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City of Los Angeles / Disability / Senior Accountant I

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Senior Accountant I

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

1 employees hold this title in Disability. Median total compensation for the role is $153,613, above the department median of $112,634.

Employees
1
Total payroll
$153.6K
Role median
$153,613
Agency median
$112,634
Comparison
Above

Compared with the local labor market

Senior 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 Auditors — about 70,640 people — is $94,360. Disability pays a median base salary of $125,944 for this role, 33% above that figureabout the 77th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Disability sits in the local pay range

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$60,310
$74,060
$94,360
$122,290
$154,630
Disability median · $125,944

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 Disability’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. Disability’s median base salary is 51% above that national figure, about the 82nd percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$56,020
$67,020
$83,680
$109,810
$144,090
Disability median · $125,944

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 Disability is $153,613, 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 City of Los Angeles

Senior Accountant I is held in 15 City of Los Angeles departments. In Disability, the median of $153,613 ranks #3 of 15.

Highest-paying departments for this role

City Clerk
$155,372 · 1
City Planning
$153,867 · 1
Police
$148,401 · 1
Cannabis Regulation
$147,232 · 1
Zoo
$145,414 · 1
Controller
$137,899 · 3
Transportation
$135,084 · 1
Airports
$134,875 · 2
Building and Safety
$130,611 · 2

Median total compensation for the Senior Accountant I role in other City of Los Angelesdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Compare jurisdictions

Senior Accountant beyond City of Los Angeles

This role is reported in 8 jurisdictions. In City of Los Angeles, the median of $149,603 ranks #1 of 8. See Senior Accountant across all of City of Los Angeles

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

District of Columbia
$127,297 · 29
City of Buffalo
$64,176 · 7
Missouri
$54,683 · 71

Median total compensation for comparable Senior Accountantroles 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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Ling Kaufman

Senior Accountant I/Disability

2025 total comp
$153,613
Sub-department
Supervisory Administrative
Base pay
$125,944
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$3,338
Benefits
$24,331
Total compensation
$153,613
Employment type
Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit
20

Source-specific fields

FMS Department Code
65
Job Class Pay Grade
1523-1
Job Status
Active
Record Number
3139303837
Row ID
253139303837651523-1FT

At Disability, Ling Kaufman serves as a Senior Accountant I within Supervisory Administrative. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $153,613. Their bargaining unit is 20.