City of Rockford / Finance Department / Principal Accountant
Job-title file
Maintain financial records, prepare budgets and reports, and ensure compliance with fiscal rules.
2 employees hold this title in Finance Department. Median total compensation for the role is $91,584, above the department median of $56,866.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Rockford, IL area, the median wage for Accountants and Auditors — about 850 people — is $75,260. Finance Department pays a median base salary of $91,584 for this role, 22% above that figure — about the 69th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Accountants and Auditors across every employer in the Rockford, IL area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Finance 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. Finance Department’s median base salary is 9% above that national figure, about the 58th 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 Rockford, IL range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Finance Department is $91,584, 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 jurisdictions
This role is reported in 4 jurisdictions. See Principal Accountant across all of City of Rockford →
Median total compensation for comparable Principal 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
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Principal Accountant/Finance Department
Source-specific fields
Deanna Larsen holds the role of Principal Accountant at Finance Department. In 2025, their total compensation was $95,554.
Principal Accountant/Finance Department
Source-specific fields
Rustam Saini holds the role of Principal Accountant at Finance Department. In 2025, their total compensation was $87,614.