CPA Firm Headcounts Show a Rebound
CPA offices, all employees, 1990-2011 / cpatrendlines.com
20 years of ups and downs, now up again.
The number of people employed by CPA firms in the U.S. has topped 400,000 for the first time since last February, according to the latest data available to CPA Trendlines.
Total payroll hit 401,500 people in December, up from 397,500 the month before and 390,700 the year before. Since 1990, the profession has grown from 320,600 people to 400,700 on average in 2011.
Payrolls were slashed and rebuilt again and again through the last two decades.
