City of Albuquerque / Ia-Internal Audit / Lead Auditor
Job-title file
Maintain financial records, prepare budgets and reports, and ensure compliance with fiscal rules.
1 employees hold this title in Ia-Internal Audit. Median total compensation for the role is $43,319, above the department median of $32,685.
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. Ia-Internal Audit pays a median base salary of $43,319 for this role, 46% 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 Ia-Internal Audit’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. Ia-Internal Audit’s median base salary is 48% 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.
Median total compensation for this role at Ia-Internal Audit is $43,319, 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.
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Lead Auditor/Ia-Internal Audit
Vanessa Meske works as a Lead Auditor for Ia-Internal Audit. Vanessa earned $43,319 in 2025.