Cost Accountant salary: $120K median
The median advertised Cost Accountant salary is $120K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $110K to $161K: counted from 29 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $58 an hour or $10,000 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $210K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll cost accountant jobs
$120Kmedian advertised salary
$110K – $161Kmiddle half of roles
$135Kaverage advertised salary
29roles counted
Skills that pay more for Cost Accountant roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agile | $170K | +$50K | 5 |
| SQL | $150K | +$30K | 7 |
| CPA | $143K | +$23K | 6 |
| Internal controls | $129K | +$9K | 6 |
| FP&A | $129K | +$9K | 10 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Axon | $143K | 4 |
Highest-paying open Cost Accountant roles
All cost accountant jobs- Director, Manufacturing Finance & Cost AccountingSaildrone · 🇺🇸Alameda, California, United States$225K - $264KLead and above
- FinOps SpecialistPoint72 · 🇺🇸New York, NY$170K - $250KGCPAzureMachine Learning
- Director, Cost AccountingDyne Therapeutics · 🇺🇸Waltham, MA$200K - $230KLead and aboveExcelNetSuiteCPA
- Sr Technical Program Manager - Cloud Cost OptimizationAxon · 🇺🇸Seattle, Washington, United States$131K - $210KSeniorPythonSQLTerraform
- Sr. Technical Program Manager - FinOpsAxon · 🇺🇸Washington, United States$131K - $210KSeniorPythonSQLTerraform
- Manager, Manufacturing FinanceTrue Anomaly · 🇺🇸Denver, CO; Long Beach, CA$130K - $200KExcelERPFinancial modeling
- Subject Matter Expert - Senior Cost Accounting & Compliance SMEBlake Willson Group · 🇺🇸Washington, DC$150K - $190KSeniorPower BISecurity clearanceCPA
- Cost Accounting ManagerNorthwoodSpace · 🇺🇸Torrance, CA$112K - $184KExcel
- Senior Manager, Cost AccountingAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Ashville, Ohio, United States$139K - $183KSeniorSAPComputer VisionCPA
- Cost Accounting ManagerAnsa Biotechnologies · 🇺🇸Emeryville, CA$135K - $175KSQLExcelNetSuite
- Product Cost AnalystCloudflare · Hybrid$126K - $174KHybridPythonSQLExcel
- Senior Cost AccountantTrue Anomaly · 🇺🇸Denver, CO; Long Beach, CA$95K - $155KSeniorNetSuiteCPAReconciliations
- Senior Cost Accountant - Government Contracting (Accounts Payable, Job Costing)Applied · 🇺🇸Washington, D.C.$110K - $155KSeniorExcelSecurity clearanceERP
- Data Analyst - Cloud Financial OperationsPlanet · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$114K - $143KPythonSQLGCP
- Cost AccountantChariot Defense · 🇺🇸San Bruno, California, United States$100K - $135KExcelSAPNetSuite
- Senior Treasury and FinOps AnalystFigure Lending · Remote$98K - $132KRemoteSeniorSQLTableauExcel
- Senior Cost AccountantSpan · 🇺🇸San Francisco$100K - $132KHybridSeniorExcelAgileNetSuite
- Project Cost Analyst - AEC IndustryBRAVO - A Cooperative Company · 🇺🇸New York, New York, United States$115K - $125KExcelAgileConstruction management
- FinOps Lead - Cloud (REMOTE)Velera · 🇺🇸Remote-USA$96K - $124KRemoteLead and aboveSQLAzureKubernetes
- Cost AccountantKranz Consulting · 🇺🇸Baxter Springs, KS$90K - $116K
Questions about Cost Accountant pay
- What is the average Cost Accountant salary?
- $135K a year on average and $120K at the median, across 29 open Cost Accountant postings at 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 $110K to $161K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Cost Accountant pay?
- Axon ($143K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a cost accountant a high-paying job?
- The median Cost Accountant posting advertises $120K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 31% below the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a cost accountant?
- A tenth of the postings offer $210K a year or more; the highest open Cost Accountant role advertises up to $264K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Cost Accountant salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $120K a year is about $58 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $10,000 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $53 to $77 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Cost Accountant roles?
- Postings that ask for Agile (+$50K, 5 postings), SQL (+$30K, 7 postings), CPA (+$23K, 6 postings) advertise more than the $120K median of all Cost Accountant postings with pay.
- 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 Cost Accountant roles at companies is $120K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $110K to $161K. Counted from 29 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/cost-accountant/
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