Accounting salary: $142K median
From 365 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
$142Kmedian advertised salary
$115K – $180Kmiddle half of roles
$152Kaverage advertised salary
365roles counted
Accounting salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $209K, 67% more than senior roles ($125K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $125K | $114K–$160K | 124 |
| Lead and above | $209K | $185K–$265K | 49 |
| No level in title | $140K | $112K–$171K | 191 |
Accounting salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸Seattle | $175K | 17 |
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $171K | 117 |
| 🇺🇸California | $160K | 141 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $145K | 344 |
| 🇺🇸New York | $142K | 49 |
| 🇺🇸Texas | $134K | 32 |
| 🇺🇸Dallas | $126K | 21 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropic | $265K | 12 |
| Saildrone | $234K | 3 |
| OpenAI | $228K | 11 |
| Bill | $182K | 3 |
| Coinbase | $181K | 3 |
| Waymo | $178K | 4 |
| Oura | $164K | 5 |
| Brex | $153K | 7 |
| Ripple | $153K | 4 |
| Ramp | $152K | 5 |
| Scale AI | $150K | 3 |
| National Life Insurance Company | $150K | 5 |
| SpaceX | $148K | 8 |
| Notion | $140K | 3 |
| Blake Willson Group | $140K | 7 |
| HawkEye 360 | $135K | 4 |
| Crusoe | $131K | 16 |
| Accenture Federal Services | $131K | 3 |
| CoreWeave | $130K | 20 |
| Allworth Financial | $125K | 3 |
| Alchemy | $110K | 3 |
| Kranz Consulting | $110K | 5 |
| Datadog | $110K | 3 |
| Samsara | $106K | 3 |
| True Anomaly | $100K | 3 |
Highest-paying open Accounting roles
All accounting jobs- Senior Accountant (LATAM)Oyster · 🇲🇽Mexico$640K - $750KRemoteSeniorExcelNetSuite
- Vice President, Global Corporate ControllerTemporal · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$270K - $350KLeadNetSuiteWorkday
- Vice President, ControllerImmunic Therapeutics · 🇺🇸Remote - US$290K - $350KRemoteLeadNetSuite
- Vice President Finance - Corporate Controller1X · 🇺🇸San Carlos, CA$320K - $335KLeadSAPNetSuiteWorkday
- VP, Accounting & ControllerRunPod · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$260K - $330KRemoteLead
- Director, Assistant ControllerApollo.io · 🇺🇸Hybrid, San Francisco$219K - $315KLeadHubSpotNetSuite
- VP, Corporate ControllerMongoDB · 🇺🇸Palo Alto; San Francisco$154K - $303KLeadGCPAzureAWS
- Director, Financial Reporting - Special ProjectsAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA$230K - $300KLead
- Director, Infrastructure Lease AccountingAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$230K - $300KLeadSQL
- Director of Technical AccountingTogether AI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$245K - $300KLead
- Corporate ControllerArmada · 🇺🇸United States (Remote)$225K - $300KRemoteNetSuite
- VP, Accounting & TaxArena Club · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA$250K - $300KLeadNetSuite
- Director, Technical Accounting and ReportingFormenergy · 🇺🇸Berkeley, CA$200K - $294KLead
- Global ControllerCustomer.io · Americas Remote$250K - $280KRemote
- Operations ControllerWaymo · 🇺🇸Tempe, AZ, USA$226K - $278K
- ControllerEudia · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, California$230K - $275K
- Founding Controller, Product & Customer OperationsSynthetic · 🇺🇸San Francisco$250K - $275K
- AVP, Investment AccountingNational Life Insurance Company · 🇺🇸Addison, TX; Montpelier, VT$182K - $267K
- Head of AccountingHex · 🇺🇸San Francisco$199K - $266KLeadFigmaSnowflake
- Corporate ControllerSaildrone · 🇺🇸Alameda, California, United States$201K - $266KSAPNetSuite
Questions about Accounting pay
- What is the average Accounting salary?
- $152K a year on average and $142K at the median, across 365 open Accounting postings at tech companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.
- What is the typical range?
- The middle half of the postings offer $115K to $180K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Accounting pay?
- Anthropic ($265K), Saildrone ($234K), OpenAI ($228K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Where do these figures come from?
- From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.
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The median advertised salary for Accounting roles at tech companies is $142K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $115K to $180K. Counted from 365 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Hiring Right Now, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/accounting/
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