Accountant salary: median $81,500 a year
Accountant listings that state pay run from $70,000 to $99,000 for the middle half, based on 66 current job listings. 325 accountant roles are open now.
Accountant pay range
From 66 open listings that state pay. Annual, in US dollars.
- Lower quarter
- $70,000
- Median
- $81,500
- Upper quarter
- $99,000
Do AI skills change accountant pay?
For Finance roles in general, as of November 9, 2026. This is the function’s figure, not one for accountant alone: one title rarely has enough listings on both sides.
Among Finance listings, those that ask for an AI skill advertise +13.9% (about $20k) compared with similar listings that do not, matched on level and industry.
- Listings that ask for an AI skill
- $169,000
- median, from 625 paid listings
- Listings that never mention AI
- $115,500
- median, from 1,268 paid listings
Advertised pay only: the midpoint of the range an employer posted, on live U.S. postings read from the full text. “Asks for an AI skill” means the posting names a specific AI skill; “no AI” means it never mentions AI. A difference in what is advertised is not a promise of what you would be paid, and it does not show that learning a skill causes a raise.
See the AI-skill pay table for every function · Check your own pay against these listings
More pay data: Finance pay by level, skills that pay more and pay by employer size.
Accountant salary by state
States with at least 8 listings that state pay.
Between jobs? Unemployment benefits and severance rules in these states, or in every state.
Open accountant jobs
Verified against the employer’s own career site within the last week.
- Accountant
ehi.com · Salt Lake City, UT
$60k · Nov 8, 2026
- Accountant
Enterprise Holdings · Metairie, LA
$55k · Nov 8, 2026
- Accountant
Insight Global · Kyle, TX
Nov 8, 2026
- Accountant
Trelleborg · River Falls, AL
Nov 8, 2026
- Accountant
Extension · Waukesha County, WI
$80k–$90k · Nov 8, 2026
- Accountant
Solar Turbines · San Diego, CA
$98k–$146k · Nov 8, 2026
- Accountant
Creative Financial Staffing · New Albany, OH
Nov 7, 2026
- Accountant
Creative Financial Staffing · Lewis Center, OH
Nov 7, 2026
- Accountant
Creative Financial Staffing · Gahanna, OH
Nov 7, 2026
- Accountant
Creative Financial Staffing · Cincinnati, OH
Nov 7, 2026
- Accountant
Creative Financial Staffing · Greater Orlando Area, FL
Nov 7, 2026
- Accountant
Creative Financial Staffing · Apopka, FL
Nov 7, 2026
- Accountant
Creative Financial Staffing · Suffield, CT
Nov 7, 2026
- Accountant - Project Cost Accounting
Plante Moran · Southfield, MI
$80k–$100k · Nov 7, 2026
- Accountant
Community Health Centers Of Pinellas · Clearwater, FL
Nov 7, 2026
Showing the newest 15 of about 325 verified open jobs here. Search all jobs
Finance jobs in the rankings
Rankings about finance jobs
- Best cities for finance jobs #1 New York (1,932 openings)
- Best cities for finance pay after cost of living #1 San Mateo ($162k)
- Most requested AI skills in finance jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (4.3%)
- AI tools named most often in finance jobs #1 Claude (0.55%)
- Employers with the most finance jobs #1 Amazon (475 roles)
Related salaries
Accountant salary questions
- How much does a accountant make?
- Among 66 open accountant listings that state pay, the median is $81,500 a year, and half of listings fall between $70,000 and $99,000.
- Where does this accountant pay data come from?
- From current job listings on employers’ own career sites that state a pay range. Hourly pay is converted at 2,080 hours a year, and a listing’s midpoint is used. Listed pay is what employers advertise, not what people are paid.
- Which state pays accountants the most?
- Of the states with enough listings, California has the highest median listed pay at $95,000.
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