City of Seattle / Law Department / Accounting Technician II
Job-title file
Maintain financial records, prepare budgets and reports, and ensure compliance with fiscal rules.
1 employee holds this title in Law Department. Median total compensation for the role is $81,494, below the department median of $146,432.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area, the median wage for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks — about 17,860 people — is $60,460. Law Department pays a median base salary of $81,494 for this role, 35% above that figure — above the 90th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 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 Law Department’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks — about 1,373,680 people — is $50,670. Law Department’s median base salary is 61% above that national figure, above the 90th 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 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Law Department is $81,494, 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
Accounting Technician II is held in 2 City of Seattle departments. In Law Department, the median of $81,494 ranks #1 of 2.
Median total compensation for the Accounting Technician II role in other City of Seattledepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 18 jurisdictions. In City of Seattle, the median of $89,627 ranks #2 of 18. See Accounting Technician across all of City of Seattle →
Median total compensation for comparable Accounting Technician 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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Accounting Technician II/Law Department
Malia Christianson works as a Accounting Technician II for Law Department. Malia earned $81,494 in 2024.