Lead Accounting Specialist

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

1 employees hold this title in Johnson. Median total compensation for the role is $70,194, above the department median of $67,585.

Employees: 1
Total payroll: $70.2K
Role median: $70,194
Agency median: $67,585
Comparison: Above

Compared with the local labor market

Lead Accounting Specialist pay vs. the Kansas City, MO-KS area

Across all employers in the Kansas City, MO-KS area, the median wage for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks — about 8,780 people — is $50,940. Johnson pays a median base salary of $70,194 for this role, 38% above that figure — above the 90th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Johnson sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$36,690

$45,570

$50,940

$60,110

$68,520

Johnson median · $70,194

The bar is the range of annual wages for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks across every employer in the Kansas City, MO-KS area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Johnson’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 Clerks — about 1,373,680 people — is $50,670. Johnson’s median base salary is 39% above that national figure, about the 85th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$36,000

$43,520

$50,670

$61,470

$74,550

Johnson median · $70,194

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 Kansas City, MO-KS range relative to the national one.

Median total compensation for this role at Johnson is $70,194, 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.

Record list

Employees with this title

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Karie Mayo

Lead Accounting Specialist/Johnson

2023 total comp

$70,194

Base pay: $70,194
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $0
Total compensation: $70,194

Karie Mayo works as a Lead Accounting Specialist for Johnson. Karie earned $70,194 in 2023.