📊Accountants & Auditors
National Median Wage
$79,880
National Employment
1.4M
Best Value: Top Metros by Cost-Adjusted Wage
Wages adjusted for local cost of living. Higher = your salary goes further.
All Metro Areas
78 metro areas
| # | Metro Area | State | Median Wage | Cost-Adj. Wage▼ | Employment | Emp / 1K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA | CA | $107,159 | $94,831 | 15,223 | 25.0 |
| 2 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | VA | $94,135 | $93,203 | 22,152 | 25.0 |
| 3 | Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH | MA | $100,495 | $93,051 | 10,178 | 20.4 |
| 4 | Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX | TX | $89,095 | $91,851 | 18,100 | 25.0 |
| 5 | Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT | CT | $95,124 | $91,465 | 2,501 | 25.0 |
| 6 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | WA | $99,679 | $91,449 | 12,943 | 25.0 |
| 7 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA | NY | $98,054 | $90,791 | 42,617 | 25.0 |
| 8 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | TX | $87,806 | $90,522 | 16,695 | 23.9 |
| 9 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI | IL | $88,034 | $88,923 | 20,391 | 25.0 |
| 10 | Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX | TX | $86,214 | $88,880 | 9,206 | 25.0 |
| 11 | Anchorage, AK | AK | $90,420 | $88,647 | 1,337 | 25.0 |
| 12 | Madison, WI | WI | $82,102 | $88,282 | 2,171 | 25.0 |
| 13 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA | GA | $85,157 | $87,791 | 12,346 | 22.4 |
| 14 | Columbus, OH | OH | $80,747 | $87,768 | 4,600 | 23.0 |
| 15 | Kansas City, MO-KS | MO | $80,643 | $87,655 | 5,745 | 25.0 |
| 16 | Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | WI | $81,515 | $87,651 | 4,867 | 25.0 |
| 17 | Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT | CT | $90,395 | $86,918 | 2,745 | 25.0 |
| 18 | Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | OH | $79,655 | $86,582 | 5,658 | 25.0 |
| 19 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | OR | $90,557 | $86,245 | 7,481 | 25.0 |
| 20 | Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO | CO | $87,046 | $86,184 | 7,406 | 24.7 |
| 21 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | NC | $80,922 | $86,087 | 8,904 | 25.0 |
| 22 | Salt Lake City, UT | UT | $81,459 | $85,746 | 3,345 | 22.3 |
| 23 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | MN | $84,005 | $85,719 | 12,221 | 25.0 |
| 24 | Raleigh-Cary, NC | NC | $80,222 | $85,343 | 4,625 | 25.0 |
| 25 | Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ | DE | $83,631 | $84,476 | 1,280 | 25.0 |
| 26 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | PA | $82,500 | $84,184 | 11,349 | 20.6 |
| 27 | Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | MD | $87,423 | $84,061 | 8,639 | 25.0 |
| 28 | Cleveland-Elyria, OH | OH | $77,038 | $83,737 | 4,154 | 25.0 |
| 29 | St. Louis, MO-IL | MO | $76,475 | $83,125 | 5,402 | 21.6 |
| 30 | Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | MI | $77,900 | $82,872 | 8,930 | 22.3 |
| 31 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | CA | $92,894 | $82,207 | 31,198 | 25.0 |
| 32 | Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, TN | TN | $76,406 | $82,157 | 4,020 | 20.1 |
| 33 | Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | RI | $82,706 | $81,887 | 4,852 | 25.0 |
| 34 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL | FL | $83,746 | $81,307 | 15,065 | 25.0 |
| 35 | Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | NE | $73,167 | $81,297 | 3,436 | 25.0 |
| 36 | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | KY | $73,006 | $81,118 | 4,450 | 25.0 |
| 37 | Honolulu, HI | HI | $88,223 | $80,939 | 1,967 | 25.0 |
| 38 | Richmond, VA | VA | $81,630 | $80,822 | 4,362 | 25.0 |
| 39 | Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | IA | $71,348 | $80,166 | 2,595 | 25.0 |
| 40 | Manchester-Nashua, NH | NH | $83,537 | $79,559 | 1,032 | 20.6 |
| 41 | Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN | IN | $73,016 | $79,365 | 7,272 | 25.0 |
| 42 | Birmingham-Hoover, AL | AL | $71,393 | $79,326 | 3,449 | 25.0 |
| 43 | New Orleans-Metairie, LA | LA | $69,801 | $79,319 | 2,723 | 25.0 |
| 44 | Fargo, ND-MN | ND | $70,365 | $79,062 | 837 | 20.9 |
| 45 | Baton Rouge, LA | LA | $69,344 | $78,800 | 2,029 | 25.0 |
| 46 | Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV | NV | $76,168 | $78,524 | 7,271 | 25.0 |
| 47 | Grand Rapids-Kentwood, MI | MI | $73,797 | $78,507 | 2,958 | 25.0 |
| 48 | Charleston-North Charleston, SC | SC | $72,922 | $78,411 | 1,911 | 25.0 |
| 49 | Portland-South Portland, ME | ME | $75,587 | $77,925 | 1,350 | 25.0 |
| 50 | Cheyenne, WY | WY | $70,870 | $77,879 | 325 | 21.7 |
| 51 | Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | AR | $67,648 | $77,756 | 2,550 | 25.0 |
| 52 | Tulsa, OK | OK | $68,275 | $77,585 | 2,056 | 20.6 |
| 53 | Boise City, ID | ID | $70,122 | $77,057 | 2,344 | 25.0 |
| 54 | Columbia, SC | SC | $71,434 | $76,811 | 2,545 | 25.0 |
| 55 | San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | CA | $86,629 | $76,663 | 7,019 | 23.4 |
| 56 | Oklahoma City, OK | OK | $67,449 | $76,647 | 5,344 | 25.0 |
| 57 | Sioux Falls, SD | SD | $67,350 | $76,534 | 802 | 20.1 |
| 58 | Pittsburgh, PA | PA | $74,703 | $76,228 | 7,082 | 25.0 |
| 59 | Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | AZ | $76,004 | $75,251 | 11,591 | 25.0 |
| 60 | Wichita, KS | KS | $67,568 | $75,076 | 1,112 | 22.2 |
| 61 | Billings, MT | MT | $67,422 | $74,913 | 868 | 25.0 |
| 62 | Burlington-South Burlington, VT | VT | $72,344 | $74,581 | 923 | 25.0 |
| 63 | Albuquerque, NM | NM | $67,008 | $74,453 | 2,587 | 25.0 |
| 64 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | TX | $71,482 | $73,693 | 6,011 | 24.0 |
| 65 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR | TN | $67,653 | $72,745 | 2,781 | 25.0 |
| 66 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | FL | $74,767 | $72,589 | 8,050 | 25.0 |
| 67 | Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | VA | $73,043 | $72,320 | 5,007 | 25.0 |
| 68 | Tucson, AZ | AZ | $72,854 | $72,133 | 3,433 | 25.0 |
| 69 | Knoxville, TN | TN | $67,074 | $72,123 | 2,317 | 23.2 |
| 70 | Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | CA | $80,940 | $71,628 | 6,321 | 25.0 |
| 71 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | FL | $73,326 | $71,190 | 5,980 | 23.9 |
| 72 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | CA | $79,234 | $70,119 | 9,951 | 24.9 |
| 73 | Jacksonville, FL | FL | $71,662 | $69,575 | 3,712 | 24.8 |
| 74 | Charleston, WV | WV | $61,640 | $68,489 | 702 | 25.0 |
| 75 | El Paso, TX | TX | $66,150 | $68,196 | 1,884 | 25.0 |
| 76 | Jackson, MS | MS | $59,244 | $68,097 | 1,414 | 25.0 |
| 77 | Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | NY | $70,432 | $65,215 | 3,094 | 25.0 |
| 78 | Rochester, NY | NY | $69,822 | $64,650 | 3,331 | 25.0 |
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median salary for Accountants & Auditors?
The national median annual wage for accountants & auditors is $79,880, based on Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OES) data.
Where do accountants & auditors earn the most after adjusting for cost of living?
After adjusting for local cost of living, the top-paying metro areas for accountants & auditors are San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA ($94,831), Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($93,203), Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($93,051).
How many metro areas have data for accountants & auditors?
We have wage and employment data for accountants & auditors across 78 metro areas in the United States.
Data Sources
📎Bureau of Labor Statistics, LAUS (Dec 2025)📎U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024📎FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, 2024📎America's Health Rankings, 2025📎WalletHub/NAEP, 2025📎U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2024📎Cook Political Report, PVI 2024📎Tax Foundation, Facts & Figures 2025📎ALEC Rich States Poor States, 2025📎WalletHub Tax Burden Study, 2025📎U.S. Census Bureau / FHFA, 2025📎BEA Regional Price Parities, 2023📎EPA AirData, Median AQI by County 2024📎EIA State Electricity Profiles, 2024📎FEMA National Risk Index v1.20, 2025📎U.S. Census Bureau, Net Domestic Migration 2024📎FCC / BroadbandNow, Broadband Access 2025📎National Park Service API, 2024📎USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US), 2024📎U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022📎U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2023 (Commuting)📎FHWA Highway Statistics, 2023📎U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022📎EIA State Electricity Profiles, 2024📎EIA Natural Gas Prices, 2024📎DOL National Database of Childcare Prices, 2023📎BEA Regional Price Parities (Food), 2023📎NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), 2023-24📎EDFacts ACGR Graduation Rates, 2021-22📎NCES School District Finance Survey (F-33), 2022-23📎BEA GDP by State (SAGDP9), 2023📎NASBO Fiscal Survey of States, FY2023📎Census Bureau State Government Finances, FY2022📎Pew Charitable Trusts Fiscal 50, FY2023📎Pew Charitable Trusts, FY2022📎S&P/Moody's via Ballotpedia, 2025📎Bureau of Labor Statistics, OES (May 2023)📎IRS Statistics of Income, Migration Data 2021-2022