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City and County of San Francisco / Board of Supervisors / Accountant II

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Accountant II

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

1 employee holds this title in Board of Supervisors. Median total compensation for the role is $139,280, below the department median of $153,428.

Employees
1
Total payroll
$139.3K
Role median
$139,280
Agency median
$153,428
Comparison
Below

Compared with the local labor market

Accountant II pay vs. the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA area

Across all employers in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA area, the median wage for Accountants and Auditorsabout 25,170 people is $110,730. Board of Supervisors pays a median base salary of $96,359 for this role, 13% below that figureabout the 34th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Board of Supervisors sits in the local pay range

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$73,420
$88,820
$110,730
$143,590
$180,060
Board of Supervisors median · $96,359

The bar is the range of annual wages for Accountants and Auditors across every employer in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Board of Supervisors’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. Board of Supervisors’s median base salary is 15% above that national figure, about the 62nd percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$56,020
$67,020
$83,680
$109,810
$144,090
Board of Supervisors median · $96,359

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 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA range relative to the national one.

Median total compensation for this role at Board of Supervisors is $139,280, 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 and County of San Francisco

Accountant II is held in 15 City and County of San Francisco departments. In Board of Supervisors, the median of $139,280 ranks #12 of 15.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Port
$167,670 · 1
Police
$167,163 · 1
Human Resources
$166,961 · 1
Mayor
$155,360 · 1
Technology
$154,851 · 1
Public Health
$154,780 · 13
Controller
$140,939 · 6
Airport Commission
$137,442 · 1

Median total compensation for the Accountant II role in other City and County of San Franciscodepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Compare jurisdictions

Accountant beyond City and County of San Francisco

This role is reported in 38 jurisdictions. In City and County of San Francisco, the median of $197,263 ranks #1 of 38. See Accountant across all of City and County of San Francisco

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

Connecticut
$171,368 · 6
City of San Jose
$141,841 · 31
Los Angeles County
$130,683 · 595
City of Chicago
$108,576 · 57
District of Columbia
$107,046 · 94
City of Seattle
$107,037 · 54
City of Los Angeles
$104,678 · 160

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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Caiying Chen

Accountant II/Board of Supervisors

2025 total comp
$139,280
Sub-department
Payroll, Billing & Accounting
Organization group
General Administration & Finance
Base pay
$96,359
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$1,560
Benefits
$41,361
Total compensation
$139,280
Employment type
Permanent Civil Service
Union / bargaining unit
Prof & Tech Eng, Local 21
Full-time equivalent (FTE)
1

Source-specific fields

Data As Of
Jun 14, 2026
Data Loaded At
Jun 15, 2026
Department Code
BOS
Health and Dental Benefits
$19,546
Job Code
1652
Job Family Code
1600
Organization Group Code
General Administration & Finance
Other Benefits
$7,420

At Board of Supervisors, Caiying Chen serves as a Accountant II within Payroll, Billing & Accounting. They work permanent civil service. Their 2025 pay totaled $139,280. Union affiliation: Prof & Tech Eng, Local 21.