U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense) / Accounting Technician

Role across U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense)

Accounting Technician

Maintain financial records, prepare budgets and reports, and ensure compliance with fiscal rules.

1,502 people hold the Accounting Technician role across 30 departments in U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense), with a median total compensation of $57,454. Among 18 jurisdictions where this role is reported, U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense) ranks #9 by median pay.

Employees: 1,502
Median pay: $57,454
Departments: 30
Cross-jurisdiction: #9 of 18

Compared with the local labor market

Accounting Technician pay vs. the United States

Across all employers in the United States, the median wage for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks — about 1,373,680 people — is $50,670. U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense) pays a median base salary of $57,441 for this role, 13% above that figure — about the 66th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense) sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$36,000

$43,520

$50,670

$61,470

$74,550

U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense) median · $57,441

The bar is the range of annual wages for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks across every employer in the United States, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense)’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

Computed over the 1,500 of 1,502 people in this role paid at least $25,000in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.

Median total compensation for this role at U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense) is $57,454, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.

Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.

Compare jurisdictions

Accounting Technician pay in other jurisdictions

Where Accounting Technicians are paid most

$102,935 · 292

$89,627 · 5

$88,246 · 45

$72,721 · 31

$69,743 · 24

$64,488 · 69

$61,589 · 9

$61,097 · 313

Johnson County, Kansas

$51,014 · 13

$49,614 · 596

$49,457 · 276

$45,571 · 172

$42,206 · 614

$33,825 · 310

$18,010 · 71

$14,127 · 5

$13,615 · 23

Median total compensation for comparable Accounting Technicianroles in other jurisdictions (highest first). Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not by identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for this role.

Within U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense)