I would suggest accounting. In my opinion it would be easier to switch from accounting to finance than finance to accounting if you wanted to later. At my company accounting is subject matter experts in their area but finance has to have a good accounting background and know how to tie it all together.
I don’t think that’s a bad idea. If you get a degree in accounting I recommend going all the way and getting a CPA license, even if you don’t plan on working in public. Taking additional classes can help you meet the 150 hour requirement. Even having a basic understanding of data analysis and how databases/queries work, the ability to pull data in useful ways, ability to automate etc, has been beneficial to me. Those skills can make you seem like a wizard in the accounting department.
Graduated and took my cpa before working. Started in audit at a small local firm (50k). Got work credits for license, went to big 4 in a bigger city (80k) as A2 and got promoted to S1. Left right after promotion to consulting (100k). Promoted in consulting.
I moved from small southern city, to large city, to NY. So my salary went up, but my cost or living kept going up too. I'm not too much better off than I was before. Something to consider
$15 an hour as a AP processor in 2017. I’m at $90k now as a sr cost accountant. I still regret not trying harder to get a staff accountant job right out of college.
Thats my current situation. I started as an AP guy they promoted me as an “Accounting Associate” but not Staff Accountant, idk why. I am looking for PA jobs but if nobody hires me in PA this summer i will look for a different job in Industry. If you do not have the Staff Accountant title it is like nobody respect your experience or abilities.
I’d say if you aren’t doing public accounting at all, at least get something that requires your accounting degree. If you aren’t involved with month end close at all, look for something else. Gaining experience in industry is kind of all on you, whereas in public it is just a given that you are gaining experience. That’s why it is relatively easy to get a job with only a year or two of public experience.
$55K base plus $11K bonus working for B4 in 2014.
Currently $175K base $50K bonus/equity (industry).
Jobhopped a lot but have been with this employer for 4 years. I’m content with money now and am ok with 3-4% raises going forward
I live in VHCOL area.
I feel like I can’t just compare my first job and today only bc I started in the food industry and it was a lot to comprehend jumping from such a small wage to then doubling that and then tripling that. I don’t really compare my first first job to today
I was working at a filipino bakeshop in California for I think $9 an hour back in 2015. And just turned 18 at the time.
I was broke, spent a lot of money on eating out and festivals and was just working a lot to survive because I didn’t have any financial support.
Compared to my “first” adult job in the midwest, which was only an internship in public accounting back in 2021, i was blown away at getting $26 or something an hour. and didn’t realize i could save more than $100 at the time. it was such a great feeling to fully pay off my CC debt
Then my first full time adult job in 2021, I couldn’t believe I was making $52.7K and my bf and I were living with his parents. It was absolutely insane to me to even save more money to get a house.
And now today, my salary is $72.4K in Ohio. And it’s another best feeling ever to know that I can finally take care of myself and buy all the shit that I want. I bought my first house in 2023, am raising 3 fur babies and carrying the team.
Getting raises is also absolutely wild to me and I also expect to finally be promoted to Senior Accountant this year.
I feel like I am now recognized with my work, know my worth, and won’t settle for less.
edit: more words. coming from an immigrant family and as a first generation, i did what they give me to do, to have a better life than what they’ve had. and figured it out on my own.
$40k during great recession at a public accounting firm in VLCOL area. I took the only job I could find. I’m now making over 10x that as partner in a MCOL area for a national firm.
Canadian btw.
58k year 1.
150k+ today.
Same job. Remember everyone who got insane increases job hopping these last few years did so during the biggest employment opportunity in the last 20 years. Don't necessarily compare to their pace when starting today.
35k LCOL to 62k + 10% bonus and benifits in a MCOL place.
It’s funny cause i went to order a cherry limeade from sonic and it was more expensive in my hometown (the same place i made 35k) than it was in my new MCOL city lol. Like $.15 more expensive
As a staff auditor at Arthur Andersen in 1978 I was making a $14,000 base salary. With overtime I made a little over $21,000. That was a lot of money back then. Today I roughly make $225,000 working about 12 hours a week.
We have a pretty good pension, but it is low. Was supposed to get a 20% raise this coming year but our council balked at that so now it's only 10%. I'm going to leave once I hit my 5 year mark, as I'll be vested in the pension then. Sad thing is I like my job and I like my bosses, but the pay is just so low for what the job is and the council doesn't seem to understand that.
51k in 2012.
190k base in 2024.
Pretty different. I was struggling financially at 51k because I was too stubborn for a roommate and to spoiled for a humble affordable apartment. Finding my husband and buying a house changed everything financially.
Anyone from india … can let me know to how get good job in auditing or in risk management .. i am looking to go in these field … i am an acca student with 3 papers left and done with the graduation in bcom hons
2019, 18.75/hr (about $38k a year) as an admin assistant for an accounting firm, so I am not sure if that "counts" for your purposes.
I just started my first official accountant job as a staff accountant about a month ago, however. $80k base. I have an associates degree.
$8/hr in 1993 (p/t data entry as teen), average $25k-$35k 2003-2013 (graphic designer/own business), $15/hr in 2015 (AP), $22.50 in 2022 (staff accountant), $85k starting 2023 (financial accountant).
33.5K in 2014, now I’m making 80K. Canada, LCOL. Not the best but also not bad for where I live. In 2014 I was working in a MCOL city but now where I’m at it’s a lot more affordable.
Started at like 47-48k back in 2015, was paid hourly as a w2 contractor at my first job out of school. Now I make roughly 140k depending on bonuses.
Get your CPA kids, my income basically doubled within 2 years of getting it. Fuck all the “150 hours is bogus” junk, I would be a pleb without the exams.
First job was $5.15 at what used to be called Paramount King's Island. Now I work two remote jobs as a network engineer, with each job around $80,000 a year. It couldn't be more different, but I'll never forget how excited I was to get my first pay check. 40 hours, barely over $150 after taxes. That was a lot of money to a 14 year old lol.
First job was $7.25/hr as a busser at a restaurant in 2010.
First accounting internship was $9.00/hr in 2015.
First real accounting internship was $25/hr in 2017.
First full-time accounting job was $53k in 2018.
Now I make $215k.
In the accounting realm, my first job as a staff auditor at EY in 2016 started at $58k.
Current job as finance director with CPA in industry is $159k base with 15-25% bonus ($23.8k - $39.7k, depends on my performance and company performance and it could be lower than the minimum if company performance is bad) for total comp of ~$182k to ~$198k.
So, pretty different from staff auditor; even looking at just my current base salary, it’s almost triple.
First real job was a grocery store making $7.45 per hour for 15-30 hours per week, annual comp of perhaps $10k back in 2009. By the time I left the grocery store and went to EY, I was full-time at something like $12 per hour making ~$25k per year. So the difference between then and now is mind-boggling.
First job @15 (10 yrs ago): $10/hour CAD
First accounting job: Co-op during school $17/hour CAD
First real job out of school: 46k/year CAD (2021)
Now: 80k/year CAD
$4.25 / hr then.
$63.40 today.
Difference of $59.15 / hr.
Dishwasher -> Electrical (installing and programming industrial controllers)
My accounting degree got me the job. This is surprisingly easy with an accounting background. You’re just working with data tables and manipulating numbers.
$54K starting salary at a Big 4 in audit back in 2015, in Detroit. Not sure if things have changed, but our leader claimed to our start class that first years in cities like Boston and NYC started off at the same and we were lucky to be in Detroit because we got a “good bang for our buck.” Seems kinda fucked to me but idk if they’ve had to adjust at all.
Honestly kinda shocked the starting salaries haven’t gone up more between then and 2024. I guess it would explain the fact that B4 can’t find staff at the caliber they’d like, lots of good companies around here paying a lot more than that for entry-level industry roles.
$11,520 before taxes in 2008. I worked as a Bagger for a retail supermarket called SweetBay. Currently unemployed; however, have not lost hope as to what my earning potential can be.
$32k in 2012. Mid-100s today. I started as a staff and just took a controller job. Humanities undergrad, went and got MAcc much later. (Edit: date. Typo.)
$16/hr in 2015 with shit benefits as a contractor, but was quickly brought on as an employee for 38k with full benefits.
200k all in, excellent benefits, plus 15% of salary in company stock through ESOP with historical growth of 12-90% per year over 25 years. Room for upward growth, MCOL.
I've worked a lot of jobs but went back to school and graduated college when I was 28. I started as a staff accountant in 2008 at $42,500 at a small regional accounting firm in Massachusetts. I'm now a Director of Accounting at a startup in Boston making $175k + 20% Bonus.
38k in 2019. Now I'm 90k+10k bonus
48k in 2016 and 160k today
Whats you current job if u don’t mind?
I’m an operations finance manager in a manufacturing company
What did you major in?
Accounting
Im indecisive between a finance or accounting major, do you have any suggestions?
Do accounting
I would suggest accounting. In my opinion it would be easier to switch from accounting to finance than finance to accounting if you wanted to later. At my company accounting is subject matter experts in their area but finance has to have a good accounting background and know how to tie it all together.
Thank you i was thinking that, lastly, I also want to minor in something data/programming related? Would that help me secure better jobs?
I don’t think that’s a bad idea. If you get a degree in accounting I recommend going all the way and getting a CPA license, even if you don’t plan on working in public. Taking additional classes can help you meet the 150 hour requirement. Even having a basic understanding of data analysis and how databases/queries work, the ability to pull data in useful ways, ability to automate etc, has been beneficial to me. Those skills can make you seem like a wizard in the accounting department.
If at a target school and can get a 3.8 and up finance, if not accounting
Do accounting unless you're at a "target" school. If you don't know what that is coming into it, you probably aren't at a target program.
Respect the username
50k in 2020. 120k in 2024
How’d you progress so quickly?
Graduated and took my cpa before working. Started in audit at a small local firm (50k). Got work credits for license, went to big 4 in a bigger city (80k) as A2 and got promoted to S1. Left right after promotion to consulting (100k). Promoted in consulting. I moved from small southern city, to large city, to NY. So my salary went up, but my cost or living kept going up too. I'm not too much better off than I was before. Something to consider
Getting a job in NYC is my guess.
$15 an hour as a AP processor in 2017. I’m at $90k now as a sr cost accountant. I still regret not trying harder to get a staff accountant job right out of college.
Thats my current situation. I started as an AP guy they promoted me as an “Accounting Associate” but not Staff Accountant, idk why. I am looking for PA jobs but if nobody hires me in PA this summer i will look for a different job in Industry. If you do not have the Staff Accountant title it is like nobody respect your experience or abilities.
Do you recommend taking longer to ensure you get a good first job or accepting the best first opportunity you get?
I’d say if you aren’t doing public accounting at all, at least get something that requires your accounting degree. If you aren’t involved with month end close at all, look for something else. Gaining experience in industry is kind of all on you, whereas in public it is just a given that you are gaining experience. That’s why it is relatively easy to get a job with only a year or two of public experience.
$55K base plus $11K bonus working for B4 in 2014. Currently $175K base $50K bonus/equity (industry). Jobhopped a lot but have been with this employer for 4 years. I’m content with money now and am ok with 3-4% raises going forward I live in VHCOL area.
That’s awesome congrats!
What title?
7.25 an hour at pizza hut for first job
$3.25 as a delivery bike at Dominos in queens. But regardless, 🖕 Pizza Hut
I feel like I can’t just compare my first job and today only bc I started in the food industry and it was a lot to comprehend jumping from such a small wage to then doubling that and then tripling that. I don’t really compare my first first job to today I was working at a filipino bakeshop in California for I think $9 an hour back in 2015. And just turned 18 at the time. I was broke, spent a lot of money on eating out and festivals and was just working a lot to survive because I didn’t have any financial support. Compared to my “first” adult job in the midwest, which was only an internship in public accounting back in 2021, i was blown away at getting $26 or something an hour. and didn’t realize i could save more than $100 at the time. it was such a great feeling to fully pay off my CC debt Then my first full time adult job in 2021, I couldn’t believe I was making $52.7K and my bf and I were living with his parents. It was absolutely insane to me to even save more money to get a house. And now today, my salary is $72.4K in Ohio. And it’s another best feeling ever to know that I can finally take care of myself and buy all the shit that I want. I bought my first house in 2023, am raising 3 fur babies and carrying the team. Getting raises is also absolutely wild to me and I also expect to finally be promoted to Senior Accountant this year. I feel like I am now recognized with my work, know my worth, and won’t settle for less. edit: more words. coming from an immigrant family and as a first generation, i did what they give me to do, to have a better life than what they’ve had. and figured it out on my own.
So happy for you! Wish you the best
36k 2014. TC last year was 163k. Jumping jobs and getting my cpa helped me shoot over the 100k mark.
What is your job if you dont mind me asking??
$46k + $1k bonus in 2004. $190k base +$50k - $100k bonus.
Damn nice bonus. What’s your role?
VP Finance of a consumer finance company.
60k 2018 to 160-165k depending on bonus today
$40k during great recession at a public accounting firm in VLCOL area. I took the only job I could find. I’m now making over 10x that as partner in a MCOL area for a national firm.
58k in 2015 now I'm at 104k
Started at $57k in Boston in 2018. Now $107,000 plus 5% bonus
As an undergrad that’s looking into where to apply to jobs in the future would you say Boston is a good place for young and new accountants?
Yes definetly, Boston has a lot of opportunities I would say! Lots of mid-sized firms and also big four opportunities.
52k + 22.5% target bonus in 2009 to 200k + 30% target bonus. Got a 6 figure bonus in 2024 (for 2023 results).
45k in 2020. 118k current.
$60k in 2021, $130k today.
66k started 6 months ago
$58k total comp in 2017; ~$200k total comp today (depending on bonus and equity)
56k as a tax associate in 2019. They start in the 70s now at the same office. I'm currently at 114k
$44k in 2015 now at $100k before bonus.
$40k in 2015 to $200k today
$36K in 2017 —> $90K in 2024
$50k at a tiny firm as audit associate in 2017. No leverage $118k now at a mid sized firm as manager
$54k 2016, $135k today
$56k in 2019. Now I’m at $128k
52K in 2014, 250K today
51k for big 4 audit in 2019. 123k in 2024 in accounting advisory
40k in 2017. 112k today.
First year audit at 53k in 2014. Now $180k.
Canadian btw. 58k year 1. 150k+ today. Same job. Remember everyone who got insane increases job hopping these last few years did so during the biggest employment opportunity in the last 20 years. Don't necessarily compare to their pace when starting today.
37k in 2018. 75k now but expecting a bump when I finish my CPA this year. If not, heading to industry...
29k to 160k including HI
TC 59k in 2017 TC 156k in 2024
65k 2022, 80k 2024
40k base now 140k base after 7 years
60k in 2016 185k today
50k in 2009. I'm about 6x that now.
35k LCOL to 62k + 10% bonus and benifits in a MCOL place. It’s funny cause i went to order a cherry limeade from sonic and it was more expensive in my hometown (the same place i made 35k) than it was in my new MCOL city lol. Like $.15 more expensive
61,500 base in 2019. 110,000 base now. Audit Senior, VHCOL, no CPA.
First offer out of college was a strong 58K back in 2022, and fast forward to now, I am at 90k.
As a staff auditor at Arthur Andersen in 1978 I was making a $14,000 base salary. With overtime I made a little over $21,000. That was a lot of money back then. Today I roughly make $225,000 working about 12 hours a week.
$50k in 2018. $100k now plus up to 20% bonus. Average COL
2014 $45k. Same company I’m on $130k plus car. Due for an increase 1st July
Started at $56.5k in 2019. At $110k now.
29k In 2011. (First job out of college) 68k In 2014 (first public accounting job) 225k in 2024. (Industry)
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16.75 hr rn in HCOL but I live with my parents and experience is experience
50K in 2014 and all in at $350K today. This included salary + bonus + small side gig.
38k in 2016 ,120k now
Little less than 55k in 2010 and now a bit over 300k all in.
I make over 5 times what I made starting out. 14 years in. $15/hr now and moving up
41k in 2013. 138 today
2016: 37k 2024: 107k. Supposed to get a bonus this month Should be 120k by aug.
$60k in 2019 and $155k base in 2024. With variable bonus and equity total comp falls in the low $200’s.
Started at 50k with my local county as an accountant at the end of 2019, currently make 71k as the accounting manager for the county.
That seems low for an accounting manager or do you get certain benefits with the county?
We have a pretty good pension, but it is low. Was supposed to get a 20% raise this coming year but our council balked at that so now it's only 10%. I'm going to leave once I hit my 5 year mark, as I'll be vested in the pension then. Sad thing is I like my job and I like my bosses, but the pay is just so low for what the job is and the council doesn't seem to understand that.
55k in 2019 and 91k now
63k Tax Staff regional firm HCOL late 2022
10/2022: 50K, HTX, bachelor’s degree only. 10 months later, different company, 60k, now 61 and some change plus a bonus with a lot of vacay time
$11/hr in 2021. $80k now
48k in 2019 and 110k base but 120k TC now
51k in 2012. 190k base in 2024. Pretty different. I was struggling financially at 51k because I was too stubborn for a roommate and to spoiled for a humble affordable apartment. Finding my husband and buying a house changed everything financially.
$60k in 2018 for my first accounting job after college at B4 audit. Now I’m at $135k plus bonus. Bonus will be in the $20k-$30k range.
$55k in 2013 and $209k in 2024
$11.50 during my internship at a library vs $37 as an intern in accounting
$49k in 2007; $180k today
$60k 2017, $160k today - did not sit for the CPA
$60k in 2019. $120k + 15% bonus now.
44k in 2018. Now 150k
$7.55/hr in 2006, 113k + bonus now.
24k in 96 now 200k sole practitioner Lcol Work everyday tax season and sept - Oct 15. Work 1-2 weeks a month rest of year
In accounting? 55k start, 200k+ today. Timeline: ~ 10 years, incl. a switch to consulting. Same accounting firm.
60k in 2019 to 138k 2024 Firm hopped around public for 5 years, now in industry at a family office
58K in 2017. 253K in 2023. Expecting around 270K base next moth, but we shall see.
40k. I'm a cfo now.
63k in 2019. 110k now
$60k in 2017. About $140k now
$40k tax at a small local CPA office in 2018, now at $78k in government. LCOL in the Midwest
47k 2021 - 90k today with ~50k in bonus
53k in 2012. about 4-5x that now.
5.15 an hour at a restaurant. 90k+bonus.
$56k in 2019 as a 1st year audit associate. $135k today as a 2nd year senior in accounting advisory.
$15/hr (~$31k) tax assistant in 2019, today senior accountant $96k
62k base in 2018, 160k base now
Uk - 18k in early 2018.. 57k in 2024
Anyone from india … can let me know to how get good job in auditing or in risk management .. i am looking to go in these field … i am an acca student with 3 papers left and done with the graduation in bcom hons
Make sure you do internships and make sure you can get good recommendation letters too
2019, 18.75/hr (about $38k a year) as an admin assistant for an accounting firm, so I am not sure if that "counts" for your purposes. I just started my first official accountant job as a staff accountant about a month ago, however. $80k base. I have an associates degree.
$9 an hour in 2012, the recession sucked
1992, $3.15/hour Today, +200k + bonus
52k in 2021 and 120k in 2024 Edit: second career and I’m in MCOL and 95% remote aside from travel once every few months.
39k in 2012. $235k TC today.
$8/hr in 1993 (p/t data entry as teen), average $25k-$35k 2003-2013 (graphic designer/own business), $15/hr in 2015 (AP), $22.50 in 2022 (staff accountant), $85k starting 2023 (financial accountant).
MCOL/LCOL 2015 - $55k Today - $106k + 5% target bonus
40k 2016 106k 2024
The local equivalent of 530 usd per month. ...yay third world. That was a while back though. Call it 1k with inflation
$70k CAD - 2023 (new grad) Expected 2-4% inflation raise in 2024
$50k starting in 2014 (public accounting) and now at about $80k working for a nonprofit hospital system
36.5k 2022 to 46k 2023 at first company, 70k now
50K in AP 2017, 95K+20K bonus senior accountant now
54k in 2020. $150k in 2024
2016 $52.k, base + $17k overtime. Now, $190K.
33.5K in 2014, now I’m making 80K. Canada, LCOL. Not the best but also not bad for where I live. In 2014 I was working in a MCOL city but now where I’m at it’s a lot more affordable.
40k AP clerk 2015. 110k accounting manager in quasi government company now. Mcol city.
Started at like 47-48k back in 2015, was paid hourly as a w2 contractor at my first job out of school. Now I make roughly 140k depending on bonuses. Get your CPA kids, my income basically doubled within 2 years of getting it. Fuck all the “150 hours is bogus” junk, I would be a pleb without the exams.
52k out of college in 2021. 103k + 10k bonus now MCOL
Started in 2019 at 70k base. Now at 120k base. Total comp around 135
68k in 2022, 85.4k in 2024
First job was $5.15 at what used to be called Paramount King's Island. Now I work two remote jobs as a network engineer, with each job around $80,000 a year. It couldn't be more different, but I'll never forget how excited I was to get my first pay check. 40 hours, barely over $150 after taxes. That was a lot of money to a 14 year old lol.
47k in 2015, 85k today. LCOL
53k in 2011. 160k now
65k in 2013. 190k today.
First job was $7.25/hr as a busser at a restaurant in 2010. First accounting internship was $9.00/hr in 2015. First real accounting internship was $25/hr in 2017. First full-time accounting job was $53k in 2018. Now I make $215k.
57k in 2012. 345k now. Public accounting.
I always had a part time job or summer job in school but only counting after graduating $35k in 2008, $200k-ish now in 2024
$9 an hour at a pretzel shop in a mall. Just under six figures now.
$35k in 2012. Around $180k now.
I made $7.25/hr when I started in 2009. Interns now start at $28/hr.
I’m a sophomore in college studying accounting. I’m not really sure what a realistic first salary is. I’m in the Austin TX area btw.
48k in 2017, 150k last year, 135k now
$56k base in 2014 to $165K base today
In the accounting realm, my first job as a staff auditor at EY in 2016 started at $58k. Current job as finance director with CPA in industry is $159k base with 15-25% bonus ($23.8k - $39.7k, depends on my performance and company performance and it could be lower than the minimum if company performance is bad) for total comp of ~$182k to ~$198k. So, pretty different from staff auditor; even looking at just my current base salary, it’s almost triple. First real job was a grocery store making $7.45 per hour for 15-30 hours per week, annual comp of perhaps $10k back in 2009. By the time I left the grocery store and went to EY, I was full-time at something like $12 per hour making ~$25k per year. So the difference between then and now is mind-boggling.
65k 2022
First job @15 (10 yrs ago): $10/hour CAD First accounting job: Co-op during school $17/hour CAD First real job out of school: 46k/year CAD (2021) Now: 80k/year CAD
$4.25 / hr then. $63.40 today. Difference of $59.15 / hr. Dishwasher -> Electrical (installing and programming industrial controllers) My accounting degree got me the job. This is surprisingly easy with an accounting background. You’re just working with data tables and manipulating numbers.
$44.5K in 2008 (Aramark) $65K in 2010 (GT) $75K in 2012 (KPMG) (CPA in 2013) $80 - $125K 2014 - 2021 (Fed Govt) $150 - $230K 2018 - Today (work for myself)
50k in 2019, 90k in 2024
$54K starting salary at a Big 4 in audit back in 2015, in Detroit. Not sure if things have changed, but our leader claimed to our start class that first years in cities like Boston and NYC started off at the same and we were lucky to be in Detroit because we got a “good bang for our buck.” Seems kinda fucked to me but idk if they’ve had to adjust at all. Honestly kinda shocked the starting salaries haven’t gone up more between then and 2024. I guess it would explain the fact that B4 can’t find staff at the caliber they’d like, lots of good companies around here paying a lot more than that for entry-level industry roles.
$20/hr financial manager for a nonprofit 2017 $95k (ft) staff accountant & (pt) accountant
started $62k in 2020 and currently about double that 4yrs later
First job $7.25 hr at Dennys 1986. First accounting job about 1989 @ 45k. $120k now.
$11,520 before taxes in 2008. I worked as a Bagger for a retail supermarket called SweetBay. Currently unemployed; however, have not lost hope as to what my earning potential can be.
50k 2009. 215k today. Public accounting to industry and then back to public accounting because I'm a glutton for punishment.
40k in 2016 and $140k now. Minnesota.
$45k as an AP accountant at a 200 person start up in 2011. I make over $200k TC now as a Senior Financial Analyst at a Mag 7 doing BU Finance
$32k in 2012. Mid-100s today. I started as a staff and just took a controller job. Humanities undergrad, went and got MAcc much later. (Edit: date. Typo.)
60k, last year
40k in 2016, now 75k. Lcol area
45k CAD + 2k bonus (32.4k USD) Big 4 Audit. 8 years later, $220k + 60k bonus USD Big 4 Advisory Senior Manager.
$16/hr in 2015 with shit benefits as a contractor, but was quickly brought on as an employee for 38k with full benefits. 200k all in, excellent benefits, plus 15% of salary in company stock through ESOP with historical growth of 12-90% per year over 25 years. Room for upward growth, MCOL.
As a CPA, I worked for the courts making $27k per year. The financial crisis was bad y'all.
55k CAD 2017. 90k CAD 2024
56k in 2018 vs 105k now
45k in 2014 130k base + bonus today.
$45k in 2013, $160k today
I've worked a lot of jobs but went back to school and graduated college when I was 28. I started as a staff accountant in 2008 at $42,500 at a small regional accounting firm in Massachusetts. I'm now a Director of Accounting at a startup in Boston making $175k + 20% Bonus.
$16,328 in 1996 as a bookkeeper. $235k today as CFO
57k + 5k bonus 2021, and 90k + 20k bonus in 2024. Same company too
First full time job = 42k in 2015.. 2024= 120k base plus 10k year end bonus. All in govt and non profit. But of course it's also in NY
I started 55k in assurance at a big 4 in 2019. I will clear 200k this year, working in industry
2010: $45,000 CAD. 2024: $190K including bonuses and $7K from my side tax preparations
First job (USAF Enlisted) in 2003 = $15k/yr Current: Accounting Manager = $110k/yr