senior tax accountant averages $99k. more: city-by-city details.
tax professionals know just about every detail of their clients’ lives, but how much do tax professionals earn?
korn ferry, the executive recruiters, think they know. and they’re spilling the beans.
using what they call the world’s largest such database, korn ferry pegs the u.s. national average of tax professional annual salaries at:
- tax analyst (1-2 years experience): $60,050
- intermediate tax accountant (2-4 years experience) $66,969
- senior tax accountant (6+ years experience) $99,625
korn ferry researchers also analyzed average annual salaries for tax professionals in major cities across the united states:
| city | level | pay | ||||
| atlanta | ||||||
| tax analyst | $59,175 | |||||
| intermediate tax accountant | $66,006 | |||||
| senior tax accountant | $100,093 | |||||
| boston | ||||||
| tax analyst | $70,788 | |||||
| intermediate tax accountant | $78,777 | |||||
| senior tax accountant | $116,085 | |||||
| chicago | ||||||
| tax analyst | $65,769 | |||||
| intermediate tax accountant | $73,258 | |||||
| senior tax accountant | $108,509 | |||||
| dallas | ||||||
| tax analyst | $60,634 | |||||
| intermediate tax accountant | $67,611 | |||||
| senior tax accountant | $103,927 | |||||
| denver | ||||||
| tax analyst | $63,318 | |||||
| intermediate tax accountant | $70,563 | |||||
| senior tax accountant | $104,769 | |||||
| minneapolis | ||||||
| tax analyst | $64,252 | |||||
| intermediate tax accountant | $71,590 | |||||
| senior tax accountant | $105,049 | |||||
| new york | ||||||
| tax analyst | $71,780 | |||||
| intermediate tax accountant | $79,868 | |||||
| senior tax accountant | $121,041 | |||||
| philadelphia | ||||||
| tax analyst | $64,427 | |||||
| intermediate tax accountant | $71,782 | |||||
| senior tax accountant | $107,481 | |||||
| san francisco | ||||||
| tax analyst | $76,273 | |||||
| intermediate tax accountant | $84,810 | |||||
| senior tax accountant | $125,530 | |||||
“being a tax professional is a big job as their clients entrust them to understand all aspects of the tax code and to give the best advice on financial matters beyond simply filing tax returns,” said korn ferry senior client partner tom mcmullen. “our analysis shows that as they gain more experience, work on a variety and more complex tax matters as well as advising and influencing their customers, they are rewarded accordingly.”