Zi Lei
Accountant/Human Resources
2024 total comp
$95,534
- Base pay
- $95,534
- Overtime
- $0
- Other pay
- $0
- Benefits
- $0
- Total compensation
- $95,534
- Hourly rate
- $46
Zi Lei works as a Accountant for Human Resources. Zi earned $95,534 in 2024.
City of Seattle / Human Resources / Accountant
Job-title file
Accountant
Maintain financial records, prepare budgets and reports, and ensure compliance with fiscal rules.
1 employees hold this title in Human Resources. Median total compensation for the role is $95,534, below the department median of $136,323.
- Employees
- 1
- Total payroll
- $95.5K
- Role median
- $95,534
- Agency median
- $136,323
- Comparison
- Below
Compared with the local labor market
Accountant pay vs. the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area
Across all employers in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area, the median wage for Accountants and Auditors — about 22,100 people — is $99,370. Human Resources pays a median base salary of $95,534 for this role, 4% below that figure — about the 45th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Human Resources sits in the local pay range
10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$73,250
$80,880
$99,370
$126,800
$160,640
Human Resources median · $95,534
The bar is the range of annual wages for Accountants and Auditors across every employer in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Human Resources’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. Human Resources’s median base salary is 14% above that national figure, about the 61st percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$56,020
$67,020
$83,680
$109,810
$144,090
Human Resources median · $95,534
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 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Human Resources is $95,534, 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 Seattle
Accountant is held in 18 City of Seattle departments. In Human Resources, the median of $95,534 ranks #18 of 18.
Highest-paying departments for this role
Median total compensation for the Accountant role in other City of Seattledepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
Accountant beyond City of Seattle
This role is reported in 38 jurisdictions. In City of Seattle, the median of $107,037 ranks #7 of 38. See Accountant across all of City of Seattle →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
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.
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Employees with this title
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