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Staff Accountant salary

Professional accounting ICs (Accountant I/II, Staff Accountant). Based on 27 job-posting observations from Southern California nonprofits.

Based on 27 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.
25th percentile
$65,000
Median
$71,760
75th percentile
$84,120
Most postings for this role are hourly; median posted rate is $33.00/hour.

By county

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CountyPostings25thMedian75th
Not shown (fewer than 5 postings): Ventura (1), Kern (3), Riverside (1).   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$78,3266 postings
$50M-$100M$70,72015 postings
$100M+$71,7605 postings
Not shown (fewer than 5 postings): $2M-$10M (1).

By subsector

Health Care$71,7607 postings
Human Services$69,68012 postings
Not shown (fewer than 5 postings): Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations (2), Youth Development (4), Religion-Related (1).

By career level

Staff / Specialist (incl. pre-licensed)$71,76027 postings

Organizations hiring now

APLA HealthLos Angeles County · Budget $50M-$100M$62,400–$113,776View org →Omni Family HealthKern County · Budget $100M+$56,160–$68,640View org →MAACSan Diego County · Budget $50M-$100M$47,840–$76,960View org →The People ConcernLos Angeles County · Budget $50M-$100M$45,760–$115,004View org →Catholic Charities Los AngelesLos Angeles County · Budget $50M-$100M$54,080–$56,160View org →Casa PacificaVentura County · Budget $20M-$50M$52,000–$83,200View org →Coalition for Responsible Community DevelopmentLos Angeles County · Budget $20M-$50M$70,304–$75,000View org →Children's Law Center of CaliforniaLos Angeles County · Budget $50M-$100M$82,000–$100,000View org →

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How this page is built
Figures reflect 27 salary observations from public job postings across 10 Southern California counties, 2024–2026, annualized (hourly × 2,080) with titles standardized to a nonprofit occupation taxonomy. Percentiles are published only when an occupation reaches 10 observations. No cell is shown for any group with fewer than 5. Executive figures are cross-checked against IRS Form 990. Data through September 09, 2026. Slugs, canonical URLs, and structured data are stable across rebuilds.