Mid-level Accountant salary in St. Louis, MO

Based on 75 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level II in the St. Louis, MO-IL metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Saint Louis, Chesterfield, Clayton, Hazelwood, Maryland Heights.

Also listed as: Auditor, Tax Accountant

Median salary$81,000
Middle 50%$67.8k–$96.7k
vs. all levels here+0%comparison median $81,000
Filings75FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $66,206 and $114,499.
PercentileSalary
10th$66,324
25th$67,808
50th (median)$81,000
75th$96,730
90th$103,879

Salary by year

Median salary

$50k $70k $90k FY2020: median $64,800 (12 filings) FY2021: median $72,000 (16 filings) FY2023: median $85,000 (19 filings) FY2024: median $74,000 (21 filings) FY2025: median $81,500 (44 filings) FY2026: median $81,000 (31 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 12 filings FY20 FY2021: 16 filings FY21 FY2022: 8 filings FY22 FY2023: 19 filings FY23 FY2024: 21 filings FY24 FY2025: 44 filings FY25 FY2026: 31 filings FY26 44
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$64,800$62,483$75,62512
FY2021$72,000$64,838$72,55616
FY2022–––8
FY2023$85,000$71,500$91,00019
FY2024$74,000$63,000$83,20021
FY2025$81,500$67,808$92,27844
FY2026$81,000$67,904$97,83131

Cost of living

St. Louis's median mid-level Accountant salary of $81,000 is worth about $85,200 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; St. Louis = 95.1).

Compared with all workers here

All Accountants and Auditors in the St. Louis, MO area earned a median of $78,880 in May 2025 (13,610 employed). The H-1B median here is $81,000, 3% higher.

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
EY$97,83129
Deloitte$67,80819
Bdotoo few4
Alphatradetoo few2
Cigna-Evernorth Servicestoo few2
Grant Thornton Advisorstoo few2
SFW Partnerstoo few2
The Gund Companytoo few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $61,782 24
Mid-level · Level II $81,000 75
Senior · Level III $95,040 16
Expert · Level IV too few 2

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$50,898$61,78224
Mid-level · Level II$67,808$81,00075
Senior · Level III$81,494$95,04016

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.