Highest-paying Cities for Accountants and Auditors

The top 100 highest paying cities for accountants and auditors (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of accountants and auditors in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $103,580, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is the highest paying city for accountants and auditors. It is followed by New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York (average annual salary $101,820). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of accountants and auditors in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Accountants and Auditors

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$103,580	$72,080	12,740
2	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$101,820	$62,640	125,750
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$100,450	$62,450	26,220
4	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$94,530	$59,310	43,670
5	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$91,410	$60,780	2,780
6	Napa, California	$88,850	$59,790	490
7	Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, West Virginia	$87,300	$54,720	650
8	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$85,250	$54,740	31,620
9	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$84,910	$55,720	15,310
10	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$84,870	$56,220	11,000
11	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$84,810	$61,260	32,690
12	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$84,690	$61,850	5,290
13	Boulder, Colorado	$84,090	$57,130	2,530
14	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$84,020	$49,750	70,170
15	Salinas, California	$83,890	$57,860	810
16	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$83,660	$53,590	1,740
17	Ocean City, New Jersey	$83,510	$59,460	190
18	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$83,150	$61,780	23,330
19	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$82,360	$58,130	660
20	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$82,220	$58,030	660
21	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$82,150	$51,850	6,650
22	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$81,720	$52,850	1,340
23	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$81,450	$56,430	11,790
24	Olympia, Washington	$81,430	$55,320	1,020
25	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$81,400	$50,710	720
26	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$81,240	$51,850	4,920
27	Midland, Texas	$81,210	$56,350	1,080
28	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$81,210	$54,700	2,160
29	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$81,000	$54,100	14,490
30	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$80,960	$50,470	13,440
31	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$80,850	$52,890	12,250
32	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$80,820	$57,470	880
33	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$80,730	$52,320	26,610
34	California-Lexington Park, Maryland	$80,700	$48,090	260
35	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$80,690	$54,230	1,060
36	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$80,690	$53,410	61,220
37	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$80,580	$50,600	23,530
38	Modesto, California	$80,530	$56,410	1,000
39	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$80,490	$51,540	3,260
40	Peabody, Massachusetts	$80,200	$52,840	710
41	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$80,180	$52,740	12,460
42	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$80,130	$54,500	670
43	Midland, Michigan	$79,930	$51,200	600
44	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$79,800	$49,180	7,500
45	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$79,640	$55,520	880
46	Odessa, Texas	$79,550	$48,990	480
47	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$79,230	$50,700	36,580
48	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$79,150	$50,420	360
49	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$79,080	$54,580	5,930
50	Stockton, California	$79,050	$51,650	1,280
51	Worcester, Massachusetts	$79,020	$51,960	2,180
52	New Haven, Connecticut	$78,840	$51,410	2,040
53	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$78,730	$54,680	300
54	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$78,670	$51,340	29,800
55	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$78,630	$51,010	18,420
56	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$78,580	$49,080	31,500
57	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$78,570	$51,780	21,520
58	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$78,570	$51,420	330
59	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$78,500	$48,950	650
60	Ithaca, New York	$78,480	$55,540	450
61	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$78,450	$49,700	19,040
62	Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$78,420	$54,970	350
63	Danbury, Connecticut	$78,280	$50,420	510
64	Camden, New Jersey	$78,170	$48,320	4,120
65	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$78,170	$49,960	41,390
66	St Marys County, Maryland	$78,130	$44,520	260
67	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts	$78,100	$50,590	310
68	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$78,060	$53,280	2,250
69	Greeley, Colorado	$78,010	$49,640	990
70	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$78,010	$48,600	4,650
71	Rochester, New York	$78,000	$49,730	4,810
72	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$78,000	$49,300	11,850
73	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$77,880	$50,240	1,120
74	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$77,830	$53,170	9,590
75	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$77,790	$50,750	7,760
76	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$77,760	$54,100	490
77	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$77,700	$46,800	29,930
78	Syracuse, New York	$77,450	$48,670	2,600
79	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$77,440	$53,100	10,400
80	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$77,380	$49,510	1,140
81	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$77,370	$49,790	1,590
82	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$77,360	$48,330	760
83	Los Alamos County, New Mexico	$77,250	$51,110	150
84	Springfield, Massachusetts	$77,210	$50,750	2,410
85	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$77,150	$49,130	7,620
86	Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$77,140	$46,310	620
87	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$77,120	$48,510	5,320
88	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$77,000	$50,410	760
89	Merced, California	$77,000	$53,210	280
90	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$76,940	$49,270	7,440
91	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$76,670	$50,100	9,090
92	Columbus, Ohio	$76,660	$49,170	11,190
93	Longview, Washington	$76,590	$52,670	320
94	Northeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$76,560	$45,140	1,130
95	Manchester, New Hampshire	$76,560	$50,450	1,140
96	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington	$76,440	$53,050	330
97	Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts	$76,440	$50,120	280
98	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$76,390	$48,570	1,620
99	Redding, California	$76,390	$49,000	300
100	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$76,360	$47,830	7,320

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