# Accountant salary by state

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Period: May 2025. Native unit: USD/year. Source occupation group: Accountants and Auditors.

United States median: $83,680. 51 retained state/DC markets.

These are occupational wage distributions across experience levels, not employer base salaries, individual packages or complete total compensation. Rankings exclude bounded/unavailable medians. Ties share a rank. No cost-of-living adjustment or 2026 projection.

| State / DC | Median | 25th percentile | 75th percentile |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| District of Columbia | $111,530 | $83,050 | $156,730 |
| New York | $102,640 | $79,760 | $134,820 |
| New Jersey | $100,830 | $80,320 | $129,280 |
| Massachusetts | $99,460 | $79,370 | $128,560 |
| Connecticut | $97,550 | $78,020 | $123,670 |
| California | $97,050 | $75,810 | $125,850 |
| Colorado | $97,030 | $74,900 | $127,270 |
| Washington | $96,550 | $79,180 | $122,480 |
| Rhode Island | $95,820 | $76,400 | $120,280 |
| Delaware | $95,020 | $74,270 | $120,450 |
| Virginia | $93,290 | $74,250 | $123,510 |
| Maryland | $89,370 | $73,100 | $116,420 |
| Oregon | $85,800 | $74,350 | $104,150 |
| New Hampshire | $83,470 | $71,360 | $105,160 |
| Alaska | $83,460 | $72,230 | $102,460 |
| North Carolina | $82,050 | $65,120 | $108,090 |
| Georgia | $81,900 | $64,830 | $109,110 |
| Minnesota | $81,600 | $68,190 | $105,020 |
| Nevada | $81,600 | $68,190 | $103,640 |
| Texas | $80,920 | $65,560 | $103,760 |
| Illinois | $80,230 | $66,290 | $102,270 |
| Utah | $79,990 | $61,910 | $104,140 |
| Arizona | $79,970 | $64,990 | $103,640 |
| Wisconsin | $79,400 | $65,000 | $100,800 |
| Oklahoma | $79,370 | $59,990 | $104,240 |
| Ohio | $79,320 | $63,020 | $102,230 |
| Florida | $79,250 | $62,730 | $103,140 |
| Kansas | $79,000 | $62,960 | $100,650 |
| Pennsylvania | $79,000 | $62,330 | $99,990 |
| Vermont | $78,890 | $66,190 | $97,100 |
| South Dakota | $78,880 | $66,970 | $97,920 |
| Michigan | $78,820 | $63,850 | $101,030 |
| New Mexico | $78,580 | $63,290 | $99,090 |
| Indiana | $77,720 | $62,370 | $100,120 |
| Wyoming | $77,620 | $60,470 | $100,560 |
| Maine | $77,480 | $63,920 | $98,700 |
| Iowa | $77,440 | $62,090 | $98,150 |
| Tennessee | $76,840 | $62,430 | $94,790 |
| Missouri | $76,590 | $60,370 | $99,580 |
| South Carolina | $76,560 | $62,100 | $99,080 |
| Montana | $75,810 | $61,690 | $97,320 |
| North Dakota | $75,730 | $60,960 | $95,780 |
| Kentucky | $75,270 | $61,040 | $96,780 |
| Alabama | $74,880 | $60,840 | $95,870 |
| Idaho | $74,730 | $61,150 | $93,400 |
| Hawaii | $74,500 | $60,710 | $92,870 |
| Louisiana | $73,810 | $59,960 | $91,830 |
| West Virginia | $73,320 | $59,260 | $91,660 |
| Nebraska | $72,080 | $59,990 | $90,660 |
| Mississippi | $68,100 | $57,550 | $93,640 |
| Arkansas | $66,330 | $52,570 | $88,950 |

Full native-unit data with qualifiers and source URLs: https://wages.fyi/salary-reports/accountants-and-auditors-13-2011-00/data.csv

Official reference: https://www.onetonline.org/link/localwages/13-2011.00. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, distributed through O*NET OnLine.