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California / CA Health Benefit Exchange / Accounting Administrator I (Specialist)

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Accounting Administrator I (Specialist)

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

3 employees hold this title in CA Health Benefit Exchange. Median total compensation for the role is $85,577, above the department median of $71,826.

Employees
3
Total payroll
$221.3K
Role median
$85,577
Agency median
$71,826
Comparison
Above

Compared with the local labor market

Accounting Administrator I (Specialist) pay vs. California

Across all employers in California, the median wage for First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workersabout 149,230 people is $77,590. CA Health Benefit Exchange pays a median base salary of $103,755 for this role, 34% above that figureabout the 79th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where CA Health Benefit Exchange sits in the local pay range

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$50,870
$62,660
$77,590
$97,080
$121,650
CA Health Benefit Exchange median · $103,755

The bar is the range of annual wages for First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers across every employer in California, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows CA Health Benefit Exchange’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workersabout 1,436,680 people is $69,500. CA Health Benefit Exchange’s median base salary is 49% above that national figure, about the 89th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$45,610
$55,950
$69,500
$85,090
$104,710
CA Health Benefit Exchange median · $103,755

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 California range relative to the national one.

Computed over the 17 of 19 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.

Median total compensation for this role at CA Health Benefit Exchange is $107,434, 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 California

Accounting Administrator I (Specialist) is held in 56 California departments. In CA Health Benefit Exchange, the median of $85,577 ranks #41 of 56.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Median total compensation for the Accounting Administrator I (Specialist) role in other Californiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Record list

Employees with this title

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Matique Nelson

Accounting Administrator I (Specialist)/CA Health Benefit Exchange

2024 total comp
$95,500
Base pay
$94,950
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$550
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$95,500
Employment type
Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit
R01
Work county
Sacramento
Middle name
C

Source-specific fields

Base Pay
$8,049
Cs/csu
Cs
Position Number
8011604552001
Salary Total
$8,049
Total Pay
$95,500

Matique Nelson holds the role of Accounting Administrator I (Specialist) at CA Health Benefit Exchange. Their status is full-time. In 2024, their total compensation was $95,500. They are represented by R01.

James Danielson

Accounting Administrator I (Specialist)/CA Health Benefit Exchange

2023 total comp
$85,577
Base pay
$82,192
Overtime
$2,785
Other pay
$600
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$85,577
Employment type
Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit
R01
Work county
Sacramento
Middle name
M

Source-specific fields

Base Pay
$7,224
Cs/csu
Cs
Position Number
8011604552003
Salary Total
$7,224
Total Pay
$85,577

James Danielson works as a Accounting Administrator I (Specialist) for CA Health Benefit Exchange. Their status is full-time. James earned $85,577 in 2023. They are represented by R01.

Laura Duncanson

Accounting Administrator I (Specialist)/CA Health Benefit Exchange

2025 total comp
$40,183
Base pay
$40,183
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$40,183
Employment type
Intermittent
Union / bargaining unit
R01
Work county
Sacramento
Middle name
J

Source-specific fields

Base Pay
$8,050
Cs/csu
Cs
Position Number
8011604552910
Salary Total
$46
Total Pay
$40,183

Laura Duncanson holds the role of Accounting Administrator I (Specialist) at CA Health Benefit Exchange. Their status is intermittent. In 2025, their total compensation was $40,183. Their bargaining unit is R01.