Accounting Hiring Outpaces Economy, Hits New Record

The tax, accounting and bookkeeping services industry is cracking a new record high in persons employed full-time.

The nation’s economy as a whole added 115,000 new jobs in April pushing the unemployment down by one-tenth of one percentage point to 8.1%.

But employers in the tax, accounting, payroll, and bookkeeping industries added 2,000 new jobs last month, marking the ninth month in a row of growth for public practice, according to CPA Trendlines analysis.