City of Baltimore / Finance and Accounting & Payroll / Accountant I
Job-title file
Maintain financial records, prepare budgets and reports, and ensure compliance with fiscal rules.
2 employees hold this title in Finance and Accounting & Payroll. Median total compensation for the role is $51,469, above the department median of $47,378.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, the median wage for Accountants and Auditors — about 13,550 people — is $85,160. Finance and Accounting & Payroll pays a median base salary of $37,621 for this role, 56% 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 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Finance and Accounting & Payroll’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. Finance and Accounting & Payroll’s median base salary is 55% 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 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Finance and Accounting & Payroll is $37,621, 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 23 City of Baltimore departments. In Finance and Accounting & Payroll, the median of $51,469 ranks #9 of 23.
Median total compensation for the Accountant I role in other City of Baltimoredepartments (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 Baltimore, the median of $58,712 ranks #23 of 38. See Accountant across all of City of Baltimore →
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.
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Record list
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Accountant I/Finance and Accounting & Payroll
Source-specific fields
At Finance and Accounting & Payroll, Tynikia Lee serves as a Accountant I. Their tenure dates to 2010, about 4 years. Their 2014 pay totaled $66,018.
Accountant I/Finance and Accounting & Payroll
Source-specific fields
At Finance and Accounting & Payroll, Denise Worsley serves as a Accountant I. Their tenure dates to 2011, about a year. Their 2012 pay totaled $36,919.