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Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks salary in California

The median bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks in California earns $59,230 a year, 17% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,802 a month.

10th percentile
$41,600
25th percentile
$48,600
Median percentile
$59,230
75th percentile
$70,600
90th percentile
$81,990

Based on 151,870 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$45,625 take-home a year
Gross pay$59,230
Federal income tax−$4,928
Social Security + Medicare−$4,531
California income tax (approx.)−$4,146
Monthly take-home$3,802
Every two weeks$1,755

Does it go far here?

$53,495Median pay in California is worth this at average US prices (local price level 110.7 vs 100).
54%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($2,036 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in California

JobMedian pay
Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric$400,150
Neurologists$357,080
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$353,900
Psychiatrists$353,500
General Internal Medicine Physicians$313,890
Obstetricians and Gynecologists$301,240
Nurse Anesthetists$292,410
Physicians, All Other$281,590

All bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks salaries · Take-home pay in California