Tennessee / General Services / Accounting Technician 1
Job-title file
Maintain financial records, prepare budgets and reports, and ensure compliance with fiscal rules.
5 employees hold this title in General Services. Median total compensation for the role is $46,343, below the department median of $71,562.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Tennessee, the median wage for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks — about 37,680 people — is $48,180. General Services pays a median base salary of $46,128 for this role, 4% below that figure — about the 43rd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks across every employer in Tennessee, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows General Services’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. General Services’s median base salary is 9% below that national figure, about the 34th 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 General Services is $47,266, 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
Accounting Technician 1 is held in 10 Tennessee departments. In General Services, the median of $46,343 ranks #3 of 10.
Median total compensation for the Accounting Technician 1 role in other Tennesseedepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 18 jurisdictions. In Tennessee, the median of $49,457 ranks #12 of 18. See Accounting Technician across all of Tennessee →
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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Accounting Technician 1/General Services
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Leanne Wells is a Accounting Technician 1 at General Services within Vehicle Operations. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $47,945.
Accounting Technician 1/General Services
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Melissa Nichols holds the role of Accounting Technician 1 at General Services within Surplus Operations. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $47,266.
Accounting Technician 1/General Services
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Lorena Garcia holds the role of Accounting Technician 1 at General Services within Vehicle Operations. Their status is full-time. In 2026, their total compensation was $46,343.
Accounting Technician 1/General Services
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Christopher Cagle is a Accounting Technician 1 at General Services within Printing Administration. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $44,604.
Accounting Technician 1/General Services
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At General Services, Leslie Wakefield serves as a Accounting Technician 1 within Printing Services. They work full-time. Their 2026 pay totaled $42,068.