Los Angeles County / Public Works Department / Accountant III
Job-title file
Maintain financial records, prepare budgets and reports, and ensure compliance with fiscal rules.
13 employees hold this title in Public Works Department. Median total compensation for the role is $146,912, below the department median of $147,401.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 13 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
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. Public Works Department pays a median base salary of $78,250 for this role, 17% below that figure — about the 30th 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 Public Works 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. Public Works Department’s median base salary is 6% below that national figure, about the 42nd 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.
Computed over the 47 of 49 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 Public Works Department is $132,805, 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
Accountant III is held in 30 Los Angeles County departments. In Public Works Department, the median of $146,912 ranks #19 of 30.
Median total compensation for the Accountant III 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 38 jurisdictions. In Los Angeles County, the median of $130,683 ranks #4 of 38. See Accountant across all of Los Angeles County →
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
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Accountant III/Public Works Department
Melanie Theung Ing is a Accountant III at Public Works Department. 2025 total compensation came to $164,790.
Accountant III/Public Works Department
Ying Zhuang is a Accountant III at Public Works Department. 2025 total compensation came to $160,034.
Accountant III/Public Works Department
Karen Tran works as a Accountant III for Public Works Department. Karen earned $157,011 in 2025.
Accountant III/Public Works Department
Ling Li is a Accountant III at Public Works Department. 2025 total compensation came to $156,342.
Accountant III/Public Works Department
At Public Works Department, Loi Nguyen serves as a Accountant III. Their 2025 pay totaled $149,553.
Accountant III/Public Works Department
Jie-Pei Bao works as a Accountant III for Public Works Department. Jie-Pei earned $147,948 in 2025.
Accountant III/Public Works Department
John Cheng is a Accountant III at Public Works Department. 2025 total compensation came to $146,912.
Accountant III/Public Works Department
Ru-Yih Chiou holds the role of Accountant III at Public Works Department. In 2025, their total compensation was $143,979.
Accountant III/Public Works Department
At Public Works Department, Ping Hsueh serves as a Accountant III. Their 2025 pay totaled $141,026.
Accountant III/Public Works Department
Sunny Xu holds the role of Accountant III at Public Works Department. In 2025, their total compensation was $140,670.
Accountant III/Public Works Department
Yee Pan holds the role of Accountant III at Public Works Department. In 2025, their total compensation was $135,806.
Accountant III/Public Works Department
At Public Works Department, Adrineh Zarougian serves as a Accountant III. Their 2025 pay totaled $130,200.
Accountant III/Public Works Department
Arpa Vartanian works as a Accountant III for Public Works Department. Arpa earned $129,542 in 2025.