As of May 2021, District of Columbia was the U.S. state with the highest salary for accountants and auditors, with a mean annual wage of over 110,000 U.S. dollars. New York, and New Jersey followed in the list of the states with the highest salaries for these professions.
States with the highest wages for accounting and auditing in the United States as of May 2021 (in U.S. dollars)
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Statistics on Accounting services in the U.S.
Industry overview
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- Premium Statistic Revenue of accounting services in the U.S. 2010-2022
- Basic Statistic Leading U.S. accounting firms by revenue 2020-2021
- Premium Statistic Revenue distribution of the leading U.S. accounting firms by service line 2020
- Premium Statistic Number of accountants and auditors employed in the U.S. 2012-2021
- Premium Statistic Bookkeeping, accounting and auditing clerks employed in the U.S. 2012-2021
Employment
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- Premium Statistic States with the most accountants and auditors in the U.S. 2021
- Premium Statistic Highest paying states for accounting and auditing in the U.S. 2021
- Basic Statistic Number of partners of the leading accounting firms in the U.S. 2021
- Basic Statistic Number of professionals at the leading accounting firms in the U.S. 2021
- Premium Statistic Number of employees of the leading accounting firms in the U.S. 2021
- Premium Statistic Share of employees from minority groups in accounting services in the U.S. 2022
"Big Four" in U.S.
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- Basic Statistic Revenue of the Big Four accounting / audit firms worldwide by region 2021
- Basic Statistic Gross revenue of the Big Four accounting / audit firms in the U.S. 2021
- Premium Statistic Gross revenue of Deloitte in the U.S. 2012-2022
- Premium Statistic Gross revenue of PwC in the U.S. 2012-2020
- Premium Statistic Gross revenue of EY in the U.S. 2012-2021
- Premium Statistic Gross revenue of KPMG in the U.S. 2012-2020
Outlook
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- Tax services revenue of the leading U.S. accounting firms 2020-2021
- States with the highest wages for legal secretaries in the U.S. 2019
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- Leading accounting firms in Canada in 2015, by Canadian revenue
- Highest wages for welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers in the U.S. 2020-2021
- Highest wages for human resources specialists in the U.S. 2019
- States with the highest wages for bakers in the U.S. 2019
- Highest wages for human resources managers in the U.S. 2020-2021
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- States with the highest wages for butchers and meat cutters in the U.S. 2019
- Imperial College London: remuneration of higher paid staff in the UK 2017
- Industry revenue of “Accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities, tax consultancy“ in South Korea 2012-2024
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (March 31, 2022). States with the highest wages for accounting and auditing in the United States as of May 2021 (in U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 20, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/317606/highest-paying-states-for-accounting-and-auditing-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "States with the highest wages for accounting and auditing in the United States as of May 2021 (in U.S. dollars)." Chart. March 31, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 20, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/317606/highest-paying-states-for-accounting-and-auditing-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2022). States with the highest wages for accounting and auditing in the United States as of May 2021 (in U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 20, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/317606/highest-paying-states-for-accounting-and-auditing-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "States with The Highest Wages for Accounting and Auditing in The United States as of May 2021 (in U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/317606/highest-paying-states-for-accounting-and-auditing-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, States with the highest wages for accounting and auditing in the United States as of May 2021 (in U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/317606/highest-paying-states-for-accounting-and-auditing-us/ (last visited March 20, 2023)
States with the highest wages for accounting and auditing in the United States as of May 2021 (in U.S. dollars) [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 31, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/317606/highest-paying-states-for-accounting-and-auditing-us/