Accountants and Auditors · SOC 13-2011

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Accountant and Auditors

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for accountants and auditors. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 393 metro areas

Accountants and Auditors: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$121,700	13,180	11.6
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$110,730	25,170	10.6
3	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$105,650	111,930	11.8
4	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$102,140	41,470	13.2
5	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$102,020	5,000	12.4
6	Midland, TX	$100,890	1,240	10.1
7	Parkersburg-Vienna, WV	$100,420	550	15.3
8	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$100,150	37,150	13.7
9	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$100,020	22,720	14.1
10	Boulder, CO	$99,990	2,380	12.4
11	Napa, CA	$99,640	520	6.7
12	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$99,550	2,890	12.0
13	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$99,370	22,100	10.6
14	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$96,340	13,450	8.7
15	Barnstable Town, MA	$96,110	760	8.1
16	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$95,940	6,780	11.3
17	Vallejo, CA	$95,800	690	4.8
18	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$95,020	8,250	11.5
19	New Haven, CT	$94,960	2,000	7.1
20	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$94,690	1,740	8.5
21	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$94,470	1,330	10.2
22	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$94,360	70,640	11.3
23	Worcester, MA	$94,070	3,090	8.8
24	Carson City, NV	$93,560	240	7.6
25	Kennewick-Richland, WA	$93,280	1,020	7.8

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Accountants and Auditors overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.