Compared with the local labor market
Accountant II pay vs. Massachusetts
Across all employers in Massachusetts, the median wage for Accountants and Auditors — about 46,230 people — is $99,460. University of Massachusetts System (Ums) pays a median base salary of $76,017 for this role, 24% below that figure — about the 19th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where University of Massachusetts System (Ums) sits in the local pay range
$70,460
$79,370
$99,460
$128,560
$160,100
University of Massachusetts System (Ums) median · $76,017
The bar is the range of annual wages for Accountants and Auditors across every employer in Massachusetts, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows University of Massachusetts System (Ums)’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. University of Massachusetts System (Ums)’s median base salary is 9% below that national figure, about the 39th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$56,020
$67,020
$83,680
$109,810
$144,090
University of Massachusetts System (Ums) median · $76,017
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 Massachusetts range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 79 of 88 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 University of Massachusetts System (Ums) is $75,695, 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 Massachusetts
Accountant II is held in 2 Massachusetts departments. In University of Massachusetts System (Ums), the median of $81,029 ranks #1 of 2.
Highest-paying departments for this role
Median total compensation for the Accountant II role in other Massachusettsdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.