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Cost Accountant salary: median $82,500 a year

Cost Accountant listings that state pay run from $80,000 to $91,500 for the middle half, based on 35 current job listings. 143 cost accountant roles are open now.

Cost Accountant pay range

From 35 open listings that state pay. Annual, in US dollars.

Lower quarter
$80,000
Median
$82,500
Upper quarter
$91,500

Do AI skills change cost accountant pay?

For Finance roles in general, as of October 26, 2026. This is the function’s figure, not one for cost accountant alone: one title rarely has enough listings on both sides.

Among Finance listings, those that ask for an AI skill advertise +16.5% (about $26k) compared with similar listings that do not, matched on level and industry.

Listings that ask for an AI skill
$172,000
median, from 567 paid listings
Listings that never mention AI
$117,500
median, from 1,227 paid listings

Advertised pay only: the midpoint of the range an employer posted, on live U.S. postings read from the full text. “Asks for an AI skill” means the posting names a specific AI skill; “no AI” means it never mentions AI. A difference in what is advertised is not a promise of what you would be paid, and it does not show that learning a skill causes a raise.

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Cost Accountant salary questions

How much does a cost accountant make?
Among 35 open cost accountant listings that state pay, the median is $82,500 a year, and half of listings fall between $80,000 and $91,500.
Where does this cost accountant pay data come from?
From current job listings on employers’ own career sites that state a pay range. Hourly pay is converted at 2,080 hours a year, and a listing’s midpoint is used. Listed pay is what employers advertise, not what people are paid.

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