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Specialty Profile · California

Accountant salary in California

A real-employer view of Accountant pay, clustered from DOL OFLC certified filings. Variants like Senior, Lead, and II/III titles fold into this cluster — the wage range below reflects all of them.

Adrian Serafin, founder and editor of RateOrchardBy Adrian SerafinFounderUpdated May 4, 2026
Real disclosed salaries

Accountant in California: actual employer-disclosed pay

Public records from 217 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor. Median offered wage: $79,498. Every figure below is an actual offered salary an employer attested to under federal law.

By DOL wage level

DOL classifies every offer into one of four wage levels based on the role's experience and skill requirements.

LevelFilingsMedian offer
Level I — entry89$64,917
Level II — qualified59$90,458
Level III — experienced22$113,974
Level IV — fully competent4$144,472

Top employers filing for this role

Companies with the most certified filings for Accountant in California. Median offer is across all of that employer's filings.

EmployerMost-filed titleFilingsMedian
Google LLCAccountant4$157,000
Eva Care Group, LLCAccountant3$72,821
Neptune Medical, Inc.Accountant3$77,000
SOPHIA M. C. YANG & COMPANY, CPA A PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANCY CORPORATIONStaff Accountant3$61,880
Charles K Lee & Company CPA, Inc.Staff Accountant3$62,000
MedPOINT ManagementAccountant (Financial Analyst)2$77,500
CHUGH CPAS, LLPSTAFF ACCOUNTANT2$110,500
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.Senior Accountant2$84,718
CG Uhlenberg LLPStaff Accountant2$78,106
Skydio, Inc.Accountant2$122,250

Recent sample filings

A snapshot of recent certified offers. Each line is a real, public, verifiable record.

  • Senior Accountant at Haskell & White LLP
    $100,000
    IrvineDecided Dec 30, 2025I-200-25356-504111
  • Staff Accountant at Accutax Services Inc.
    $64,917
    Rowland HeightsDecided Dec 29, 2025I-200-25355-500334
  • Senior Accountant at Gleason Industrial Products, Inc.
    $105,000
    Los AngelesDecided Dec 29, 2025I-200-25353-497810
  • Staff Accountant at Cofreight Inc
    $64,917
    Buena ParkDecided Dec 24, 2025I-200-25351-492326
  • STAFF ACCOUNTANT at L&P CPAs, Inc.
    $65,000
    IRVINEDecided Dec 19, 2025I-200-25346-478456
  • Staff Accountant at Chan & Chen LLP
    $64,917
    San MarinoDecided Dec 18, 2025I-200-25345-475823
  • Accountant at Eva Care Group, LLC
    $72,821
    JacksonDecided Dec 17, 2025I-200-25345-473849
  • Accountant at Eva Care Group, LLC
    $72,821
    JacksonDecided Dec 17, 2025I-200-25344-473818

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification. Disclosed wages reflect what employers attested to pay; actual paid wages may differ. Only certified filings are shown — denied and withdrawn cases are excluded.