PRO MEMBER EXCLUSIVE: Hiring and Pay Trends in Tax & Accounting

CPA Trendlines finds the industry adding 12,200 new full-time permanent jobs from a year ago, hitting the 8th new consecutive monthly high.

By Beth Bellor

Another 12,200 FTEs in the accounting profession? Numbers edging up over most of the board? Thanks for the holiday present!

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CPA Trendlines finds the industry’s total full-time workforce is expanding at an annualized 1.2% rate as wages advance 3.4%. But there are some notable exceptions.

In this report, CPA Trendlines analyzes:

  • Current hiring trends in each of the bookkeeping, payroll, tax and CPA segments of the profession,
  • Average hourly earnings for each segment,
  • Average hours worked per week by segment, and
  • Trends regarding women in the accounting workforce.