City of Albuquerque / Cs-Cultural Services / Accountant I
Job-title file
Maintain financial records, prepare budgets and reports, and ensure compliance with fiscal rules.
3 employees hold this title in Cs-Cultural Services. Median total compensation for the role is $24,412, below the department median of $26,848.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Albuquerque, NM area, the median wage for Accountants and Auditors — about 3,260 people — is $79,880. Cs-Cultural Services pays a median base salary of $29,717 for this role, 63% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Accountants and Auditors across every employer in the Albuquerque, NM area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Cs-Cultural Services’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Accountants and Auditors — about 1,449,500 people — is $83,680. Cs-Cultural Services’s median base salary is 64% below that national figure, below the 10th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Albuquerque, NM range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 4 of 6 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in 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 Cs-Cultural Services is $27,290, 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 departments
Accountant I is held in 7 City of Albuquerque departments. In Cs-Cultural Services, the median of $24,412 ranks #4 of 7.
Median total compensation for the Accountant I role in other City of Albuquerquedepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 38 jurisdictions. In City of Albuquerque, the median of $29,267 ranks #35 of 38. See Accountant across all of City of Albuquerque →
Median total compensation for comparable Accountant roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Record list
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Accountant I/Cs-Cultural Services
Gloria Lucero holds the role of Accountant I at Cs-Cultural Services. In 2025, their total compensation was $25,312.
Accountant I/Cs-Cultural Services
Haimanot Bihonegne is a Accountant I at Cs-Cultural Services. 2025 total compensation came to $24,412.
Accountant I/Cs-Cultural Services
Stephanie Gust works as a Accountant I for Cs-Cultural Services. Stephanie earned $24,412 in 2025.