Auditor salary
What a auditor actually earns, from 538 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-07-23.
Switch the market above to see auditor pay in the 3 countries our sources cover, each with its own cost of living. The trend, seniority, and state detail below are United States data, where the official record runs deepest.
What the number means
An auditor earns a blended US median near 63,085 dollars, with the typical middle running from 43,920 dollars to 94,884 dollars. The official OEWS median is higher, 81,680 dollars, because job ads skew toward the roles that pay below the occupation-wide average. The official trend has moved up about 14 percent since 2019. By seniority, posted pay runs from roughly 54,757 dollars to 70,752 dollars. Demand is rated high, and 1% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is financial controller, at 41 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
Open auditor roles
Live openings tagged to this occupation, from company career pages and remote boards. Apply at the source.
- Internal AuditorBeiGene · United States$87k–$117kRemoteJul 22
- AuditorU.S. International Trade Commission · Washington, District of Columbia$144k–$187kJul 21
- AUDITOR (TITLE 5)Army National Guard Units · Saint Augustine, Florida$75k–$97kJul 21
- Senior IT Internal AuditorOkta · San Francisco, California$117kJul 21
- Financial Auditor (Hiring Event)National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency · Springfield, Virginia$122k–$187kJul 20
- Senior IT-Auditor / IT-Revisor (m/w/d)SumUp · Berlin, GermanyJul 18
By seniority
Posted-median pay by seniority signal in the title, from our corpus. Noisy at the edges where sample sizes are small.
By country
- United States$43,920 – $94,884 · median $63,085
- Canada$42,529 – $70,095 · median $62,232
- United Kingdom$43,546 – $67,909 · median $55,252
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- New Yorkmedian $101,780
- Californiamedian $96,360
- Washingtonmedian $96,180
- Coloradomedian $90,030
- Marylandmedian $84,890
- Virginiamedian $84,190
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Related salaries
- Financial Controller salary$129,443 median
- Bookkeeper salary$59,248 median
- Accountant salary$72,138 median
Quick answers
How much does an auditor make?
The blended US median is about 63,085 dollars, with a typical range from 43,920 dollars to 94,884 dollars, against an official OEWS median of 81,680 dollars.
Is auditor a good career in 2026?
Demand for the role is rated high in our July 2026 corpus, with 1% of postings fully remote. The pay is shown above by seniority and by country.
What can an auditor move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is financial controller, at 41 percent skill coverage. Run the instrument for the full set of reachable moves.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 13-2011. Live corpus 538 observations, 2026-07-23. Definitions in the glossary.