Tennessee / Finance and Administration / Auditor 3
Job-title file
Maintain financial records, prepare budgets and reports, and ensure compliance with fiscal rules.
2 employees hold this title in Finance and Administration. Median total compensation for the role is $72,324, below the department median of $95,658.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Tennessee, the median wage for Accountants and Auditors — about 27,340 people — is $76,840. Finance and Administration pays a median base salary of $84,798 for this role, 10% above that figure — about the 61st percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Accountants and Auditors across every employer in Tennessee, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Finance and Administration’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. Finance and Administration’s median base salary is 1% above that national figure, about the 51st percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
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 Tennessee range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Finance and Administration is $85,794, 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
Auditor 3 is held in 19 Tennessee departments. In Finance and Administration, the median of $72,324 ranks #13 of 19.
Median total compensation for the Auditor 3 role in other Tennesseedepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 21 jurisdictions. In Tennessee, the median of $76,464 ranks #7 of 21. See Auditor across all of Tennessee →
Median total compensation for comparable Auditor 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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Record list
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Auditor 3/Finance and Administration
Source-specific fields
Shannon Smith works as a Auditor 3 for Finance and Administration within Education Accounting Staff Billable. Their status is full-time. Shannon earned $79,140 in 2026.
Auditor 3/Finance and Administration
Source-specific fields
At Finance and Administration, Carrie Vaughn serves as a Auditor 3 within Audit. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $65,508.