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Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks salary in Los Angeles, CA

The median bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA earns $58,590 a year, 16% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,763 a month.

10th percentile
$40,660
25th percentile
$48,030
Median percentile
$58,590
75th percentile
$67,710
90th percentile
$79,500

Based on 53,910 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

$45,156 take-home a year
Gross pay$58,590
Federal income tax−$4,851
Social Security + Medicare−$4,482
California income tax (approx.)−$4,101
Monthly take-home$3,763
Every two weeks$1,737

Does it go far here?

$51,591Median pay in Los Angeles, CA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 113.6 vs 100).
55%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($2,063 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Los Angeles, CA

JobMedian pay
Psychiatrists$370,510
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$364,730
Chief Executives$234,290
Computer and Information Systems Managers$204,370
Physicians, All Other$196,760
Lawyers$194,410
Natural Sciences Managers$193,340
Architectural and Engineering Managers$190,900

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