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Accounting salary in San Francisco

Employer-stated pay · updated Oct 22, 2026

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Accounting pay in San Francisco is measured from 110 postings where the employer stated pay. The best-evidenced figure is mid-level, where 51 postings put the middle half between $120,000 and $182,500, with a median of $150,000.

Pay rises with seniority here: the medians run mid-level $150,000, senior $161,250 and lead $234,000. Moving from mid-level to lead is worth roughly 56% more.

Against the 44 other measured markets for accounting at mid-level, this sits below 1 of them; Santa Clara leads at $162,475.

117 accounting roles are open in San Francisco right now, 117 listing pay.

LevelMarket rangeMedianSample
Mid $120,000 – $182,500 $150,000 51
Senior $130,000 – $183,125 $161,250 44
Lead $177,500 – $279,250 $234,000 15

Entry is junior titles. Mid is mid-level and manager titles. Senior is senior titles. Lead is director, VP and above.

Ranges span the 25th to 75th percentile of employer-stated base pay for the level. Median is the 50th percentile. Sample is the number of postings measured.

Open accounting roles in San Francisco · 117 with stated pay

this job's paywhere most pay sits here, $120,000–$230,000scale $70,000–$330,000

Senior Accountant, Americas Airwallex · San Francisco New $120,000–$150,000 1d ago Senior Manager, Accounting Advisory Stout · Los Angeles New $120,000–$215,000 1d ago Revenue Accounting Lead Happyrobot Inc. · San Francisco New $160,000–$210,000 2d ago Accounts Payable Accountant futureswithoutviolence · San Francisco New $85,000 2d ago 3P Revenue Accounting & Reporting Anthropic · San Francisco New $190,000–$230,000 3d ago Program Manager, Accounting Operations & Strategy Anthropic · San Francisco New $230,000–$300,000 3d ago Sr Project Accountant DPR family of companies · Silicon Valley, CA New $110,000–$130,000 3d ago Project Accountant DPR family of companies · Silicon Valley, CA New $90,000–$110,000 3d ago Senior Manager, Accounts Payable Crusoe · San Francisco $165,000–$200,000 6d ago Customer Success Manager, Finance & Accounting Rillet · New York $100,000–$150,000 6d ago Capital Markets Accounting Advisory Director Rsm · Houston $126,500–$254,700 6d ago Asst Mgr - Project Accounting DPR family of companies · San Francisco $125,000–$155,000 7d ago Director, Infrastructure Lease Accounting Anthropic · San Francisco $230,000–$300,000 8d ago Revenue Accountant Higgsfield · San Francisco $100,000–$140,000 8d ago Manager, Private Equity & FoF Accounting SS&C · San Francisco $90,000–$175,000 9d ago Senior Manager, Accounts Payable Turo · San Francisco $152,000–$190,000 9d ago Senior Accountant Turo · San Francisco $120,000–$150,000 9d ago Corporate Accounting Manager nexhealth · San Francisco $140,000–$160,000 9d ago GL Accounting Manager Happyrobot Inc. · San Francisco $180,000–$240,000 10d ago Manager, Revenue Accounting Anaplan · San Francisco $114,000–$153,000 13d ago Sr Financial Analyst-Finance/Accounting (Lucasfilm) Disney · San Francisco $121,100–$156,600 13d ago Sr Financial Analyst-Finance/Accounting (Lucasfilm) Disney (Disneycareerdc) · San Francisco $121,100–$156,600 13d ago Senior Accountant Vercel · San Francisco $120,000–$140,000 13d ago Senior Tax & Accounting Support Specialist Collective · Remote · US $75,000–$85,000 2w ago Accounting Manager OpenAI · San Francisco $162,000–$180,000 2w ago Technical Accounting Lead, Ads Revenue OpenAI · San Francisco $216,000–$240,000 2w ago Director, Technical Accounting – Investments Anthropic · San Francisco $230,000–$300,000 2w ago Director of Accounting Profound · New York $230,000–$270,000 2w ago Managing Director, Accounting & Finance Interim Solutions Vaco LLC · San Francisco $150,000–$175,000 2w ago Accountant Partnerships Manager Brex · New York $135,600–$169,500 2w ago Accounting Manager Higgsfield · San Francisco $160,000–$200,000 2w ago Director, Financial Reporting - Special Projects Anthropic · San Francisco $230,000–$300,000 2w ago Experienced Manager, Accounting Advisory Services BDO USA Experienced Career Site · San Francisco $125,000–$140,000 2w ago Controller Parallel Web Systems · San Francisco $300,000–$400,000 2w ago Associate Vice President, Fund Accounting – Venture Capital Aresmgmt · San Francisco $160,000–$180,000 2w ago Senior Accountant - Corporate Accounting Notion · San Francisco $130,000–$150,000 2w ago Revenue & Technical Accounting Manager Abridge · San Francisco $160,000–$180,000 3w ago Senior Manager, Accounts Payable - Compute OpenAI · San Francisco $216,000–$240,000 3w ago Accounting Manager Suno · San Francisco $142,000–$186,000 3w ago Revenue Accountant Peregrine Technologies · San Francisco $105,000–$130,000 3w ago Sr. Manager, Revenue Accounting Operations Anaplan · San Francisco $147,000–$198,000 3w ago Manager, Accounting Fastly · San Francisco $133,200–$159,840 3w ago Senior Accounting Manager RapidFort, Inc. · San Francisco $140,000–$190,000 3w ago Director, Accounting Systems & AI Transformation Hadrian Automation · Torrance $250,000–$300,000 3w ago Fund Accountant New York Life Insurance · San Francisco $75,000–$106,500 3w ago Staff Accountant, Financial Operations Paraform · San Francisco $110,000–$130,000 3w ago Senior Manager, Revenue Accounting Crusoe · San Francisco $165,000–$200,000 4w ago Corporate Accounting Manager Baseten · San Francisco $170,000–$210,000 4w ago Revenue Accountant Kikoff · San Francisco $120,000–$130,000 4w ago Partnerships Lead - Accounting & Advisory Rillet · San Francisco $200,000–$230,000 4w ago Senior Tax Accountant Notion · San Francisco $135,000–$155,000 4w ago Manager, Revenue Accounting OpenAI · San Francisco $162,000–$180,000 4w ago Lead, Revenue Accounting, Technical OpenAI · San Francisco $216,000–$240,000 4w ago Manager, Revenue Accounting, Technical (Strategic Commercial Deals) OpenAI · San Francisco $162,000–$180,000 4w ago Director, Finance and Accounting Recruiting Vaco LLC · San Francisco $60,000–$120,000 4w ago Senior Manager, Financial Reporting OpenAI · San Francisco $216,000–$240,000 4w ago Controller Pylon · San Francisco $205,000–$235,000 4w ago Senior Derivative Accountant Ripple · San Francisco $152,000–$185,000 4w ago Accountant Circle · Remote · US $86,000–$117,500 5w ago Partnerships, Accounting & Advisory Rillet · San Francisco $120,000–$160,000 5w ago

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