Chief Accounting Officer salary, National

Recruiter's read: what do the published figures mean for Chief Accounting Officer in National?

Real Estate Headhunters reads Chief Accounting Officer in National through BLS occupation 11-3031, Financial Managers, rather than treating the niche title as a separately surveyed job. The May 2025 annual median for Chief Accounting Officer in National is $166,570; its broader mapping means the occupation and its limits belong beside this offer budget.

Chief Accounting Officer in National has a published middle-half band from $125,490 at the lower quartile to $219,980 at the upper quartile in May 2025. The $94,490 difference for Chief Accounting Officer in National is the width of that reported band, not a recommended automatic raise or a measure of candidate seniority.

Chief Accounting Officer in National shows $94,310 at the tenth percentile and $323,270 at the ninetieth percentile. The lower-tail gap for Chief Accounting Officer in National is $31,180, versus $103,290 above the upper quartile; the upper published tail is wider, which describes dispersion but does not explain its cause.

The national benchmark for Chief Accounting Officer in National is the cross-industry distribution, with published employment of 841710 for SOC 11-3031. The employment figure for Chief Accounting Officer in National counts workers in Financial Managers, not only property management employees carrying this niche title, so it cannot be presented as a count of available candidates.

For Chief Accounting Officer in National, the two comparison metros are selected by published employment, not geographic proximity: New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ reports $221,010; Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN reports $168,810. Those May 2025 comparisons for Chief Accounting Officer in National use SOC 11-3031 on the same annual basis, without substituting a different job to obtain a convenient number.

The prior annual median for Chief Accounting Officer in National was $161,700 in May 2024, compared with $166,570 in May 2025. The new-minus-old difference for Chief Accounting Officer in National is $4,870; it compares two survey distributions, not the pay rise of a tracked worker or a forecast.

For Chief Accounting Officer in National, the highest exact published national medians among the loaded real-estate, building-service and fund industry rows are Real Estate (NAICS 531000), $172,940; Real Estate (NAICS 531000), $172,940. These May 2025 industry figures for Chief Accounting Officer in National are national cuts, not an industry-pay ranking inside National, because the loaded industry source does not cross-tabulate that local market.

Chief Accounting Officer in National uses BLS straight-time gross wages, which include base rates, guaranteed pay, commissions and production bonuses but exclude discretionary or nonproduction bonuses. For an offer benchmarked to Chief Accounting Officer in National, state overtime, on-call pay, relocation support and housing discounts separately because OEWS excludes them; the $166,570 median does not price those additions in National.

What wages did BLS publish?

The BLS May 2025 median for Financial Managers in National is $166,570 per year. This is the mapped occupation, not a separate survey of Chief Accounting Officer.

Chief Accounting Officer maps to Financial Managers (11-3031), a broader occupation. BLS does not publish this exact real estate title separately. The property's scope, equipment, supervision and required credentials can differ from the occupation as a whole.

SOC 11-3031 Financial Managers

This wage is equal to or greater than $115.00 per hour or $239,200 per year. A cell marked “or more” is a threshold, not an exact value.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. SOC 11-3031 Financial Managers, National. Released 2026-05-15.

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What changed since the last release

These are two published distributions, not a projection or a same-worker pay-rise measure. Changes in coverage, sampling or area boundaries can affect comparison.

Prior source: BLS OEWS May 2024, released 2025-04-02. Prior area label: U.S.. Check BLS boundary notes before treating these as an unchanged market.

National pay by industry

Industry rows cover payroll employment classified in that industry, nationally. They do not isolate this niche title, and contractors may sit in another industry.

The pay ladder

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Highest published metro medians

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Pay relative to local wages

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Other covered markets

All BLS areas are available in the public tools. These links show this occupation's largest metro employment markets.

• Northern New Jersey
• Chicago
• Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
• Dallas
• Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
• Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
• Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
• Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
• San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
• Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
• Miami
• Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
• Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
• Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
• Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
• Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
• Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
• Tampa
• San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
• Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
• Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO
• Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
• San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
• Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
• Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT

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