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Accountants and Auditors salaries in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data Prevailing wages: DOL wage year 2026-27
Employers filed 682 certified H-1B applications for accountants and auditors in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 287 employers.
The middle half of offers were $83,000 to $118,500 a year, with a median of $97,000: 1% below the national median for this job ($98,000).
The most common wage level was Level II (37% of filings).
The 2026-27 prevailing wage floor here is $64,314 at Level I and $81,931 at Level II.
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Wage levels
DOL sets four wage levels by experience. The share of filings at each level, and the minimum the employer must pay for that level here.
| Level | Share of filings | Prevailing wage (minimum) |
|---|---|---|
| Level I (entry) | 32% | $64,314 |
| Level II (qualified) | 37% | $81,931 |
| Level III (experienced) | 14% | $99,570 |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 17% | $117,187 |
Who sponsors accountants and auditors here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ernst & Young U.S. LLP | 115 | $115,000 | 446 |
| Deloitte Tax LLP | 38 | $98,000 | 141 |
| Deloitte & Touche LLP | 37 | $88,000 | 25 |
| PwC US Tax LLP | 22 | $116,000 | 25 |
| Standish Management US, LLC | 19 | $97,000 | — |
| Macias Gini & O'Connell LLP | 17 | $93,000 | 15 |
| Kpmg Llp | 14 | $133,500 | 64 |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP | 12 | $97,500 | 80 |
| Taad Llp | 11 | $85,000 | — |
| TT Commerce & Global Services LLC | 10 | $114,000 | — |
| Bdo Usa, P.C. | 6 | $125,000 | 20 |
| CohnReznick Advisory LLC | 6 | $83,000 | — |
| KBF Advisory, LLC | 6 | $97,000 | — |
| Crowe, LLP | 5 | $103,000 | 4 |
| Weaver and Tidwell, L.L.P. | 5 | $90,000 | 8 |
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Common titles filed under this occupation: Accountant, Staff Accountant, Tax Senior, Senior Accountant, Tax Manager, Tax Consultant, Senior Associate, Audit & Assurance Senior.
About this data
Offers are the wages employers put on certified Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) for H-1B workers: Certified H-1B LCAs decided July 2025 to June 2026. An LCA is filed before a petition, so not every filing became a job, and pay excludes bonus and stock. Annual pay; hourly offers are multiplied by 2,080. Pages appear only where there were at least 100 filings. Source: DOL disclosure data and OFLC wage data. Not legal or financial advice.