H1B Report
H-1B salary guideSOC 13-2011Rank #10Updated Jun 2026

Accountants and Auditors

H-1B prevailing-wage data for Accountants and Auditors (SOC 13-2011). Based on 154,950 Labor Condition Applications filed with the US Department of Labor.

Median wage
$104,832
P50 · FY2026
P25 wage
$86,000
lower quartile · FY2026
P75 wage
$135,738
upper quartile · FY2026
Filings
2,856
Rank #10 · FY2026

Wage by DOL prevailing-wage level

P25 / P50 / P75 of offered annual wage at each PW_WAGE_LEVEL. Level I = entry, Level IV = expert — the I-to-IV gap is the career runway.

LevelNP25MedianP75
Level I17,937$55,640$63,000$72,000
Level II22,675$75,000$86,000$100,214
Level III9,460$100,000$120,000$140,000
Level IV6,170$113,901$137,030$168,000
Wage by level (P25 / median / P75): 4 levels
Wage by level (P25 / median / P75)
LevelP25MedianP75
Level I$55,640$63,000$72,000
Level II$75,000$86,000$100,214
Level III$100,000$120,000$140,000
Level IV$113,901$137,030$168,000

Top hiring states

Worksite states with the most filings for this SOC, with the local median wage.

#StateFilingsMedian
1CA33,427$72,000
2NY23,625$75,000
3TX15,422$62,462
4IL7,381$67,200
5NJ7,028$74,880
6MA5,576$70,928
7FL4,852$60,000
8VA4,844$67,413
9GA4,546$61,775
10WA4,222$88,000

Top sponsoring employers

Who actually files most for this role.

Median wage by fiscal year

How the typical offered wage for this SOC has drifted across fiscal years.

Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$53k
FY2011$53k
FY2012$55k
FY2013$55k
FY2014$56k
FY2015$57k
FY2016$58k
FY2017$60k
FY2018$66k
FY2019$69k
FY2020$75k
FY2021$79k
FY2022$85k
FY2023$89k
FY2024$89k
FY2025$94k
FY2026$105k
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