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Accounts Payable Specialist Career Market Report 2026

918 active jobs. 513 companies. Median salary $55K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

918
Active Job Openings
513
Companies Hiring
$55K
Median Salary (US)
71%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Accounts Payable Specialist market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 71% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $55K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $44K to $125K.

Accounts Payable is the most-demanded skill at 100%

SAP demand rose +25.7pp — fastest-growing skill

Sgs leads hiring with 11 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Mid-Level → Manager (+$43K, +74%)

Salary increase: +$43K · Sample: Mid-Level → Manager

AI automation risk: medium-high (score 70/100)

Score: 70/100 · AI/LLM demand: 16% of postings

Week-over-week changes reflect dataset expansion, not market surge

Recent growth in tracked postings is from adding new data sources, not a one-week hiring boom. Interpret trend data with this in mind.

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Junior22$42K$46K$62K
Manager14$85K$100K$135K
Mid-Level10$40K$57K$125K
Senior5$46K$49K$80K

What jumps out

Mid-Level → Manager: +$43K (74%) — the biggest single-step increase. The salary curve is back-loaded: the largest raises come at transitions where scope changes from executing tasks to owning outcomes, or from owning outcomes to shaping architecture across teams.

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States52$57KUSD
Canada5$49KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site3.1%
Remote6.2%
Hybrid2.9%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

Accounts Payable
100%
Excel
50%
SAP
26%
AI/LLM
16%
SOX Compliance
9%
Financial Reporting
8%
Accounts Receivable
8%
Auditing
8%
Vendor Management
6%
GAAP
5%
Data Analysis
4%
QuickBooks
4%

Skills on the Rise

SAP ↑+25.7ppExcel ↑+14.6ppVendor Management ↑+6.2ppGAAP ↑+5.4ppData Analysis ↑+4.5pp

Declining in Demand

Journalism ↓-28.1ppAttention to Detail ↓-24.7ppProcurement ↓-16.9ppCustomer Service ↓-11.9ppSustainability ↓-7.3pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Sgs111.2%
Tp101.1%
Onetp101.1%
Mindlance101.1%
Collabera80.9%
Onlyexperts80.9%
Equipmentsharecom70.8%
Wnsglobalservices60.7%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States273
Philippines68
India60
United Kingdom27
Canada26
Mexico21
Poland16
Romania11

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree53.9%350
Bachelor's Degree16.5%107
Master's Degree14.8%96
High School / GED0.2%1
MBA0.2%1

Certifications

CPA (2%)

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