{"id":1000399632,"date":"2022-10-06T08:00:34","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T12:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goingconcern.com\/?p=1000399632"},"modified":"2022-10-12T19:22:39","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T23:22:39","slug":"public-accounting-salaries-10-lcol-cities-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goingconcern.com\/public-accounting-salaries-10-lcol-cities-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"These 10 LCOL Cities Are Expected to Have Higher-Than-Average Public Accounting Starting Salaries in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the last week we\u2019ve taken a look at projected public accounting starting salaries in 2023 for eight cities with a high cost of living<\/a> and 12 cities with a medium cost of living<\/a>, and how those salaries compare to the national averages<\/a> contained in the 2023 Robert Half Accounting & Finance Salary Guide. Today we\u2019re going to examine next year\u2019s PA starting salaries for 10 cities considered to have a low cost of living.<\/span><\/p>\n

Using the \u201c<\/span>find your local salaries\u201d tool in the salary guide, we tried to find as many LCOL cities as possible with a large public accounting firm presence (Big 4, national, and\/or regional) that have starting salaries projected to be higher<\/strong> than the national average. It was a tough task, but we found 10 of them!<\/span><\/p>\n

We compared the 2023 average starting salaries for each of those 10 cities 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

If you\u2019re thinking, \u201cWhat do they mean \u2018by percentile?\u2019\u201d Bob Half provides starting salaries in its guide for three percentiles based on employee experience. Those percentiles are:<\/span><\/p>\n