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How to Turn a Shortage of Accountants Into an Opportunity for Businesses

CPA Practice

The American Institute of CPAs and the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy have proposed pathways to a CPA license that combine education with work experience, providing flexibility for more entrants to the profession while maintaining the rigor needed for public confidence in CPAs.

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Pay transparency leads to more engaged employees

Accounting Today

The taboo around discussing and comparing accounting salaries is slowly fading.

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Bold Move Listing ‘Lucrative Compensation’ As One of Five Reasons to Pursue Accounting, Montclair State

Going Concern

Lemme bust out a handy dandy chart here: Source: “ Why No One’s Going Into Accounting ,” Wall Street Journal October 6, 2023 Oh. Here’s another analysis that @kleib323 did on how much accounting salaries have increased since 2019 for partners and professional staff.

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An Accountant’s Weekend Reading | 12.27.24

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Posts on X also reflect a sentiment that tech salaries, particularly outside of top-tier positions or companies, have not kept pace with inflation over the last decade, with some users expressing frustration over stagnant real wages in tech despite high demand for tech skills. Remember this? Conclusion: It sucks for everyone.

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Just How Much Have Accounting Salaries Increased in the Last Five Years?

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The post Just How Much Have Accounting Salaries Increased in the Last Five Years? Since 2020, staff pay has increased by 15.7 percent while partners have seen an increase of 29.2 That’s IPA’s math, don’t come for us if it ain’t mathin’ We eagerly await updated figures for 2024.

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Here Are Even More 2024 Accounting Salary Projections

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Last month we took a look at the 2024 Robert Half Salary Guide to get an idea what public accounting salaries should be in the range of next year, today it’s a similar report from Addison Group and their 2024 Workforce Planning Guide. The guide covers several industries, we are of course only here for accounting.

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Here Is a Massive List of Accounting Salaries Broken Down By City

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Came across this list from Smartest Dollar of “the best-paying American cities for accountants in 2022” on the Googs and thought it worth sharing because getting paid is the only reason many of you do this job. Concentration of accountants (compared to average): +38%. The data used in this analysis is from the U.S.