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Public Accounting Starting Salaries Expected to Increase Nearly 4% in 2024

CPA Practice

Starting salaries for roles in tax services are projected to increase an average of 3.6% in 2024, while audit and assurance services will see starting salaries likely go up an average of 3.8% next year, according to a CPA Practice Advisor analysis of public accounting pay data provided by specialized staffing firm Robert Half.

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Top 7 Reasons Why People Are Leaving Accounting Firms, According to PICPA

CPA Practice

PICPA received survey responses from 323 accounting professionals nationwide who have zero to 15 years of public accounting experience and have left their firm or profession within the past five years. 1 being absolutely no surprise: There were higher salaries. Salary acceleration paths need to be implemented.”

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Letter to the Editor: Life in Public Accounting Doesn’t Add Up For Young Professionals

Going Concern

In it the author covers their introduction to accounting, the impact the pandemic had on their goals, and the all too familiar feeling of watching your peers make buckets of money in other careers while you grind away in public. ” When I was a junior in high school, I took my first accounting class. I loved the class.

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Here’s Everything We Know So Far About 2022 Accounting Salary Projections

Going Concern

With the ongoing Great Resignation across all industries and the critical pipeline problem contributing to a shortage of accountants , the profession is in a bit of trouble. As you’re about to see from the salary reports we’ve shared with you over the past few months those rumors are in fact true. Manager: 2%.

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These 10 LCOL Cities Are Expected to Have Higher-Than-Average Public Accounting Starting Salaries in 2023

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Over the last week we ’ve taken a look at projected public accounting starting salaries in 2023 for eight cities with a high cost of living and 12 cities with a medium cost of living , and how those salaries compare to the national averages contained in the 2023 Robert Half Accounting & Finance Salary Guide.

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Our Profession Really Has Abused Those at the Entry Level, Says Managing Partner to the Local News

Going Concern

KTVN in Reno has covered the CPA shortage and in order to do so because local news reporters rarely even think about accountants much less report on them, the news spoke to the incredibly candid Mark Bailey, managing partner and founder of Excelsis Accounting Group. Reno is 4% higher than national average, San Francisco 35%.

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Guy Who Works at a Firm Actually Named FML on Why Accounting Is a Great Career

Going Concern

So a guy named Brian Kelleher who works for the hilariously named FML CPAs has written an opinion piece for the Hartford Courant entitled “Opinion: Accounting is a fantastic career — despite common misconceptions.” I’m involved in recruiting for one of the largest accounting firms in Connecticut.

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