San Diego, CA / Bookkeeping & CAS
Bookkeeping and CAS firms · San Diego
Offshore bookkeeping support, trained for your firm.
For San Diego-area accounting firms: your senior bookkeepers shouldn’t be chasing documents, cleaning inboxes or prepping every close by hand. We train Filipino bookkeeping staff to take that load off your team, and we manage them for you.
San Diego · May 2025 BLS
$28.16 an hour
Median wage for bookkeeping, accounting and auditing clerks in the San Diego metro, 16% above the national median of $24.36. Most earn between $23.53 and $33.72. 12,830 people work in this occupation across the metro.
Bookkeeping and CAS firms in San Diego.
The San Diego metro had 1,824 accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll firms in 2024, 56 for every 100,000 residents, which ranks 15th of the 50 largest US metros. Firm numbers were roughly flat on 2023 (−0.7%). They’re less common here than nationally (0.89 times the national share). Together they employ 9,770 people at an average of $1,888 a week. Jobs in this occupation are 0.94 times as concentrated here as nationally.
BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages, private sector.
A full-time seat in San Diego.
San Diego has the 9th highest median wage for bookkeeping, accounting and auditing clerks among the 50 largest US metros. Even at the top of our draft range, a managed Molave role costs about 34% less per hour than a local hire with employer costs. That’s a meaningful saving, even before counting recruiting and turnover.
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, San Diego metropolitan area. Employer costs of about 30% rounded from BLS Employer Costs for Employee Compensation. Both monthly figures use 160 hours. Molave figures are draft ranges.
Nearby metros
How San Diego compares.
San Diego sits in the middle of its region: $3.35 an hour below San Francisco and $1.42 above Riverside–San Bernardino at the median.
| Metro | Median wage | Middle 50% earn | Firms (2024) | Change on 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego, CA | $28.16 | $23.53–$33.72 | 1,824 | −0.7% |
| Los Angeles, CA | $28.17 | $23.09–$32.55 | 8,192 | 0.0% |
| Riverside–San Bernardino, CA | $26.74 | $22.72–$30.69 | 1,465 | +1.0% |
| San Francisco, CA | $31.51 | $27.65–$37.72 | 2,207 | −1.4% |
| Sacramento, CA | $27.33 | $23.22–$30.91 | 1,010 | +3.2% |
Wages: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, bookkeeping, accounting and auditing clerks; “middle 50%” is the 25th to 75th percentile hourly wage. Firm counts: BLS QCEW, 2024.
Roles we train for San Diego accounting firms.
Each role is trained on your tools and SOPs before day one. Full role descriptions →
Workflows
Work we take off your plate.
- Month-end close prep and checklist tracking
- Weekly document requests and follow-up
- Bank and credit card reconciliation prep
- AP runs and AR collection reminders
- Cleanup and catch-up projects
Working your hours
San Diego hours, covered.
San Diego questions
Straight answers, with local numbers.
How many accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll firms are in San Diego?
1,824 in 2024, according to the BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, −0.7% on 2023.
What does a local hire cost San Diego accounting firms?
The median wage for bookkeeping, accounting and auditing clerks in the San Diego metro is $28.16 an hour (May 2025). Most earn between $23.53 and $33.72. With payroll taxes and benefits, a full-time median hire costs about $5,857 a month at 160 hours. A managed Molave role costs $2,240–$3,840 a month at the same hours.
Can Molave staff work San Diego hours?
Yes. Staff work San Diego business hours. A 9am–5pm day in San Diego is midnight–8am in Manila during US daylight saving time and 1am–9am in winter, a night shift that’s standard in the Filipino outsourcing industry.
Book a staffing call
Start with one role for your San Diego firm.
Tell us what’s stuck. We’ll come back with the role, the person and the price, with no upfront recruiting fee.