Los Angeles County / Parks & Recreation Department / Accounting Technician I

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Accounting Technician I

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

6 employees hold this title in Parks & Recreation Department. Median total compensation for the role is $101,592, above the department median of $25,749.

Employees: 6
Total payroll: $557.1K
Role median: $101,592
Agency median: $25,749
Comparison: Above

Compared with the local labor market

Accounting Technician 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 Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks — about 53,910 people — is $58,590. Parks & Recreation Department pays a median base salary of $57,564 for this role, 2% below that figure — about the 48th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Parks & Recreation Department sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$40,660

$48,030

$58,590

$67,710

$79,500

Parks & Recreation Department median · $57,564

The bar is the range of annual wages for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 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 Parks & Recreation Department’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. Parks & Recreation Department’s median base salary is 14% above that national figure, about the 66th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$36,000

$43,520

$50,670

$61,470

$74,550

Parks & Recreation Department median · $57,564

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.

Computed over the 10 of 11 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.

Median total compensation for this role at Parks & Recreation Department is $102,254, 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

Accounting Technician I is held in 19 Los Angeles County departments. In Parks & Recreation Department, the median of $101,592 ranks #2 of 19.

Highest-paying departments for this role

$105,616 · 6

$101,214 · 1

$99,993 · 1

$99,890 · 5

$96,793 · 24

$96,657 · 1

Treasurer & Tax Collector

$90,183 · 14

Children & Family Services

$86,276 · 11

Internal Services Department

$85,516 · 6

Health Services

$84,239 · 11

Fire Department

$83,871 · 8

Agricultural Comm/Wts & Measures

$77,750 · 2

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

Compare jurisdictions

Accounting Technician beyond Los Angeles County

This role is reported in 18 jurisdictions. In Los Angeles County, the median of $102,935 ranks #1 of 18. See Accounting Technician across all of Los Angeles County →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

$89,627 · 5

$88,246 · 45

$72,721 · 31

$69,743 · 24

$64,488 · 69

$61,589 · 9

$61,097 · 313

U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense)

$57,454 · 1,502

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.

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