Entry-level Accountant salary in Baltimore, MD

Based on 23 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level I in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Columbia, Owings Mills, Annapolis, Hunt Valley, Ellicott City.

Also listed as: Auditor, Tax Accountant

Median salary$68,000
Middle 50%$61.9k–$73.5k
vs. all levels here−17%comparison median $82,200
Filings23FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $60,570 and $81,296.
PercentileSalary
10th$60,570
25th$61,901
50th (median)$68,000
75th$73,500
90th$77,562

Salary by year

Median salary

$50k $65k $80k FY2020: median $57,000 (23 filings) FY2021: median $62,000 (12 filings) FY2022: median $64,800 (19 filings) FY2024: median $58,750 (10 filings) FY2025: median $62,400 (11 filings) FY2026: median $70,300 (12 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 23 filings FY20 FY2021: 12 filings FY21 FY2022: 19 filings FY22 FY2023: 8 filings FY23 FY2024: 10 filings FY24 FY2025: 11 filings FY25 FY2026: 12 filings FY26 23
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$57,000$54,500$57,50023
FY2021$62,000$54,313$63,86012
FY2022$64,800$58,000$65,13719
FY2023–––8
FY2024$58,750$57,000$63,75010
FY2025$62,400$60,570$71,00011
FY2026$70,300$61,901$73,50012

Cost of living

Baltimore's median entry-level Accountant salary of $68,000 is worth about $65,100 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Baltimore = 104.5).

Compared with all workers here

All Accountants and Auditors in the Baltimore, MD area earned a median of $85,160 in May 2025 (13,550 employed). The H-1B median here is $68,000, 20% lower.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
SB & Companytoo few4
Nityatoo few3
CohnReznick Advisorytoo few2
EMD Salestoo few2

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $68,000 23
Mid-level · Level II $81,120 27
Senior · Level III $94,000 16
Expert · Level IV – 0

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$61,901$68,00023
Mid-level · Level II$77,626$81,12027
Senior · Level III$93,371$94,00016

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.