CPA salary: $158K median
The median advertised CPA salary is $158K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $128K to $198K: counted from 465 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $76 an hour or $13,125 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $252K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll CPA jobs
$158Kmedian advertised salary
$128K – $198Kmiddle half of roles
$169Kaverage advertised salary
465roles counted
CPA salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $212K, 52% more than senior roles ($140K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $140K | $114K–$173K | 147 |
| Lead and above | $212K | $182K–$258K | 133 |
| No level in the title | $150K | $130K–$170K | 183 |
CPA salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸Seattle, WA | $210K | 25 |
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $178K | 123 |
| 🇺🇸California | $173K | 179 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $158K | 435 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $152K | 73 |
| 🇺🇸Washington, DC | $150K | 16 |
| 🇺🇸Texas | $142K | 18 |
Skills that pay more for CPA roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial modeling | $182K | +$25K | 71 |
| M&A | $176K | +$18K | 57 |
| FP&A | $174K | +$17K | 180 |
| SQL | $173K | +$16K | 65 |
| SOX | $173K | +$16K | 171 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropic | $265K | 17 |
| BitGo | $245K | 3 |
| OpenAI | $228K | 6 |
| Databricks | $219K | 6 |
| Lambda | $197K | 3 |
| MongoDB | $191K | 4 |
| GitLab | $187K | 3 |
| Bill | $182K | 4 |
| Crusoe | $181K | 10 |
| Coinbase | $181K | 5 |
| Waymo | $178K | 3 |
| Oura | $174K | 6 |
| Metropolis | $174K | 6 |
| Charles River Associates | $165K | 5 |
| Cynch AI | $161K | 4 |
| Ramp | $159K | 4 |
| Fortitude Re | $155K | 11 |
| SpaceX | $154K | 4 |
| Ripple | $153K | 6 |
| Brex | $153K | 10 |
| Valar Atomics | $152K | 3 |
| Mizuho | $148K | 4 |
| Blake Willson Group | $145K | 16 |
| Reformation | $145K | 3 |
| BlackSky | $145K | 3 |
Highest-paying open CPA roles
All CPA jobs- Senior Accountant (LATAM)Oyster · 🇲🇽Mexico$640K - $750KRemoteSeniorExcelNetSuiteCPA
- Lead - Security Controls Assurance - SOXAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NY | Was…$410K - $510KLead and aboveRustGoPython
- Vice President, FinanceChowNow · Remote$320K - $415KRemoteLead and aboveExcelNetSuiteCPA
- Vice President & Chief Financial OfficerWellPower - All Jobs · 🇺🇸Denver$255K - $408KLead and aboveAgileCPAGAAP
- Chief Financial Officer ,North AmericaCrypto.com · 🇺🇸Chicago,IL$300K - $400KLead and aboveTableauNetSuiteCPA
- Chief Risk Officer - Managing DirectoriCapital · 🇺🇸New York, New York, United States$350K - $400KLead and aboveCPACFAFRM
- Head of FinanceShepherd · 🇺🇸San Francisco$275K - $400KLead and aboveCPACFAAI agents
- Senior Director, Finance TransformationHubSpot · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$245K - $392KRemoteLead and aboveMachine LearningCPAPipeline management
- Head of Finance OperationsOKX · 🇺🇸United States (US)$301K - $361KLead and aboveNetSuiteCPAACCA
- Director, FP&A - HW Engineering & Supply ChainWaymo · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA, USA$285K - $352KLead and aboveCPAFinancial modelingFP&A
- Vice President, Global Corporate ControllerTemporal · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$270K - $350KHybridLead and aboveNetSuiteWorkdayCPA
- Vice President, FP&A & Financial TransformationInsitro · 🇺🇸South San Francisco, CA$300K - $345KLead and aboveMachine LearningLLMCPA
- VP, FP&A and Program FinanceTrue Anomaly · 🇺🇸Denver, CO; Long Beach, CA$300K - $345KLead and aboveSecurity clearanceCPAERP
- Senior Finance Director, AD&SAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States$260K - $345KLead and aboveExcelComputer VisionSecurity clearance
- Vice President Finance - Corporate Controller1X · 🇺🇸San Carlos, CA$320K - $335KLead and aboveSAPNetSuiteWorkday
- Senior Director, GTM FinanceAbnormal Security · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$230K - $330KRemoteLead and aboveMachine LearningCPAPipeline management
- VP, Accounting & ControllerRunPod · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$260K - $330KRemoteLead and aboveCPASlackAudit
- Director, Travel & ExpenseDatabricks · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California; United States$190K - $327KLead and aboveCPAAuditLean manufacturing
- VP of FinanceGoteleport · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area, CA$278K - $327KHybridLead and aboveNetSuiteWorkdayCPA
- Director, Order to Revenue ComplianceDatabricks · 🇺🇸Central - United States; West Coast - United States$186K - $320KLead and aboveSQLGCPAzure
Questions about CPA pay
- What is the average CPA salary?
- $169K a year on average and $158K at the median, across 465 open CPA 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 $128K to $198K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest CPA pay?
- Anthropic ($265K), BitGo ($245K), OpenAI ($228K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a cpa a high-paying job?
- The median CPA posting advertises $158K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 9% below the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a cpa?
- A tenth of the postings offer $252K a year or more; the highest open CPA role advertises up to $750K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the CPA salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $158K a year is about $76 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $13,125 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $61 to $95 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for CPA roles?
- Postings that ask for Financial modeling (+$25K, 71 postings), M&A (+$18K, 57 postings), FP&A (+$17K, 180 postings) advertise more than the $158K median of all CPA 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 CPA roles at companies is $158K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $128K to $198K. Counted from 465 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/cpa/
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