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Los Angeles County / La County Library / Accountant I

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Accountant I

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

1 employees hold this title in La County Library. Median total compensation for the role is $87,303, above the department median of $74,734.

Employees
1
Total payroll
$87.3K
Role median
$87,303
Agency median
$74,734
Comparison
Above

Compared with the local labor market

Accountant I 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 Auditorsabout 70,640 people is $94,360. La County Library pays a median base salary of $75,294 for this role, 20% below that figureabout the 27th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where La County Library sits in the local pay range

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$60,310
$74,060
$94,360
$122,290
$154,630
La County Library median · $75,294

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 La County Library’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Accountants and Auditorsabout 1,449,500 people is $83,680. La County Library’s median base salary is 10% below that national figure, about the 37th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$56,020
$67,020
$83,680
$109,810
$144,090
La County Library median · $75,294

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 La County Library is $133,347, 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 I is held in 15 Los Angeles County departments. In La County Library, the median of $87,303 ranks #14 of 15.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Fire Department
$129,234 · 1
Sheriff
$128,778 · 1
County Counsel
$112,759 · 1
Health Services
$110,819 · 14
Public Health
$109,720 · 16
Mental Health
$105,242 · 4
Assessor
$104,555 · 1

Median total compensation for the Accountant I 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

Connecticut
$171,368 · 6
City of San Jose
$141,841 · 31
City of Chicago
$108,576 · 57
District of Columbia
$107,046 · 94
City of Seattle
$107,037 · 54
City of Los Angeles
$104,820 · 157

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.

Record list

Employees with this title

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Duy Nguyen

Accountant I/La County Library

2025 total comp
$87,303
Base pay
$62,612
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$8,419
Benefits
$16,272
Total compensation
$87,303

Duy Nguyen works as a Accountant I for La County Library. Duy earned $87,303 in 2025.