cpa firm wages surge 9%

in payroll, employment is up, but earnings are down.

by beth bellor
卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

want an easy way to make employees happy? give them more money – and that’s just what’s happening in the latest jobs report.

more: accounting staffs grow 4%; pay rates surge 8% | headcounts grow 5%; pay rates surge at 7% pace | cpa staff wages hit new high and keep climbing | firms battle staff shortages with pay hikes | tax & accounting firms beef up wages and headcounts | employee counts, earnings rise
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except for payroll services, all tax and accounting sectors are seeing higher earnings year over year. overall pay was up 6.7 percent, with cpa firm staff pay close behind at 6.6 percent. cpa firms beat the national 7.7 percent inflation rate, increasing hourly earnings by a heady 9.2 percent.
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accounting staffs grow 4%; pay rates surge 8%

weaker signs in tax and payroll.

by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

it’s not a bad time to be an accountant.

the accounting sector is charting stable, predictable expansion in an uncertain economic environment, with some signs of weakness in tax prep and at payroll agencies, according to a new 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 study.

more: headcounts grow 5%; pay rates surge at 7% pace | cpa staff wages hit new high and keep climbing | firms battle staff shortages with pay hikes | tax & accounting firms beef up wages and headcounts | employee counts, earnings rise
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we report here on the accounting profession as a whole as well as:

  • cpa firms
  • tax preparation services
  • payroll services
  • bookkeeping
  • women

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staffing crisis: 40% are looking for new jobs

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adecco group 2022 salary guide

money isn’t the biggest draw.

by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间

america’s workers are on the move. maybe it’s post- (let’s hope) pandemic restlessness. maybe it’s the closing of companies and the loss of jobs. maybe it’s the windows of opportunity that opened during remote work.

more: the fintech flood: accounting will never be the same | cpa roi doa: why the next-gen accountant won’t be a cpa | matt wilkinson: think small to think big | how to communicate your value  | payroll services rocket with u.s. economy | internal communication can’t be overlooked | top issues: talent, time, and transformation |  the disruptors: re-inventing accounting with tyler anderson |

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whatever it is, an astonishing 40 percent of workers say they are likely to consider a new job opportunity in 2022, according to the 2022 salary guide issued by the adecco group.
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women lag men in accounting jobs recovery

new records set in hourly earnings.

by beth bellor

across the tax and accounting industry, almost all the jobs relinquished by men in the coronavirus layoffs have been regained by men. the jobs given up by women, on the other hand, are still largely vacant.

more on jobs: comeback stalls as layoffs hit 1,500 in accounting | tax & accounting regains 3,800 jobs | accounting jobs recovery slows | tax & accounting firms rehire two-thirds of pre-covid workforce | tax & accounting firms rehire two-thirds of pre-covid workforce
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overall, the tax, accounting, tax prep, payroll, and bookkeeping sectors employed 1.02 million full-time equivalents in march 2020, before 70,000 layoffs hit in april. so far, the industry has re-filled all but 17,600 positions.

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tax & accounting regains 3,800 jobs

tax prep down, payroll sees big swings.

by beth bellor

some of those heady new highs the accounting profession was seeing a year ago are seeing reversals now. we’re looking squarely at you, covid-19. feel free to move along anytime.

more on jobs: accounting jobs recovery slows | tax & accounting firms rehire two-thirds of pre-covid workforce | tax & accounting firms rehire two-thirds of pre-covid workforce | new job cuts at cpa firms | more jobs trends and staffing
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in this report, 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 highlights:

  • current and long-term hiring trends in each of the bookkeeping, payroll, tax, and cpa segments of the industry (all data seasonally adjusted)
  • average hourly wages for key segments
  • typical hours worked per week
  • trends concerning women in the accounting workforce

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accounting jobs recovery slows

cpa firms and tax prep still down somewhat.

by beth bellor

unemployment edged down to 6.7 percent in november, but the accounting profession saw few of those gains, with its only upticks coming in the payroll services sector.

more on jobs: tax & accounting firms rehire two-thirds of pre-covid workforce | new job cuts at cpa firms | covid job toll: tax & accounting cuts 17,500 employees | firms recall half of furloughed staffers | covid kills 67,600 jobs in tax and accounting | pre-covid-19, accounting profession hits new highs
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in this report, 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 highlights:

  • current and long-term hiring trends in each of the bookkeeping, payroll, tax, and cpa segments of the industry (all data seasonally adjusted)
  • average hourly wages for key segments
  • typical hours worked per week
  • trends concerning women in the accounting workforce

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covid impact: 17,500 tax & accounting jobs lost

tax and accounting headcount, year-to_year percentage change. july 2020
in the red: tax and accounting headcounts, year-to-year percentage change.

cutbacks fall hardest at payroll agencies.

by beth bellor

overall, the total number of employees in the tax and accounting sector is dropping again, but not nearly as dramatically as at payroll agencies.

more jobs & hiring trends: firms recall half of furloughed staffers  | covid kills 67,600 jobs in tax and accounting | pre-covid-19, accounting profession hits new highs | headcounts dip by 3,500 in tax & accounting | tax & accounting headcounts hit record high  | hiring growth rate shows signs of leveling off | what staffing shortage? | payroll agencies lead jobs growth in the tax & accounting industry  | hiring trends flash warning signs of slowdown in tax & accounting | hiring surge powered by growth in payroll agencies |

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the payroll segment lost almost 15 percent of its jobs in the latest data collected by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research. in some consolation, though, those who are left are seeing record new earnings.

in this report, 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 highlights:

  • current and long-term hiring trends in each of the bookkeeping, payroll, tax and cpa segments of the industry (all data seasonally adjusted)
  • average hourly wages for key segments
  • typical hours worked per week
  • trends concerning women in the accounting workforce

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firms recall half of furloughed staffers

total tax and accounting employees, in thousands, over the last 18 months. (卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research)

just in time to finish tax season.

by beth bellor

got whiplash? job sectors that saw figures plummet in last month’s report are seeing them climbing back, albeit not as quickly.

more: the mystery of 10 million missing tax returns | pro tax prep stalls to a crawl amid covid-extended season | planning for the coronavirus recession | the tax season 2020 dumpster fire | |  covid kills 67,600 jobs in tax and accounting  | pre-covid-19, accounting profession hits new highs

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the tax and accounting industry has quickly added back about half of the jobs lost in the covid-19 shutdown – just in time to finish the hyper-extended tax season, according to the latest 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 jobs report. but what happens next is anybody’s guess.

in this report, 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 analyzes:

  • current and long-term hiring trends in each of the bookkeeping, payroll, tax and cpa segments of the industry (all data seasonally adjusted)
  • average hourly wages for key segments
  • typical hours worked per week
  • trends concerning women in the accounting workforce

read more →