GCGovComp.app

City of Charlotte / Air Finance / Accounting Technician

Job-title file

Accounting Technician

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

1 employee holds this title in Air Finance. Median total compensation for the role is $60,944, below the department median of $95,401.

Employees
1
Total payroll
$60.9K
Role median
$60,944
Agency median
$95,401
Comparison
Below

Compared with the local labor market

Accounting Technician pay vs. the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC area

Across all employers in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC area, the median wage for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerksabout 11,740 people is $50,800. Air Finance pays a median base salary of $60,944 for this role, 20% above that figureabout the 75th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Air Finance sits in the local pay range

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$36,810
$43,940
$50,800
$60,730
$74,290
Air Finance median · $60,944

The bar is the range of annual wages for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks across every employer in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Air Finance’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerksabout 1,373,680 people is $50,670. Air Finance’s median base salary is 20% above that national figure, about the 74th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$36,000
$43,520
$50,670
$61,470
$74,550
Air Finance median · $60,944

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 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC range relative to the national one.

Median total compensation for this role at Air Finance is $60,944, 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

This role across City of Charlotte

Accounting Technician is held in 3 City of Charlotte departments. In Air Finance, the median of $60,944 ranks #3 of 3.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Median total compensation for the Accounting Technician role in other City of Charlottedepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Compare jurisdictions

Accounting Technician beyond City of Charlotte

This role is reported in 18 jurisdictions. In City of Charlotte, the median of $61,589 ranks #7 of 18. See Accounting Technician across all of City of Charlotte

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

Los Angeles County
$102,935 · 292
City of Seattle
$89,627 · 5
City of Las Vegas
$88,246 · 45
City of Cincinnati
$69,743 · 24
City of Chicago
$64,488 · 69
Minnesota
$61,097 · 313

Median total compensation for comparable Accounting Technician 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

Employees with this title

Page 1

Larry Watson

Accounting Technician/Air Finance

2026 total comp
$60,944
Sub-department
Avia
Base pay
$60,944
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$60,944
Hourly rate
$29
Employment type
Full-Time

Source-specific fields

Annual Rt
60944.0
Quarter
2
Record ID
6,979
Year
2,026

Larry Watson works as a Accounting Technician for Air Finance within Avia. Their status is full-time. Larry earned $60,944 in 2026.