United States · USD
Accountant salary in United States
In the U.S., accountants and auditors (SOC 13-2011) earned a median $83,680 a year in May 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; pay listed in 55 job ads for U.S. jobs on Jobiba from the last 12 months has a median of $112,600. The middle half of those ads list $92,888 to $161,000, based on 55 salaries from 38 employers, updated 22 Oct 2026.
Official benchmark · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Accountants and Auditors: official U.S. pay, May 2025
In the U.S., accountants and auditors (SOC 13-2011) earned a median $83,680 a year in May 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; pay listed in 55 job ads for U.S. jobs on Jobiba from the last 12 months has a median of $112,600.
- 10th percentile
- $56,020
- 25th percentile
- $67,020
- Median
- $83,680
- 75th percentile
- $109,810
- 90th percentile
- $144,090
Jobiba's job-ad median is 35% above the BLS median. The two figures measure different things. Jobiba's counts only job ads that state pay, so it reflects the employers that publish pay ranges; the largest in this sample are OpenAI, Notion and New Relic. BLS surveys employers of every size and industry and covers every worker in the occupation, not only open jobs.
Occupation: Accountants and Auditors (SOC 13-2011) · 1,449,500 jobs · per year, before tax. Annual wages of all wage and salary workers in the occupation across the U.S., all industries and employer sizes (self-employed excluded) — not only jobs that are advertised. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (public domain), retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
- Median in job ads
- $112,600
- a year
- 12-month range
- High $116,500
- Aug 2026
- Low $105,500 · Sep 2026
- Salaries
- 55
- from 38 employers
- Last updated
- 22 Oct 2026
- 12-month window to 22 Oct 2026
Salary range
Where listed pay sits
- 10th percentile
- $83,909
- 25th percentile
- $92,888
- Median
- $112,600
- 75th percentile
- $161,000
- 90th percentile
- $228,000
55 salaries · 88 live United States jobs. Box: the middle half of salaries · line: the median · whisker: 10th to 90th percentile.
Based on 55 salary-listed job postings from the last 12 months · last updated 22 Oct 2026
Salary brackets
Accountant salary brackets in United States
How the 55 comparable salary observations behind the percentile band above spread across USD pay brackets, annualised and United States only. Shares are of observations, not of employers.
| Pay bracket | Relative size | Share and count of listings |
|---|---|---|
| Under $80K | 6% 3 listings | |
| $80K–$100K | 24% 13 listings | |
| $100K–$120KMedian here | 29% 16 listings | |
| $120K–$140K | 5% 3 listings | |
| $140K–$160K | 11% 6 listings | |
| $160K–$180K | 5% 3 listings | |
| $180K–$200K | 0% 0 listings | |
| $200K–$220K | 2% 1 listing | |
| $220K–$240K | 13% 7 listings | |
| $240K and over | 5% 3 listings |
Brackets are equal-width and rounded; the open-ended rows collect the lowest and highest observations, and the bracket that holds the median is highlighted. Same cohort and outlier rules as the percentiles above.
Salary by experience
How Accountant pay changes with experience in United States
Pay by the experience level employers state in their job posts, from salaries listed in the last 12 months. A level appears only with at least 8 salaries.
| Experience level | Pay range chart | Median pay |
|---|---|---|
| Mid level$89,000–$112,575 · 18 salaries | $102,750 | |
| Senior level$110,625–$214,250 · 22 salaries | $142,675 |
One shared scale, $84K to $219.3K. Box: the middle half of salaries · line: the median.
Skills and pay
Skills linked to higher Accountant pay in United States
How much higher or lower the median is for job posts that mention a skill. It shows an association, not a guarantee: better-paid jobs often bundle several scarce skills with senior scope. Skills with fewer than 8 salaries are left out.
| Skill | Pay premium chart | Pay premium |
|---|---|---|
| aimedian $127,500 · 37 salaries | up +13.2% | |
| accountingmedian $115,000 · 49 salaries | up +2.1% | |
| financemedian $115,000 · 45 salaries | up +2.1% | |
| sapmedian $111,000 · 8 salaries | down −1.4% | |
| excelmedian $106,000 · 22 salaries | down −5.9% |
Pay listed by employers
Latest Accountant jobs that show their pay in United States
Pay as the employer wrote it, per year: individual job posts, not averages.
- Director, Infrastructure Lease AccountingAnthropic · Director · posted 17 Oct 2026$230,000 – $300,000
- Director, Technical Revenue AccountingAnthropic · Director · posted 17 Oct 2026$230,000 – $300,000
- Senior Derivative AccountantRipple · Senior level · posted 18 Oct 2026$144,000 – $175,000
- Senior Derivative AccountantRipple · Senior level · posted 18 Oct 2026$152,000 – $185,000
- Senior AccountantOKX · Mid level · posted 18 Oct 2026$75,531 – $94,413
Evidence
Where these numbers come from
55 salaries from 38 employers, posted between 22 Oct 2025 and 22 Oct 2026. Last updated 22 Oct 2026. Every figure on this page comes from this one group of salaries; the median is the middle value, not the average.
- Employer hiring-system feeds 82%
- Pay read from posting text 9%
- Other sources 9%
Live jobs
Accountant jobs in United States
- Senior Derivative Accountant
Ripple · Chicago, Illinois, United States
$144K – $175K/yr · listed by the employer
- Senior Derivative Accountant
Ripple · New York, NY, United States · 2 openings
$144K – $175K/yr · listed by the employer
- Corporate Accounting
Anthropic · San Francisco, WA
$160K – $190K/yr · listed by the employer
- Senior Staff Accountant
Titan Security Group · Chicago, Illinois, United States
$80K – $100K/yr · listed by the employer
- Senior Accountant, Primary Care
Humana · Nationwide
$78.4K – $107.8K/yr · listed by the employer
- Staff Accountant
Notion · San Francisco, California, United States
$105K – $125K/yr · listed by the employer
Reading this number
What this number does—and does not—mean
The range summarizes salary-listed Jobiba jobs in United States. It is not a promise of what one employer will pay, and it is not converted from another country's currency. Experience, city, seniority, skills and company can move an individual offer materially.
Frequently asked questions
Accountant salary in United States: common questions
What is the average Accountant salary in United States in 2026?
In the U.S., accountants and auditors (SOC 13-2011) earned a median $83,680 a year in May 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; pay listed in 55 job ads for U.S. jobs on Jobiba from the last 12 months has a median of $112,600. The middle half of those job ads pay between $92,888 and $161,000 a year (25th to 75th percentile).
Why is Accountant pay in job ads different from the BLS figure?
Jobiba's job-ad median is 35% above the BLS median. The two figures measure different things. Jobiba's counts only job ads that state pay, so it reflects the employers that publish pay ranges; the largest in this sample are OpenAI, Notion and New Relic. BLS surveys employers of every size and industry and covers every worker in the occupation, not only open jobs.
How much does an entry-level Accountant earn in United States compared with experienced hires?
By experience level in the postings Jobiba could classify: Mid level: $102,750 median (18 postings); Senior level: $142,675 median (22 postings). Bands with too few postings are not shown.
How does Jobiba calculate Accountant salary in United States?
From 55 salary-listed Jobiba job postings from the last 12 months that state an explicit salary, currency and pay period. Hourly, daily and monthly pay is converted to an annual figure, implausible values and outliers are removed, and currencies are never mixed or converted. Jobiba publishes the median and 25th–75th percentile range only when enough comparable postings exist.