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Partner Pay Hits $615,000 But Lags Behind Revenue Growth

October 14, 2025

Precision management now drives partner prosperity.

**Now available** from CPA Trendlines here

Precision management now drives partner prosperity.

By CPA Trendlines Research
The Rosenberg Survey

After years of strong top-line expansion, CPA firm partners are finding their personal earnings growth lagging behind overall revenue gains, according to the 2025 Rosenberg Survey.

MORE: The 2025 Rosenberg MAP Survey is available from CPA Trendlines here.

Average income per equity partner is rising just 3.2 percent this year to $615,000, compared with double-digit revenue increases in the last two years. The survey concludes that leverage, the ratio of professional staff to partners, and billing rate management remain the most decisive drivers of profitability.

CPA Firm Growth Slows to 7.9% After Two-Year Surge

October 13, 2025

By CPA Trendlines Research

Expansion gives way to strategic adaptation.

By CPA Trendlines Research
The Rosenberg Survey

After two years of double-digit expansion, CPA firm growth is cooling.

Average revenue growth among firms over $2 million is falling to 7.9 percent this year, down from 10.7 percent in 2023 and 2024.

MORE: The 2025 Rosenberg MAP Survey is available from CPA Trendlines here.

The slowdown, while modest, signals that the post-pandemic boom driven by mergers, tax complexity and advisory demand is giving way to a more mature phase marked by tighter margins, higher costs and the growing influence of private equity, according to the 2025 Rosenberg Survey, the accounting profession’s leading management benchmark.

Barometer: Firms Brace for a Tough Tax Season

October 1, 2025

By CPA Trendlines Research

Busy season 2026 clouded by regulatory shifts and client pressures.

**Ready or Not:** Less than half are ahead of last year’s preparation for Tax Season 2026. **On the Front Lines:** Clockwise from top left, Cicero, Saul, Krueger

By CPA Trendlines Research

Fewer than half of accounting firm leaders report entering the 2026 busy season in better shape than a year ago, according to the new CPA Trendlines Busy Season Barometer.

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The readiness gap, evident across firm sizes and specialties, sets the tone for a season overshadowed by heightened concerns about tax law changes and mounting pressure on margins.

Accounting Industry Buoyed by Positive Image

September 30, 2025

By CPA Trendlines Research

But only until the next scandal.

By CPA Trendlines

The accounting profession ranks among the top five in Americans’ views of 25 major U.S. industries, trailing only farming, computers, restaurants and automobiles, according to a new Gallup survey.

The findings show accounting with 41% of adults holding a positive view, reflecting modest but stable standing amid generally weak perceptions of U.S. business sectors.

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The survey also shows the public cares or knows little about the profession, suggesting vulnerability the next time a scandal rocks the industry.

CPA Pricing Power Falters as Salaries March Upward

August 17, 2025

By CPA Trendlines Research

The tax and accounting sector shows signs of accelerating change.

By CPA Trendlines

Salaries at CPA firms are entering their second year of marked year-over-year gains, even as billing rate increases remain few and far between, according to a new analysis by CPA Trendlines.