Los Angeles County / Internal Services Department / Accountant II

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Accountant II

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

11 employees hold this title in Internal Services Department. Median total compensation for the role is $133,850, below the department median of $162,327.

Employees: 11
Total payroll: $1.4M
Role median: $133,850
Agency median: $162,327
Comparison: Below

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$69,793$151,796+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How total compensation varies among the 11 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Compared with the local labor market

Accountant II pay vs. the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area

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. Internal Services Department pays a median base salary of $77,471 for this role, 18% below that figure — about the 29th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Internal Services Department sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$60,310

$74,060

$94,360

$122,290

$154,630

Internal Services Department median · $77,471

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 Internal Services Department’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. Internal Services Department’s median base salary is 7% below that national figure, about the 41st percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$56,020

$67,020

$83,680

$109,810

$144,090

Internal Services Department median · $77,471

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 Internal Services Department is $134,176, 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 Los Angeles County

Accountant II is held in 34 Los Angeles County departments. In Internal Services Department, the median of $133,850 ranks #10 of 34.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Animal Care and Control

$149,822 · 1

Regional Planning Department

$147,556 · 2

Ambulatory Care Network

$146,297 · 1

Harbor-Ucla Medical Center

$145,125 · 1

$141,923 · 1

$137,425 · 19

$136,680 · 2

$135,944 · 1

$134,535 · 29

$133,470 · 2

Olive View-Ucla Medical Center

$131,787 · 2

Parks & Recreation Department

$131,714 · 4

Median total compensation for the Accountant II role in other Los Angeles Countydepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Compare jurisdictions

Accountant beyond Los Angeles County

This role is reported in 38 jurisdictions. In Los Angeles County, the median of $130,683 ranks #4 of 38. See Accountant across all of Los Angeles County →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

City and County of San Francisco

$197,263 · 316

$171,368 · 6

$141,841 · 31

$108,576 · 57

$107,046 · 94

$107,037 · 54

$104,678 · 160

Johnson County, Kansas

$82,640 · 5

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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