{"id":1000390329,"date":"2022-09-30T07:00:26","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T11:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goingconcern.com\/?p=1000390329"},"modified":"2022-09-30T22:39:44","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T02:39:44","slug":"public-accounting-salaries-eight-hcol-cities-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goingconcern.com\/public-accounting-salaries-eight-hcol-cities-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Here Are the Projected 2023 Public Accounting Starting Salaries in Eight HCOL Cities"},"content":{"rendered":"

ICYMI yesterday, we reported that starting salaries for public accounting next year are expected to increase between 2.3% and 5.8%<\/a>, depending on the position and an employee\u2019s<\/span> experience, according to data we analyzed from Robert Half\u2019s 2022<\/a> and 2023<\/a><\/span> Accounting & Finance Salary Guides.<\/p>\n

Last year around this time we looked at how public accounting starting salaries in five cities with the highest cost of living<\/a>\u2014San Francisco, New York City, Washington, DC, Boston, and Seattle\u2014compared to the projected national averages for 2022. We<\/span>\u2019re going to do the same for 2023<\/span>\u2019s starting salary projections from Robert Half, and we included three additional HCOL cities (all in California) to the five we featured last year: San Jose, Los Angeles, and San Diego.<\/span><\/p>\n

By using the \u201c<\/span>find your local salaries\u201d <\/span> feature in the salary guide, we were able to find the 2023 average starting salaries for each city and compared them with the national average starting salaries for public accounting (2023 national average -> the average for that city by percentile per position). In its 2023 salary guide, Robert Half provided starting pay data for eight positions within PA: four in tax services and four in audit and assurance services.<\/p>\n

As in previous years, Robert Half provides starting pay data for three percentiles based on employee experience. Those percentiles are:<\/p>\n