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California / Department of Child Support Service / Accounting Administrator III

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Accounting Administrator III

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

2 employees hold this title in Department of Child Support Service. Median total compensation for the role is $97,555, below the department median of $104,164.

Employees
2
Total payroll
$195.1K
Role median
$97,555
Agency median
$104,164
Comparison
Below

Compared with the local labor market

Accounting Administrator III 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. Department of Child Support Service pays a median base salary of $96,957 for this role, 25% above that figureabout the 75th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Department of Child Support Service sits in the local pay range

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$50,870
$62,660
$77,590
$97,080
$121,650
Department of Child Support Service median · $96,957

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 Department of Child Support Service’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. Department of Child Support Service’s median base salary is 40% above that national figure, about the 84th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$45,610
$55,950
$69,500
$85,090
$104,710
Department of Child Support Service median · $96,957

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 11 of 12 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 Department of Child Support Service is $99,638, 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 III is held in 43 California departments. In Department of Child Support Service, the median of $97,555 ranks #38 of 43.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Median total compensation for the Accounting Administrator III 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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Linda Luong

Accounting Administrator III/Department of Child Support Service

2025 total comp
$128,303
Base pay
$124,583
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$3,720
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$128,303
Employment type
Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit
M01
Work county
Sacramento
Middle name
M

Source-specific fields

Base Pay
$10,783
Cs/csu
Cs
Position Number
8176224545002
Salary Total
$10,460
Total Pay
$128,303

Linda Luong is a Accounting Administrator III at Department of Child Support Service. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $128,303. They are represented by M01.

Mary Messer

Accounting Administrator III/Department of Child Support Service

2023 total comp
$66,807
Base pay
$34,538
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$32,269
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$66,807
Employment type
Full-Time
Union / bargaining unit
M01
Work county
Sacramento
Middle name
T

Source-specific fields

Base Pay
$9,945
Cs/csu
Cs
Position Number
8176224545910
Salary Total
$9,945
Total Pay
$66,807

Mary Messer is a Accounting Administrator III at Department of Child Support Service. They work full-time. 2023 total compensation came to $66,807. Union affiliation: M01.