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Massachusetts / Auditor

Role across Massachusetts

Auditor

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

6 people hold the Auditor role across 2 departments in Massachusetts, with a median total compensation of $83,952. Among 21 jurisdictions where this role is reported, Massachusetts ranks #6 by median pay.

Employees
6
Median pay
$83,952
Departments
2
Cross-jurisdiction
#6 of 21

Compared with the local labor market

Auditor pay vs. Massachusetts

Across all employers in Massachusetts, the median wage for Accountants and Auditorsabout 46,230 people is $99,460. Massachusetts pays a median base salary of $83,952 for this role, 16% below that figureabout the 31st percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Massachusetts sits in the local pay range

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$70,460
$79,370
$99,460
$128,560
$160,100
Massachusetts median · $83,952

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 Massachusetts’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Accountants and Auditorsabout 1,449,500 people is $83,680. Massachusetts’s median base salary is in line withthat national figure, about the 50th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$56,020
$67,020
$83,680
$109,810
$144,090
Massachusetts median · $83,952

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.

Median total compensation for this role at Massachusetts is $83,952, 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 jurisdictions

Auditor pay in other jurisdictions

Where Auditors are paid most

City of Chicago
$112,536 · 44
City of Los Angeles
$111,408 · 21
District of Columbia
$107,515 · 64
Georgia
$92,007 · 41
Tennessee
$76,464 · 134
Texas
$73,747 · 624
New Jersey
$72,918 · 46
City of Baltimore
$70,256 · 132
Arkansas
$64,570 · 52
Metro Nashville
$53,005 · 17
Utah
$52,553 · 425
Maine
$52,117 · 38
Florida
$48,000 · 15
Missouri
$46,493 · 39
California
$33,094 · 129
Rhode Island
$16,565 · 8

Median total compensation for comparable Auditor roles in other jurisdictions (highest first). Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not by identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for this role.

Within Massachusetts

Departments with this role

Largest Massachusetts departments for this role

Departments in Massachusetts employing the most people in this role. Each bar links to that department’s page for the role.