Compare up to 3 roles

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Which occupation anchors this reading?

The Compare up to 3 roles uses the Cost Accountant national row below as a labeled reference example, not a result from visitor inputs. The Compare up to 3 roles catalog covers 389 mapped titles with published national medians in May 2025, while this example uses SOC 13-2011, Accountants and Auditors. A Compare up to 3 roles visitor's choice of a different occupation or area can select a different released row; no personal offer or vacancy cost is inferred from this benchmark.

What do the released numbers measure?

Compare up to 3 roles: For Cost Accountant in the United States, the May 2025 OEWS row records a annual median of $83,680 under Cost Accountant (SOC 13-2011, Accountants and Auditors). The Cost Accountant in the United States mapping is a broader occupation, not a separately measured wage for this hiring title; the occupation name attached to this median is Accountants and Auditors. The released Cost Accountant in the United States employment field is 1,449,500 jobs, which describes the SOC rather than a count of candidates available to take your opening.

How much room is inside the published band?

Compare up to 3 roles: The middle-half annual band for Cost Accountant in the United States runs from $67,020 at P25 to $109,810 at P75, a width of $42,790. For Cost Accountant in the United States, the lower half of that band covers $16,660, while the upper half covers $26,130; the upper side therefore accounts for more of the middle-half spread. An offer for Cost Accountant in the United States can move within that published band without justifying an exact percentile claim, and these points do not identify junior, senior or manager pay grades.

How does this estimate compare with the national figure?

Compare up to 3 roles: The Cost Accountant in the United States median is the national reference for this SOC, not a city-specific offer target. For Cost Accountant in the United States, the national mean is $94,750, $11,070 above its median; the average and midpoint consequently describe different features of the released wage distribution. The national Cost Accountant in the United States figure pools places and employers, so a local offer should also be checked against an actual area row rather than being described as a local premium.

Which other metro estimates can you compare?

Compare up to 3 roles: The Cost Accountant in the United States comparison uses the two metropolitan estimates with the largest published employment for this occupation: New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, where the annual median for Accountants and Auditors is $105,650; Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, where the annual median for Accountants and Auditors is $94,360. These Cost Accountant in the United States neighbors are selected only from metros with a published median for the same SOC, so suppression can change which comparisons are available. For Cost Accountant in the United States, the geography comes from Census Gazetteer internal points where available, not a claim about commuting time, recruiting reach or an employer's payroll policy.

What can the industry rows tell you?

Compare up to 3 roles: Among the loaded national industry rows relevant to Cost Accountant in the United States, the highest numeric annual medians are Monetary Authorities-Central Bank (NAICS 521000), $109,430; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank (NAICS 521100), $109,430. The Cost Accountant in the United States industry comparison excludes top-coded and suppressed medians from exact ranking and is limited to the industries loaded for this brand, not every possible industry. For Cost Accountant in the United States, these are national industry cuts of the same SOC, not proof that this exact title earns those amounts.

What changed in the published median?

Compare up to 3 roles: For Cost Accountant in the United States, the prior 2024-05 median was $81,680, compared with $83,680 in 2025-05; the released medians differ by $2,000 upward. This Cost Accountant in the United States comparison is subtraction of published medians, not an annualized growth forecast or a claim that the same workers received that change. The Cost Accountant in the United States year-over-year cells use the same SOC and area code, but changes in the surveyed employment mix can still affect what the two medians describe.

What belongs outside the wage budget?

Compare up to 3 roles: The Cost Accountant in the United States annual median of $83,680 is an OEWS wage measure, not a complete employer-cost budget. For Cost Accountant in the United States, guaranteed pay and incentive pay including commissions and production bonuses belong inside the OEWS definition, so adding all commission again would double-count a component the survey includes. Overtime, nonproduction bonuses and employer benefit costs are excluded from the Cost Accountant in the United States wage definition; budget those separately when relevant, but this the United States row supplies no dollar amounts for them, equity or relocation.

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