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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% The results were: Tax services Senior manager/director: 7.8% Overall average increase: 3.6% Senior associate: 0.9%

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The Accounting Talent Shortage is Not New, You Guys

Going Concern

There should be tons of accounting grads drooling for jobs right now and plenty of jobs to go around, no? A record 68,639 students graduated with accounting degrees in 2010. Nearly 4 in 10 accounting graduates hired last year by CPA firms had master’s degrees, compared with 26 percent in 2008.

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Revolutionize your talent strategy with automation

ThomsonReuters

Retiring Baby Boomers are creating a vacuum, leading to a scarcity of experienced professionals, and there aren’t enough young people graduating with accounting degrees—or choosing to enter public accounting—to fill that void. This generational shift is not just a numerical problem but also a transfer-of-knowledge issue.