Accountant I

Across all employers in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area, the median wage for Accountants and Auditors — about 13,180 people — is $121,700. Environmental Services pays a median base salary of $113,844 for this role, 6% below that figure — about the 42nd percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Median total compensation for this role at Environmental Services is $154,071, 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.

Accountant I is held in 5 City of San Jose departments. In Environmental Services, the median of $170,977 ranks #1 of 5.

This role is reported in 38 jurisdictions. In City of San Jose, the median of $141,841 ranks #3 of 38. See Accountant across all of City of San Jose →

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• Assist Environmental Service Specialist 5
• Associate Engineer 21
• Associate Engineering Technician 6
• Associate Environmental Service Specialist 8
• Chemist I 15
• Deputy Director U 7
• Division Manager 5
• Engineer II 6
• Environment Inspector Assistant 5
• Environment Inspector I 17
• Environment Inspector II 25
• Environment Inspector, Senior 7
• Environment Program Manager 7
• Environment Service Specialist 37
• Environmental Laboratory Supervisor 6
• Heavy Equipment Oper 5
• Industrial Electrician 10
• Instrument Control Technician IV 10
• Maintenance Worker I 5
• Mef; Student Intern U Part Time 15
• Mef; Temporary Employee Retiree U Nx 5
• Painter Wpcp 6
• Public Information Representative II 5
• Sanitary Engineer 6
• Senior Account Clerk 5
• Senior Accountant 5
• Senior Analyst 6
• Senior Engineering Technician 9
• Senior Environment Program Manager 9
• Senior Office Specialist 9
• Staff Specialist 11
• Supervg Environmental Service Specialist 16
• Wastewater Attendant 16
• Wastewater Fac Principal Engineering 7
• Wastewater Facility Senior Engineering 7
• Wastewater Mechanic I 15
• Wastewater Mechanic II 12
• Wastewater Mechanical Supervisor II 7
• Wastewater Operations Foreperson I 12
• Wastewater Operations Foreperson II 8
• Wastewater Operations Superintendent II 5
• Wastewater Operator II 15
• Wastewater Operator III 16
• Wastewater Operator Trainee 8
• Wastewater Senior Mechanic II 9
• Water Systems Operator III 7