129,660
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$76,800$50,540$121,960
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$76,790$53,340$126,400
Utica-Rome, NY$76,730$49,260$125,970
Fond du Lac, WI$76,620$55,300$122,300
El Centro, CA$76,590$51,580$127,610
Bangor, ME$76,500$53,470$125,000
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$76,450$56,090$115,260
Kansas$76,400$49,770$122,650
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$76,370$48,870$125,000
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$76,340$48,770$120,410
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$76,290$50,320$118,940
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$76,280$54,720$110,060
Battle Creek, MI$76,270$48,520$118,950
Ames, IA$76,250$50,390$126,110
Kokomo, IN$76,180$50,390$125,170
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$76,110$46,870$130,600
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$76,090$48,910$127,730
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$76,050$51,270$128,020
Eugene-Springfield, OR$76,050$55,300$118,250
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$76,050$55,630$119,410
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$76,030$49,490$126,030
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area$76,030$48,010$126,250
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$75,990$49,800$112,720
Akron, OH$75,980$50,750$127,550
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$75,950$49,030$134,280
Toledo, OH$75,940$50,130$131,630
Bozeman, MT$75,910$51,810$132,210
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$75,870$46,030$114,340
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area$75,830$53,810$109,980
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$75,780$50,250$121,940
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$75,780$52,000$126,830
Tucson, AZ$75,750$50,360$124,990
Reading, PA$75,700$49,970$123,570
St. Cloud, MN$75,660$51,830$126,710
Burlington, NC$75,640$51,630$124,600
Winston-Salem, NC$75,610$47,290$132,120
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$75,550$47,170$122,230
Pittsburgh, PA$75,550$49,500$123,560
Tyler, TX$75,550$49,630$126,940
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$75,540$48,010$118,940
Lawrence, KS$75,520$51,450$116,040
Tennessee$75,500$50,400$125,280
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$75,490$50,300$132,630
Dalton, GA$75,480$45,240$123,610
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$75,410$49,480$122,060
Birmingham, AL$75,390$50,690$126,140
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$75,370$50,780$123,480
Asheville, NC$75,290$47,680$131,540
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$75,280$48,400$125,780
Fort Wayne, IN$75,270$48,890$118,920
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$75,250$51,230$120,550
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$75,170$45,620$124,470
Evansville, IN$75,150$50,330$122,800
Peoria, IL$75,140$48,260$116,270
North Florida nonmetropolitan area$75,120$44,820$125,700
Utah$75,100$43,780$129,890
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$75,090$48,820$155,990
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$75,080$45,200$129,800
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$75,080$42,210$126,970
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$75,050$54,990$115,690
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$75,040$49,350$124,600
Lynchburg, VA$75,020$48,290$119,440
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$74,990$46,670$124,850
Farmington, NM$74,940$49,280$108,620
Wichita, KS$74,890$49,620$118,550
Mankato, MN$74,890$54,300$117,010
Bloomington, IL$74,820$47,840$130,420
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$74,820$51,080$118,380
Cedar Rapids, IA$74,770$50,490$124,600
Jackson, MI$74,740$45,200$114,470
Salisbury, MD$74,720$48,960$110,460
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$74,720$57,670$107,990
Greenville, NC$74,700$48,340$122,810
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area$74,690$48,100$114,760
Spartanburg, SC$74,650$44,500$122,780
Harrisonburg, VA$74,650$49,700$122,830
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$74,640$49,180$118,600
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$74,620$48,220$130,020
Omaha, NE-IA$74,610$48,960$109,790
Gainesville, GA$74,610$47,050$125,530
Yuma, AZ$74,610$46,980$112,020
Ogden, UT$74,580$43,150$124,930
Corvallis, OR$74,530$49,890$120,820
West Virginia$74,520$47,400$113,730
York-Hanover, PA$74,490$50,060$125,390
Montana$74,400$48,730$121,140
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$74,360$52,320$116,490
Knoxville, TN$74,320$49,830$125,000
Iowa$74,290$48,300$121,940
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$74,270$46,670$119,910
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$74,250$48,970$122,810
Duluth, MN-WI$74,160$49,880$120,430
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$74,080$48,950$124,490
Flagstaff, AZ$73,960$44,880$126,170
Athens-Clarke County, GA$73,940$45,550$129,720
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$73,930$48,070$125,680
Owensboro, KY$73,840$46,700$115,770
Bloomington, IN$73,830$47,850$121,990
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$73,790$49,480$110,190
Goldsboro, NC$73,730$45,360$124,380
West Montana nonmetropolitan area$73,710$48,730$121,140
Niles, MI$73,670$47,420$122,160
Lancaster, PA$73,640$47,850$116,560
Monroe, MI$73,590$44,550$127,610
Grand Junction, CO$73,460$51,120$120,520
Rocky Mount, NC$73,450$48,620$125,290
Bismarck, ND$73,430$50,050$104,690
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$73,430$46,520$119,140
Tuscaloosa, AL$73,390$48,770$120,520
Gainesville, FL$73,380$48,810$119,400
Great Falls, MT$73,350$47,860$120,090
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area$73,340$47,470$114,780
Amarillo, TX$73,270$47,400$122,640
Valdosta, GA$73,240$41,000$129,780
Chattanooga, TN-GA$73,240$48,480$119,890
Missouri$73,210$45,760$128,240
South Carolina$73,180$48,220$131,550
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$73,160$47,840$118,450
Rome, GA$73,140$46,120$109,590
Morgantown, WV$72,970$48,560$104,330
Montgomery, AL$72,830$49,390$113,730
San Angelo, TX$72,810$47,710$122,550
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area$72,730$44,090$120,380
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$72,710$47,270$123,380
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$72,690$47,720$114,900
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$72,640$49,030$106,400
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$72,630$50,160$106,560
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$72,620$49,100$121,740
Killeen-Temple, TX$72,610$44,850$122,910
Beckley, WV$72,600$47,060$125,830
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$72,600$48,250$118,650
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area$72,570$39,620$126,080
Santa Fe, NM$72,550$53,390$114,720
Sumter, SC$72,550$46,990$121,690
Fargo, ND-MN$72,550$49,390$102,610
Helena, MT$72,550$51,050$113,730
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$72,550$46,690$114,090
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$72,540$46,250$122,860
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$72,520$43,300$119,840
Sandusky, OH$72,500$44,480$113,390
Waco, TX$72,500$51,120$119,990
Iowa City, IA$72,470$48,790$110,140
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$72,460$47,030$116,210
Sherman-Denison, TX$72,410$44,930$111,610
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$72,350$46,430$128,130
Wilmington, NC$72,350$47,040$120,200
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$72,340$47,290$119,430
Topeka, KS$72,260$49,920$114,680
Kentucky$72,220$47,880$114,800
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$72,190$55,240$102,360
North Dakota$72,180$49,470$103,400
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$72,180$47,050$126,050
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$72,120$46,390$117,200
Macon-Bibb County, GA$72,070$44,250$123,520
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$71,930$44,590$117,570
Abilene, TX$71,920$47,690$124,850
Punta Gorda, FL$71,850$46,060$128,660
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$71,840$48,100$114,210
Roanoke, VA$71,770$46,910$106,120
Lubbock, TX$71,760$46,710$120,100
Enid, OK$71,690$42,790$115,650
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$71,590$43,050$122,320
Lebanon, PA$71,550$44,410$111,530
Missoula, MT$71,470$48,090$121,360
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area$71,270$47,570$99,090
Wichita Falls, TX$71,250$44,800$118,290
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$71,200$38,650$123,000
Lewiston, ID-WA$71,200$53,220$104,320
Corpus Christi, TX$71,190$47,010$122,340
Alabama$71,070$48,600$123,410
Lexington-Fayette, KY$70,960$47,760$110,490
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$70,930$49,280$126,840
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$70,780$48,400$119,610
Gettysburg, PA$70,550$45,660$122,300
Saginaw, MI$70,400$51,810$112,280
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$70,210$47,120$110,140
Lima, OH$70,110$46,660$114,000
Rockford, IL$70,050$46,860$105,190
Nebraska$69,980$47,370$106,770
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$69,750$44,640$126,140
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$69,570$47,280$114,360
Louisiana$69,540$46,950$117,190
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$69,530$40,630$117,820
Flint, MI$69,520$45,760$102,560
Longview, TX$69,520$45,070$117,380
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$69,520$47,650$98,990
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$69,490$45,070$112,450
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$69,490$43,480$118,610
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$69,480$47,110$122,080
Ocala, FL$69,440$40,270$130,380
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area$69,400$40,990$119,580
Traverse City, MI$69,330$46,390$108,640
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$69,320$43,690$106,400
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$69,090$41,530$125,100
Muncie, IN$69,080$47,810$109,150
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$69,060$43,200$108,730
Springfield, OH$69,050$45,380$105,030
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area$69,040$51,780$113,000
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$69,040$47,190$119,590
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$68,910$44,500$111,110
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$68,910$47,830$120,940
Dover, DE$68,740$46,900$108,600
Lawton, OK$68,710$43,720$115,090
Jackson, TN$68,610$47,900$103,820
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$68,610$40,280$109,170
Joplin, MO-KS$68,580$40,990$113,810
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$68,540$42,870$115,070
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$68,490$48,810$124,580
Urban Honolulu, HI$68,450$48,840$108,780
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$68,380$43,150$104,090
Minot, ND$68,340$48,320$104,890
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$68,240$42,870$114,790
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$68,230$44,560$113,490
Columbia, MO$68,170$44,400$111,260
Bay City, MI$68,060$49,770$108,640
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$68,060$46,710$120,090
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$68,050$42,370$113,940
Cleveland, TN$67,960$47,890$107,790
St. George, UT$67,890$45,700$120,890
Arizona nonmetropolitan area$67,860$46,140$104,220
Hawaii$67,820$49,050$108,520
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$67,800$47,350$105,350
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$67,800$37,970$111,150
Clarksville, TN-KY$67,760$46,400$110,520
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$67,640$38,890$122,690
Charleston, WV$67,600$46,930$102,430
Baton Rouge, LA$67,590$45,810$119,970
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$67,530$44,460$116,870
Grand Forks, ND-MN$67,530$48,660$97,820
Auburn-Opelika, AL$67,490$47,790$106,650
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$67,490$47,310$114,220
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$67,490$45,390$105,700
Columbus, GA-AL$67,420$44,000$128,320
Texarkana, TX-AR$67,370$43,300$111,910
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$67,330$44,800$130,150
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$67,170$40,500$122,650
Cheyenne, WY$67,070$51,540$99,580
El Paso, TX$67,070$45,430$110,140
Lake Charles, LA$67,050$48,110$107,630
Florence, SC$67,030$46,060$111,170
Canton-Massillon, OH$66,960$46,430$118,330
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$66,960$44,500$100,060
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$66,960$39,860$103,720
Boise City, ID$66,950$44,300$113,030
Logan, UT-ID$66,940$39,570$125,670
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$66,910$45,090$102,690
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$66,900$47,000$117,720
Bowling Green, KY$66,660$47,650$103,190
Hammond, LA$66,660$44,740$104,460
Youngstown-Warren, OH$66,640$45,440$119,990
Dubuque, IA$66,600$47,730$115,880
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$66,560$48,740$105,860
Albany, GA$66,530$40,990$112,080
Sebring, FL$66,400$43,890$115,380
Jackson, MS$66,390$44,300$119,440
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$66,380$38,840$116,690
Lafayette, LA$66,330$46,660$108,980
Elizabethtown, KY$66,300$47,420$116,990
Monroe, LA$66,280$44,870$120,960
Decatur, AL$66,250$48,050$109,240
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$66,200$45,390$114,080
Coeur d'Alene, ID$66,190$43,990$103,870
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$66,160$45,530$105,430
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$66,120$43,750$98,700
Chambersburg, PA$66,090$45,370$112,420
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$66,080$50,860$108,480
Paducah, KY-IL$66,000$40,440$104,850
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$66,000$44,640$127,990
Jacksonville, NC$65,990$44,140$113,030
Las Cruces, NM$65,800$48,590$100,000
St. Joseph, MO-KS$65,730$41,520$113,800
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$65,730$44,110$101,460
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$65,700$43,330$106,820
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area$65,500$44,080$119,390
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$65,450$43,530$104,280
Grand Island, NE$65,430$47,490$106,100
Hinesville, GA$65,420$37,710$109,660
Mobile, AL$65,330$47,490$110,620
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$65,300$39,990$103,740
Victoria, TX$65,260$46,280$122,200
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$65,240$42,530$104,800
Morristown, TN$65,200$42,580$114,830
Fort Smith, AR-OK$65,180$41,640$114,760
College Station-Bryan, TX$65,160$47,800$108,670
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$65,110$41,530$101,450
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$65,070$43,320$104,710
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$65,000$45,780$102,660
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$64,990$43,100$104,410
Williamsport, PA$64,990$44,270$109,830
Alexandria, LA$64,890$45,830$113,030
Idaho$64,840$43,260$109,270
Erie, PA$64,840$39,130$114,810
Lincoln, NE$64,720$46,600$106,060
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$64,680$45,930$105,820
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area$64,630$42,070$102,960
Champaign-Urbana, IL$64,620$50,540$96,680
Dothan, AL$64,550$44,500$120,840
Wheeling, WV-OH$64,440$46,450$105,190
Manhattan, KS$64,380$47,900$112,830
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$64,250$41,000$102,040
Arkansas$64,180$41,670$118,730
Columbia, SC$64,180$47,680$107,750
Mississippi$64,170$43,090$115,350
Mansfield, OH$64,170$45,650$110,080
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$64,110$42,750$102,470
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$64,080$39,810$104,000
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$64,010$42,050$109,030
Johnson City, TN$63,940$45,880$98,350
Kankakee, IL$63,910$46,120$104,480
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$63,870$40,850$107,870
Johnstown, PA$63,840$44,870$106,690
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area$63,800$47,840$99,660
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$63,780$36,530$101,080
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$63,760$40,930$122,250
Terre Haute, IN$63,620$45,150$104,210
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$63,550$45,350$101,430
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$63,500$43,200$103,400
Springfield, MO$63,490$43,120$121,070
State College, PA$63,480$40,920$111,120
Twin Falls, ID$63,340$45,600$99,470
Homosassa Springs, FL$63,340$38,050$120,330
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$63,340$42,100$104,300
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$63,320$42,350$101,820
Altoona, PA$63,240$42,070$105,670
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$63,160$44,550$104,330
Jonesboro, AR$63,050$40,400$105,040
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$62,980$46,260$104,230
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$62,850$40,850$100,060
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$62,770$46,040$125,590
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$62,750$38,670$115,770
Idaho Falls, ID$62,720$42,500$115,230
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$62,690$40,430$109,230
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$62,660$39,000$101,570
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$62,470$43,860$101,400
Anniston-Oxford, AL$62,450$45,350$103,800
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$62,450$38,490$99,730
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$62,420$44,000$102,640
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$62,290$47,520$94,590
Hattiesburg, MS$62,270$41,740$117,920
Hot Springs, AR$62,260$36,810$111,250
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$62,260$40,260$108,430
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$62,230$38,590$118,730
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$62,230$43,930$99,990
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$62,120$39,290$107,890
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$62,050$40,210$100,130
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$61,750$44,480$102,590
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$61,370$40,390$115,070
Laredo, TX$60,610$43,330$108,590
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area$60,470$39,420$109,360
Pocatello, ID$60,240$38,250$105,130
Gadsden, AL$59,930$43,470$100,570
Eagle Pass, TX$59,820$40,220$164,500
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$59,680$40,460$104,390
Tallahassee, FL$59,580$40,000$111,100
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$58,820$38,270$102,420
Virgin Islands$57,960$38,680$100,250
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$57,770$38,140$109,100
Jefferson City, MO$56,330$41,520$93,560
Guam$47,080$33,380$72,810
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$38,390$26,960$72,340
Puerto Rico$37,290$24,800$68,620
Guayama, PR$33,330$23,500$53,000
Arecibo, PR$32,360$23,860$52,010
Mayaguez, PR$32,180$22,260$56,500
Ponce, PR$32,130$22,480$56,910
Aguadilla, PR$31,600$22,430$53,930
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area$29,740$21,870$49,290

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Accountant make?

The median annual salary for a Accountant is $81,680, with a typical range of $52,780 – $141,420 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Accountant?

Entry-level Accountant positions typically start around $52,780 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Accountants earn the most?

Accountants tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.