Georgia / Southeastern Technical College / Accounting Technician

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Accounting Technician

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

5 employees hold this title in Southeastern Technical College. Median total compensation for the role is $43,680, above the department median of $32,900.

Employees: 5
Total payroll: $187.6K
Role median: $43,680
Agency median: $32,900
Comparison: Above

Compared with the local labor market

Accounting Technician pay vs. Georgia

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks — about 38,700 people — is $49,350. Southeastern Technical College pays a median base salary of $43,690 for this role, 11% below that figure — about the 34th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Southeastern Technical College sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$32,810

$40,410

$49,350

$60,010

$71,810

Southeastern Technical College median · $43,690

The bar is the range of annual wages for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks across every employer in Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Southeastern Technical College’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. Southeastern Technical College’s median base salary is 14% below that national figure, about the 26th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$36,000

$43,520

$50,670

$61,470

$74,550

Southeastern Technical College median · $43,690

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 Georgia range relative to the national one.

Computed over the 4 of 5 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 Southeastern Technical College is $43,680, 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 Georgia

Accounting Technician is held in 23 Georgia departments. In Southeastern Technical College, the median of $43,680 ranks #6 of 23.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Southwest Georgia Regional Commission

$65,438 · 1

Law, Department Of

$55,199 · 4

Atlanta Technical College

$49,029 · 3

Public Telecommunications Commission, Georgia

$48,947 · 2

Albany Technical College

$44,034 · 2

Lanier Technical College

$43,680 · 1

Savannah Technical College

$43,680 · 2

Gwinnett Technical College

$43,160 · 5

Georgia Piedmont Technical College

$42,040 · 3

Technical College System of Georgia

$41,440 · 4

Athens Technical College

$41,216 · 2

Chattahoochee Technical College

$39,110 · 4

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

Compare jurisdictions

Accounting Technician beyond Georgia

This role is reported in 18 jurisdictions. In Georgia, the median of $42,206 ranks #14 of 18. See Accounting Technician across all of Georgia →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

$102,935 · 292

$89,627 · 5

$88,246 · 45

$72,721 · 31

$69,743 · 24

$64,488 · 69

$61,589 · 9

$61,097 · 313

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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