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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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Survey Says: Virginia Accountant Salaries By Experience Level

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years $59,022 $60,000 Accountant II: 2-2.9 years $64,972 $67,189 Accountant III: 3-4.9 years $59,022 $60,000 Accountant II: 2-2.9 years $64,972 $67,189 Accountant III: 3-4.9 Accountant III +10.7% Accountant III +10.7% Accountant III +10.7% years $73,381 $72,800 Supervisor/Mgr. Senior Managers +13.9%

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

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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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Accounting Firms Have Begun to See Mexico As a Goldmine for Accounting and Finance Talent, Says Guy

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As CEO of a staffing firm that connects companies with professionals in Mexico, every day I speak with accounting firms, CFOs and other executives looking to hire accountants and other financial professionals in the U.S. As of the second quarter of 2022, there were more than 466,000 accountants and auditors in Mexico while the U.S.,

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

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

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note: A reader sent in this thought-provoking essay on their experience as a CPA. 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. I loved the class.

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This Accountant Shortage Nonsense Reeks of Deja Vu

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Prior to 2007 I had little idea the accounting profession existed. That was the year I started working in CPA review, Going Concern was founded two years later. This cross-disciplinary knowledge covers accountancy, business law, corporate finance, human resources, information technology, marketing/sales, and operations.

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