Los Angeles County / County Counsel / Accounting Officer I
Job-title file
Maintain financial records, prepare budgets and reports, and ensure compliance with fiscal rules.
1 employees hold this title in County Counsel. Median total compensation for the role is $147,744, below the department median of $245,993.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, the median wage for Accountants and Auditors — about 70,640 people — is $94,360. County Counsel pays a median base salary of $97,552 for this role, 3% above that figure — about the 53rd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Accountants and Auditors across every employer in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows County Counsel’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. County Counsel’s median base salary is 17% above that national figure, about the 63rd 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at County Counsel is $147,744, 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
Accounting Officer I is held in 12 Los Angeles County departments. In County Counsel, the median of $147,744 ranks #9 of 12.
Median total compensation for the Accounting Officer I role in other Los Angeles Countydepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 4 jurisdictions. In Los Angeles County, the median of $170,134 ranks #1 of 4. See Accounting Officer across all of Los Angeles County →
Median total compensation for comparable Accounting Officer 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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Accounting Officer I/County Counsel
At County Counsel, Melody Pan serves as a Accounting Officer I. Their 2025 pay totaled $147,744.