GAAP salary: $150K median
The median advertised GAAP salary is $150K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $118K to $186K: counted from 369 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $72 an hour or $12,500 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $228K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll GAAP jobs
$150Kmedian advertised salary
$118K – $186Kmiddle half of roles
$158Kaverage advertised salary
369roles counted
GAAP salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $200K, 62% more than senior roles ($124K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $124K | $110K–$162K | 121 |
| Lead and above | $200K | $180K–$232K | 86 |
| No level in the title | $144K | $125K–$168K | 157 |
GAAP salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸Seattle, WA | $192K | 16 |
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $178K | 99 |
| 🇺🇸California | $163K | 138 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $146K | 341 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $145K | 49 |
| 🇺🇸Texas | $134K | 21 |
| 🇺🇸Dallas, TX | $126K | 15 |
Skills that pay more for GAAP roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| M&A | $188K | +$38K | 48 |
| Revenue recognition | $166K | +$16K | 112 |
| Project management | $162K | +$12K | 38 |
| Big Four | $161K | +$11K | 122 |
| SOX | $159K | +$9K | 146 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropic | $265K | 10 |
| OpenAI | $228K | 5 |
| MongoDB | $224K | 3 |
| Lambda | $197K | 3 |
| Jerry.ai | $188K | 3 |
| Bill | $182K | 3 |
| Coinbase | $181K | 3 |
| Waymo | $178K | 3 |
| Oura | $174K | 6 |
| Reformation | $164K | 4 |
| Databricks | $163K | 3 |
| Harbinger Motors Inc. | $160K | 3 |
| Benchling | $156K | 3 |
| Fortitude Re | $155K | 10 |
| Petra Funds Group | $152K | 8 |
| Scale AI | $150K | 3 |
| Shield AI | $149K | 4 |
| SpaceX | $148K | 5 |
| Crusoe | $145K | 14 |
| BlackSky | $145K | 3 |
| HawkEye 360 | $135K | 4 |
| CoreWeave | $134K | 16 |
| OKX | $126K | 3 |
| True Anomaly | $125K | 3 |
| iCapital | $120K | 13 |
Highest-paying open GAAP roles
All GAAP jobs- Staff+ Software Engineer, Billing PlatformAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$405K - $485KLead and aboveCPQReconciliationsMonth-end close
- Vice President & Chief Financial OfficerWellPower - All Jobs · 🇺🇸Denver$255K - $408KLead and aboveAgileCPAGAAP
- Chief Financial Officer ,North AmericaCrypto.com · 🇺🇸Chicago,IL$300K - $400KLead and aboveTableauNetSuiteCPA
- ControllerParallel · 🇺🇸San Francisco or Palo Alto$300K - $400KAuditMonth-end closeInternal controls
- Head of Finance OperationsOKX · 🇺🇸United States (US)$301K - $361KLead and aboveNetSuiteCPAACCA
- Vice President, Global Corporate ControllerTemporal · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$270K - $350KHybridLead and aboveNetSuiteWorkdayCPA
- Director, EngineeringCampfire · 🇺🇸San Francisco$250K - $350KLead and abovePythonPostgreSQLLLM
- Director, Indirect TaxPatreon · 🇺🇸New York$232K - $348KLead and aboveNetSuiteReconciliationsFP&A
- Vice President Finance - Corporate Controller1X · 🇺🇸San Carlos, CA$320K - $335KLead and aboveSAPNetSuiteWorkday
- CFOInterface Ai · 🇺🇸San Francisco$300K - $335KData governanceSOC 2ISO 27001
- VP, Accounting & ControllerRunPod · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$260K - $330KRemoteLead and aboveCPASlackAudit
- VP of FinanceGoteleport · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area, CA$278K - $327KHybridLead and aboveNetSuiteWorkdayCPA
- Senior Manager, GTM & Revenue FinanceCohere · 🇺🇸United States$210K - $320KSeniorTableauLookerPower BI
- Sr Director, FP&A (R&D)Tarsus Pharmaceuticals · 🇺🇸Irvine, California, United States$226K - $317KLead and aboveExcelNetSuiteWorkday
- Head of FinanceHighnote · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$275K - $315KLead and aboveNetSuiteReconciliationsCard payments
- VP, Corporate ControllerMongoDB · 🇺🇸Palo Alto; San Francisco$154K - $303KLead and aboveGCPAzureAWS
- Director, Financial Reporting - Special ProjectsAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA$230K - $300KLead and aboveCPAFP&AM&A
- Director of Technical AccountingTogether AI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$245K - $300KLead and aboveCPAReinforcement learningReconciliations
- Corporate ControllerArmada · 🇺🇸United States (Remote)$225K - $300KRemoteNetSuiteCPAERP
- Director, Global Tax Operations, Reporting & ComplianceBlock · 🇺🇸Bay Area, CA, United States of America$198K - $297KLead and aboveCPAData governanceReconciliations
Questions about GAAP pay
- What is the average GAAP salary?
- $158K a year on average and $150K at the median, across 369 open GAAP 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 $118K to $186K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest GAAP pay?
- Anthropic ($265K), OpenAI ($228K), MongoDB ($224K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a gaap a high-paying job?
- The median GAAP posting advertises $150K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 14% below the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a gaap?
- A tenth of the postings offer $228K a year or more; the highest open GAAP role advertises up to $485K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the GAAP salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $150K a year is about $72 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $12,500 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $57 to $89 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for GAAP roles?
- Postings that ask for M&A (+$38K, 48 postings), Revenue recognition (+$16K, 112 postings), Project management (+$12K, 38 postings) advertise more than the $150K median of all GAAP postings with pay.
- What does an entry-level gaap make?
- 5 junior and intern GAAP postings state pay, with a median of $120K a year ($58 an hour).
- 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 GAAP roles at companies is $150K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $118K to $186K. Counted from 369 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/gaap/
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