Finance & Accounting
Accounting Manager salary
Manages accounting staff/functions (incl. Finance Manager titles). Based on 16 job-posting observations from Southern California nonprofits.
Based on 16 postings✓ Full range shown (10+ postings)
nis the number of individual job postings a figure is calculated from. The more postings behind a number, the more you can trust it. We never publish anything based on fewer than 5.
Finance & accounting ladderCareer path
Nonprofit accounting climbs from transactions to the close to the whole finance function: process payables and billing, then own the general ledger, then run the accounting team, then own the audit and the financials, then sit at the executive table. Payroll, budget analysis and grants & contracts are specialist branches off the middle rungs.
- Step 1Accounting Clerk (AP/AR & Billing)$56,160median of 44 postings
- Step 2Staff Accountant$72,652median of 35 postings
- Step 3 · this pageAccounting Manager$97,500median of 16 postings
- Step 4Controller$150,440median of 10 postings
- Step 5Chief Financial Officer$192,500median of 5 postings
Each rung shows the posted-salary median from its own page.
By county
(click a header to sort)| County | Postings | 25th | Median | 75th |
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ⓘNot shown (fewer than 5 postings): Orange (1), San Diego (3). 25th/75th percentiles appear only where a county has 10+ postings (shown as “N/A” otherwise, since a low count makes those edges unreliable).
By organization budget
| $20M-$50M | $97,500 | 9 postings |
ⓘNot shown (fewer than 5 postings): $2M-$10M (1), $50M-$100M (4), $100M+ (2).
By subsector
| Youth Development | $97,500 | 6 postings |
ⓘNot shown (fewer than 5 postings): Education (1), Human Services (4), Housing & Shelter (2), Mental Health & Crisis Intervention (1).
By career level
| Manager / Supervisor | $97,500 | 16 postings |
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