Number of partners of the leading accounting firms in the U.S. 2020

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) was the second leading accounting firm in terms of revenue and also in terms of number of partners in the United States in 2020, having 3,800 partners.

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

PwC is the second largest professional service firm among the Big Four auditors in the United States and worldwide. Headquartered in London, the company operates in 155 countries and employs over 284,000 people worldwide. In 2020, their service line brought in an aggregated revenue of over 43 billion U.S. dollars. Regionally, most of their aggregated revenue came from the Americas.

Accounting services in the U.S.

The accounting industry in the United States employed 1.27 million accountants and auditors in 2020. California had the highest employment level in accounting and auditing in the country as of May 2019. However, accountants and auditors in Washington, D.C. had the highest wages, earning on average 103,930 U.S. dollars yearly. Following Washington, D.C., accountants and auditors working in New York earned on average 98,650 U.S. dollars yearly.