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Los Angeles County / Sheriff / 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 Sheriff. Median total compensation for the role is $128,778, below the department median of $212,576.

Employees
1
Total payroll
$128.8K
Role median
$128,778
Agency median
$212,576
Comparison
Below

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. Sheriff pays a median base salary of $80,770 for this role, 14% below that figureabout the 33rd percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Sheriff sits in the local pay range

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$60,310
$74,060
$94,360
$122,290
$154,630
Sheriff median · $80,770

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 Sheriff’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. Sheriff’s median base salary is 3% below that national figure, about the 46th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$56,020
$67,020
$83,680
$109,810
$144,090
Sheriff median · $80,770

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 Sheriff is $143,229, 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 Sheriff, the median of $128,778 ranks #2 of 15.

Highest-paying departments for this role

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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Harriet Tran

Accountant I/Sheriff

2025 total comp
$128,778
Base pay
$69,494
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$8,438
Benefits
$50,846
Total compensation
$128,778

Harriet Tran works as a Accountant I for Sheriff. Harriet earned $128,778 in 2025.