Accountant Salary Guide
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Accounting Salaries
Accounting can be an incredibly lucrative profession, with fairly consistent salaries and well-established patterns of career growth.
Most accounting salaries remain in the same range, even across the various careers; experience, level of education, location and size of the company or accounting firm are generally the differentiating factors.
Although major accounting firms and private corporations pay more than smaller employers, almost all entry-level accounting jobs pay their employees between $30,000 and $50,000. After this point, obtaining the high-end salaries that exist in the accounting world is a matter of determination and excellence.
Management accountants, for example, who work their way up to the position of CFO or even CEO, or public accountants who become partners or senior partners of their firms, can make upwards of $300,000. Even if you decide to stick to more basic accounting job responsibilities, employees who have successfully worked as accountants for over 10 years will easily make an $80,000+ salary.
Accounting Salaries Comparison Chart
| | Entry Level | Mid Level | Senior Level |
Public Accountants
| $31,750 – $51,250 | $41,000 – $93,750 | $70,000 – $300,000+ |
| Management Accountants | $31,500 – $52,500 | $43,250 – $67,250 | $62,000 – $358,750 |
| Forensic Accountants | $30,000 – $60,000 | $65,000 – $80,000 | $80,000 – $125,000 |
| Tax Accountants | $40,627 – $51,640 | $51,433 – $80,821 | $61,324 – $102,089 |
*Depends on company size, specific job and location
Sources: Robert Half International, Salary.com, Vault.com, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and Monster.com
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Strayer University
Strayer University is dedicated to helping busy, working adults achieve their educational goals with a valuable, real world education in a fast, convenient format offered online or at one of many campus locations.
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Capella University - School of Business
Capella University offers students the opportunity to earn their degrees from an accredited university delivering the challenge of a traditional classroom with the flexibility to fit education into real life.
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American InterContinental University Online
AIU Online offers convenient, flexible alternatives that enable you to fit a career-focused education into your current lifestyle. This is the perfect format for students looking to pursue opportunities in a competitive job market.
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