Accounting Jobs in San Diego, CA

Government wage anchors for 2025 put accountants and auditors at a $96,340 local median and financial analysts at a $106,040 local median, with 75th-percentile pay at $125,190 and $131,860 respectively. Recent posted ranges across the broader local Finance & Accounting sample center on about $91k to $132k, with a wider band of about $75k to $194k.

Full September 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 85 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $77,500 at the 25th percentile, $96,500 at the median and $120,000 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of November 10, 2026

Senior roles | Entry level | Remote | Posted this week

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

San Diego is still a workable Finance & Accounting market, but it is not an easy one. Local financial activities employment was 72.5 thousand in August 2026, down -1.8945% year over year, even as total metro nonfarm employment rose 0.7005% and unemployment held at 4.9%. Local job activity is real rather than absent, with more than 450 postings across more than 200 companies over the last 90 days, and posted salary ranges centering on about $91k to $132k. The catch is that hiring looks selective, tax-heavy in parts of the market, and much more on-site than many white-collar candidates expect.

Best positioned: Candidates with CPA- or EA-linked tax/reporting skills, strong Excel, and willingness to work on-site or hybrid have the best odds right now.

Main caution: Do not mistake posting volume for broad-based expansion: hiring is fragmented, one named tax employer accounts for more than 100 postings, and only about 5% of the sample is remote.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 100 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. QUALCOMM, Inc.: 8 open roles
2. Northrop Grumman: 3 open roles
3. Applications International: 2 open roles
4. Axosbank: 2 open roles
5. Beam Global: 2 open roles
6. Grey Street Consulting, LLC: 2 open roles
7. Ignite Digital: 2 open roles
8. Intuit, Inc.: 2 open roles
9. MAAC: 2 open roles
10. Optima Office, Inc.: 2 open roles

Where the openings are

• San Diego: 79
• Chula Vista: 6
• Tijuana: 5
• Del Mar: 2
• Lakeside: 2
• Solana Beach: 2
• San Francisco: 1
• Brentwood: 1

Work arrangement

on-site 71 (73%), hybrid 24 (25%), remote 2 (2%)

Where the demand is

The local opportunity set is broad by employer count, not dominated by a few mega-hirers. Over the last 90 days the sample captured more than 450 Finance & Accounting postings across more than 200 companies, and employer concentration was fragmented. That helps market resilience, but the named-employer picture is not evenly spread across subfields: H & R Block, Inc. alone accounted for more than 100 postings, which helps explain why tax preparation, tax planning, and EA/CPA signals show up so often. Sector mix points you toward financial services first. About 50% of sampled postings were in financial services, about 15% in finance, and about 10% in business consulting. Seniority is centered on execution roles rather than leadership, with about 45% of postings at mid level, about 25% entry, about 20% senior, and about 10% lead+. In plain terms: the market is deepest for people who can step into tax, reporting, or analysis work quickly, not for candidates hoping to be trained from scratch.

• Tax preparation and seasonal tax work (high): Best near-term opening volume, supported by H & R Block, Inc. with more than 100 postings and local demand for tax preparation, tax planning, EA, and CPA signals.
• Financial reporting and financial analysis (moderate): A solid middle lane because financial services and finance dominate the sample, and financial reporting, financial analysis, Excel, and digital tools recur often.
• Consulting and outsourced accounting services (moderate): Smaller but useful path through business consulting, finance & accounting firms, and accounting firms, which together make up about 25% of sampled postings.

Where to focus: Focus first on on-site or hybrid reporting, tax, and analysis roles inside financial services and consulting employers, then widen to adjacent ops/data roles if your search stalls.

Roles worth searching next

• Business Operations Analyst: It reuses reporting, variance analysis, forecasting discipline, and stakeholder communication.
• Data Analyst / BI Analyst: A strong bridge if your best assets are Excel, reporting packs, dashboard logic, and data cleanup.
• ERP / Business Systems Analyst: This is a natural move for finance candidates who become the power user of an ERP or reporting stack.
• Project Coordinator, Finance Systems: It keeps you close to budgeting, reporting, implementation timelines, and cross-functional finance work.

What postings ask for

• CPA (premium | immediate): About 25% of local postings explicitly ask for a CPA, making it the clearest credential signal in this market. Who: Accountants, auditors, tax professionals, and anyone targeting senior individual-contributor or manager-track roles.
• Enrolled Agent (EA) (differentiator | immediate): EA shows up in about 15% of local postings and aligns especially well with the area's strong tax-prep demand. Who: Entry-level candidates, career switchers, and anyone leaning into tax work.
• Financial reporting (premium | immediate): Financial reporting appears in about 20% of local postings, and surveyed finance leaders nationally say reporting, analytics, modeling, and ERP expertise often earns higher pay. Who: Mid-career accountants, analysts, and candidates trying to move above clerical work.
• Microsoft Excel (table_stakes | immediate): Excel appears in about 15% of local postings, so it is basic entry currency rather than a differentiator by itself. Who: Everyone in this category.
• ERP software (premium | near-term): ERP skill is one of the expertise areas national finance leaders associate with higher pay premiums, especially when paired with reporting ownership. Who: Mid-career candidates, switchers with systems aptitude, and analysts moving toward business-systems work.
• Tax preparation and GoSystem (differentiator | immediate): Tax preparation appears in about 25% of local postings and GoSystem in about 10%, which makes hands-on tax workflow ability unusually useful in San Diego right now. Who: Entry-level candidates, seasonal job seekers, and tax specialists.

Questions about this market

What do Finance & Accounting roles pay in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA?

Government wage anchors for 2025 put accountants and auditors at a $96,340 local median and financial analysts at a $106,040 local median, with 75th-percentile pay at $125,190 and $131,860 respectively. Recent posted ranges across the broader local Finance & Accounting sample center on about $91k to $132k, with a wider band of about $75k to $194k. Pay is above the national accountant-and-auditor median of $83,680, and California new openings in finance & accounting carried a mean offered salary of ~$101,539 in September 2026, so San Diego can pay well for proven skills.

Where is demand for Finance & Accounting roles in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA concentrated?

The local opportunity set is broad by employer count, not dominated by a few mega-hirers. Over the last 90 days the sample captured more than 450 Finance & Accounting postings across more than 200 companies, and employer concentration was fragmented. That helps market resilience, but the named-employer picture is not evenly spread across subfields: H & R Block, Inc. alone accounted for more than 100 postings, which helps explain why tax preparation, tax planning, and EA/CPA signals show up so often. Sector mix points you toward financial services first. About 50% of sampled postings were in financial services, about 15% in finance, and about 10% in business consulting. Seniority is centered on execution roles rather than leadership, with about 45% of postings at mid level, about 25% entry, about 20% senior, and about 10% lead+. In plain terms: the market is deepest for people who can step into tax, reporting, or analysis work quickly, not for candidates hoping to be trained from scratch.

Which employers are hiring the most Finance & Accounting talent in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA?

Recent postings show the most activity from H & R Block, Inc. (100 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Finance & Accounting roles in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 20% hybrid, with 75% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

How current are these listings?

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