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Accountants and auditors: pay by state and city

What accountants and auditors — the main job for this pathway — earn across the U.S., from the latest BLS wage survey (May 2025).

U.S. median$83,680
BLS OEWS · May 2025
Occupational Employment and Wage StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Period
May 2025
SOC
13-2011 Accountants and auditors
File
oe.data.0.Current (download.bls.gov)
View official data
U.S. average (mean)$94,750
Jobs in the survey1,449,500
Most jobsCalifornia175,360 jobs · median $97,050

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United States

Accountants and auditors · annual wages, May 2025
BLS OEWS · May 2025
Occupational Employment and Wage StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Period
May 2025
SOC
13-2011 Accountants and auditors
File
oe.data.0.Current (download.bls.gov)
View official data
Lowest 10% below
$56,020
25th percentile
$67,020
Median
$83,680
75th percentile
$109,810
Top 10% above
$144,090
Middle half of workersMedianMean $94,750Jobs 1,449,500

BLS publishes this occupation for 54 state-level areas (50 states, DC and territories where available) and 528 metro and nonmetro areas. Places it does not publish are not estimated here.

Where the jobs are, and where pay is highest

Median annual pay, May 2025. Highest-pay lists only include places with at least 500 jobs. BLS wages are not adjusted for living costs, which are usually higher where pay is higher.

States with the most jobs

  1. California175,360 jobs$97,050
  2. Texas116,470 jobs$80,920
  3. New York109,830 jobs$102,640
  4. Florida91,000 jobs$79,250
  5. Illinois54,930 jobs$80,230

Highest-paying states

  1. District of Columbia9,810 jobs$111,530
  2. New York109,830 jobs$102,640
  3. New Jersey42,250 jobs$100,830
  4. Massachusetts46,230 jobs$99,460
  5. Connecticut16,770 jobs$97,550

Metro areas with the most jobs

  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ111,930 jobs$105,650
  2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA70,640 jobs$94,360
  3. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV41,470 jobs$102,140
  4. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN41,360 jobs$82,360
  5. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX37,450 jobs$82,620

Highest-paying metro areas

  1. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA13,180 jobs$121,700
  2. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA25,170 jobs$110,730
  3. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ111,930 jobs$105,650
  4. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV41,470 jobs$102,140
  5. Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT5,000 jobs$102,020
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Every job in this pathway

National figures. A field of study leads to several occupations, each with its own pay.

OccupationLowest 10%MedianTop 10%Jobs
Accountants and auditors —$83,680——
Financial managers —$166,570——

"Jobs" counts wage-and-salary jobs in the OEWS survey; it differs from the employment totals in BLS projections. "—": BLS publishes this group as separate occupations; the median shown is the group figure from the Occupational Outlook Handbook.

Median pay by industry · accountants and auditors

  • Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services$81,490
  • Finance and insurance$93,290
  • Government$83,350
  • Management of companies and enterprises$91,940
Data: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (national, state, metro and nonmetro estimates). How Margdarshan sources its data → · Back to Accounting & CPA