{"id":1000391274,"date":"2022-10-01T07:00:28","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T11:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goingconcern.com\/?p=1000391274"},"modified":"2022-09-30T22:50:27","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T02:50:27","slug":"public-accounting-salaries-12-mcol-cities-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goingconcern.com\/public-accounting-salaries-12-mcol-cities-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Let’s Take a Look at the Projected 2023 Public Accounting Starting Salaries in 12 MCOL Cities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Increases in public accounting starting salaries for next year aren\u2019t expected to even hit 6%<\/span>, we reported a couple days ago<\/a> after examining salary data from Robert Half\u2019s 2022<\/a> and its newly released 2023 Accounting & Finance Salary Guides. At least those of you who work in\/live within or near cities with the highest cost of living in the U.S.<\/a> could see starting salaries in public accounting between 23% and 38% higher than the national averages in 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n

What about cities that have a middle cost of living? What are their starting salary expectations for next year? Well, if you work\/live in Chicago, Philadelphia, Nashville, Dallas, Phoenix, Portland, Denver, Las Vegas, Minneapolis, Atlanta, Omaha, and Miami, you\u2019re in luck! Those 12 cities are the focus of this post.<\/span><\/p>\n

By using the \u201cfind your local salaries\u201d 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

Reminder: Robert Half provides starting salaries for three percentiles based on employee experience. Those percentiles are:<\/p>\n