Salaries / Accountants and Auditors / San Francisco
Accountants and Auditors salaries in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data Prevailing wages: DOL wage year 2026-27
Employers filed 467 certified H-1B applications for accountants and auditors in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 168 employers.
The middle half of offers were $100,500 to $153,000 a year, with a median of $130,000: 33% above the national median for this job ($98,000).
The most common wage level was Level II (34% of filings).
The 2026-27 prevailing wage floor here is $78,146 at Level I and $99,362 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) | 15% | $78,146 |
| Level II (qualified) | 34% | $99,362 |
| Level III (experienced) | 23% | $120,557 |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 29% | $141,773 |
Who sponsors accountants and auditors here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ernst & Young U.S. LLP | 129 | $136,000 | 446 |
| Deloitte Tax LLP | 26 | $110,000 | 141 |
| Deloitte & Touche LLP | 22 | $123,500 | 25 |
| Standish Management US, LLC | 20 | $92,000 | — |
| Grant Thornton Advisors LLC | 13 | $147,000 | — |
| PwC US Tax LLP | 9 | $198,000 | 25 |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP | 7 | $130,000 | 80 |
| Bdo Usa, P.C. | 7 | $141,500 | 20 |
| Robinhood Markets, Inc. | 6 | $101,500 | 2 |
| OpenAI OpCo, LLC | 5 | $240,000 | — |
| Anthropic, PBC | 5 | $141,500 | — |
| Visa U.S.A. Inc. | 5 | $150,000 | 1 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc | 4 | $215,000 | — |
| Snowflake Inc. | 4 | $119,500 | 2 |
| Spott, Lucey & Wall, Inc. CPAs | 4 | $92,000 | — |
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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.