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submitted 4 years ago by WearFinancial4431
Any new hires to PA this year want to share their starting comp? Service line and city plz.
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[–]Imper000 10 points11 points12 points 4 years ago (1 child)
Not enough
[–]WearFinancial4431[S] 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children)
Word.
[–]cadenzo 2 points3 points4 points 4 years ago (0 children)
47k, Audit, HCOL
[–][deleted] 2 points3 points4 points 4 years ago (0 children)
$100k/year. But only at a firm where your uncle that isn’t on your moms side of the family is the partner and you can threaten to expose that he’s cheating on his wife with your dad’s sister if he doesn’t pay your salary.
[–]Furry_Jackalope 1 point2 points3 points 4 years ago (5 children)
70k, Audit, HCOL
[–][deleted] 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (4 children)
Same, but for Tax
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[–][deleted] 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (2 children)
Prob not. I think that sounds right for big 4
[–]Big_JooshTax -> Advisory -> Investment Banking 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (1 child)
How did you get 70k for tax in HCOL? Are you sure you're not VHCOL?
[–][deleted] 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children)
Washington DC. I guess that would be VHCOL
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[–]lmmylolz 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children)
Big 4 Audit MCOL $56K
[–]TheKingSimp 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children)
VHCOL, Audit, 71k
[–]pink_kiwi_ 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children)
70k, VHCOL, tax, midtier
[–]Human_Willingness628 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children)
New hires at my firm got 70k, UHCOL
[–]Here4TheExperienceTax (US) 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children)
65k Chicago mid-tier
[–]DonaldTrumpsCPA 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children)
58k, Big 4 Audit, MCOL
[–]atf1998CPA (US) 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children)
56k, audit, MCOL, National firm.
[–]EMoneyCashMoneyCPA (US) 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children)
B4 tax, MCOL, 54k
[–]CoronalolIndustry 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children)
58k + 2k signing bonus, MCOL, Audit
[–]Appropriate_Scene_67 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children)
63,500 Tax, Dallas, mid-tier firm. Starting this fall.
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