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CPAs And Other Accountants

Career and Education Info

Job Numbers and Growth

The number of jobs for CPAs and other accountants in the US is about 1,274,000. Recent data shows that this occupation has a very low level of unemployment.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Of those working as employees, 9% work fewer than 40 hours per week. Around 10% of CPAs and other accountants are independent contractors.

Training and Education

A bachelor's degree is often required to work in this field. Survey data provided by the government shows that 79% of employees have a bachelor's degree or higher. 17% of CPAs and other accountants attended college, but do not have a degree. 4% of workers were able to find a job with only a high school education. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.

Area Job Conditions

On a per capita basis, there are more jobs for employees in Tallahassee (Florida), Santa Fe (New Mexico), and Bridgeport (Connecticut), and fewer jobs in Warner Robins (Georgia), Jacksonville (North Carolina), and Hot Springs (Arkansas).

Compensation for CPAs and other accountants is the most in San Jose (California), Bethesda (Maryland), and New York (New York), and the lowest in Fort Smith (Arkansas), Hot Springs (Arkansas), and Lawton (Oklahoma).

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CPAs And Other Accountants: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for CPAs And Other Accountants, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for CPAs And Other Accountants are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for CPAs And Other Accountants are starred .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaAnniston170$52,1500.5
AlabamaAuburn240$50,2200.7
AlabamaBirmingham4,730$61,3001
AlabamaDecatur330$46,9000.8
AlabamaDothan320$65,9300.7
AlabamaFlorence280$48,5700.7
AlabamaGadsden220$45,7500.8
AlabamaHuntsville1,580$62,9100.9
AlabamaMobile1,170$50,8800.7
AlabamaMontgomery2,030$55,8001.4
AlabamaTuscaloosa450$55,4300.6
AlaskaAnchorage1,090$66,1900.8
AlaskaFairbanks200$58,5000.8
ArizonaFlagstaff340$47,0600.8
ArizonaKingman240$53,6600.6
ArizonaPhoenix18,050$56,3801.1
ArizonaPrescott350$58,0200.7
ArizonaTucson2,870$66,5000.9
ArizonaYuma300$55,6000.6
ArkansasFayetteville930$50,8200.5
ArkansasFort Smith540$46,3900.5
ArkansasHot Springs90$47,1300.3
ArkansasJonesboro230$48,3900.6
ArkansasLittle Rock2,270$54,4700.7
ArkansasPine Bluff140$49,9300.5
CaliforniaBakersfield1,020$61,6600.4
CaliforniaChico250$57,4800.4
CaliforniaEl Centro300$49,9300.7
CaliforniaFresno1,750$58,6400.6
CaliforniaHanford80$63,0500.4
CaliforniaMadera150$60,0800.5
CaliforniaMerced210$54,8400.5
CaliforniaModesto970$58,9200.7
CaliforniaNapa340$74,8900.6
CaliforniaOakland8,810$74,8000.9
CaliforniaOxnard2,350$66,7300.9
CaliforniaRedding370$67,1100.7
CaliforniaRiverside6,190$62,7200.5
CaliforniaSacramento6,700$64,6900.8
CaliforniaSalinas880$64,8300.7
CaliforniaSan Diego10,080$65,5900.8
CaliforniaSan Francisco14,380$78,3801.6
CaliforniaSan Jose10,600$83,0901.3
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo420$70,0500.5
CaliforniaSanta Ana13,810$70,6601
CaliforniaSanta Barbara940$72,4100.6
CaliforniaSanta Cruz580$63,1200.8
CaliforniaSanta Rosa1,220$68,1500.8
CaliforniaStockton870$67,6300.5
CaliforniaVallejo640$59,9800.6
CaliforniaVisalia690$60,6800.6
CaliforniaYuba City150$55,1200.5
ColoradoBoulder1,950$71,5301.4
ColoradoColorado Springs2,460$66,7201.1
ColoradoDenver18,270$68,2901.6
ColoradoFort Collins1,090$62,7601
ColoradoGrand Junction500$52,7501.1
ColoradoGreeley590$60,3101
ColoradoPueblo320$61,9800.7
ConnecticutBridgeport7,240$81,5801.8
ConnecticutDanbury570$65,5301
ConnecticutHartford6,140$67,8701.2
ConnecticutNew Haven1,850$69,7500.7
ConnecticutNorwich720$56,0300.7
ConnecticutWaterbury340$63,4600.6
DelawareDover470$54,6901.1
DelawareWilmington4,160$70,6601.4
District of ColumbiaWashington30,520$75,8301.4
FloridaCape Coral1,750$59,9700.9
FloridaDeltona1,070$54,8400.8
FloridaFort Lauderdale8,430$66,2901.3
FloridaFort Walton Beach550$62,7300.9
FloridaGainesville1,130$53,7801.1
FloridaJacksonville5,290$59,1401
FloridaLakeland1,460$61,2900.9
FloridaMiami11,900$63,8901.3
FloridaNaples1,160$75,7201.1
FloridaOcala490$54,3700.6
FloridaOrlando9,290$59,2001
FloridaPalm Bay1,650$61,1101
FloridaPalm Coast100$53,7201.1
FloridaPanama City410$58,2600.7
FloridaPensacola1,260$59,2401
FloridaPort St Lucie980$58,4200.9
FloridaPunta Gorda260$47,9700.8
FloridaSarasota2,440$58,3501
FloridaSebastian370$64,8901
FloridaTallahassee3,530$51,290 2.5
FloridaTampa12,530$59,2701.1
FloridaWest Palm Beach5,780$67,3101.2
GeorgiaAlbany300$70,0400.6
GeorgiaAthens470$52,7900.8
GeorgiaAtlanta22,380$70,0301
GeorgiaAugusta1,320$63,3300.7
GeorgiaBrunswick160$64,3100.5
GeorgiaColumbus610$59,5400.7
GeorgiaDalton320$68,9800.5
GeorgiaGainesville330$56,6700.6
GeorgiaMacon550$58,7800.7
GeorgiaRome140$61,9800.5
GeorgiaSavannah890$59,6500.7
GeorgiaValdosta240$54,6100.5
GeorgiaWarner Robins140$67,0000.4
HawaiiHonolulu4,260$55,4201.1
IdahoBoise1,420$52,8400.6
IdahoCoeur Dalene210$47,1800.5
IdahoIdaho Falls390$62,0201
IdahoLewiston160$53,0101
IdahoPocatello160$73,2900.7
IllinoisBloomington610$58,6501.1
IllinoisChampaign550$59,8700.7
IllinoisChicago37,770$70,7301.1
IllinoisDanville140$49,5300.7
IllinoisDecatur390$61,2301
IllinoisKankakee150$54,5700.5
IllinoisPeoria1,000$63,2400.7
IllinoisRockford920$59,6100.7
IllinoisSpringfield1,190$59,8801.4
IndianaAnderson130$61,5000.4
IndianaBloomington420$49,1400.7
IndianaColumbus300$61,0200.9
IndianaElkhart590$60,3500.5
IndianaEvansville860$56,4500.6
IndianaFort Wayne1,460$62,2700.8
IndianaGary1,330$57,6900.5
IndianaIndianapolis8,580$64,2701
IndianaKokomo120$63,1700.4
IndianaLafayette390$58,3900.6
IndianaMichigan City220$53,4600.7
IndianaMuncie210$58,3300.6
IndianaSouth Bend920$58,4400.8
IndianaTerre Haute340$65,6000.6
IowaAmes260$53,4000.9
IowaCedar Rapids1,250$56,2201.1
IowaDavenport1,510$59,8500.9
IowaDes Moines3,280$58,3401.1
IowaDubuque280$57,0500.7
IowaIowa City490$50,2700.8
IowaSioux City470$55,1900.8
IowaWaterloo430$52,6400.6
KansasLawrence310$56,1000.9
KansasTopeka1,320$53,3001.4
KansasWichita2,270$56,2800.8
KentuckyBowling Green320$50,9200.7
KentuckyElizabethtown140$65,6900.4
KentuckyLexington1,520$56,6100.7
KentuckyLouisville3,980$57,8100.7
KentuckyOwensboro210$56,0000.5
LouisianaAlexandria230$62,8900.5
LouisianaBaton Rouge2,510$54,9000.8
LouisianaHouma400$47,9900.5
LouisianaLafayette840$54,7000.7
LouisianaLake Charles490$48,4300.7
LouisianaMonroe420$48,7900.6
LouisianaNew Orleans3,950$56,2200.9
LouisianaShreveport940$49,7800.6
MaineBangor340$64,5800.7
MaineLewiston400$60,9201
MainePortland1,640$55,8000.9
MarylandBaltimore12,050$71,1601
MarylandBethesda7,430$82,6401.4
MarylandCumberland140$49,1000.5
MarylandHagerstown440$56,8700.5
MarylandSalisbury410$57,6301
MassachusettsBarnstable Town500$69,5900.6
MassachusettsBoston21,570$69,7001.4
MassachusettsBrockton530$62,9800.7
MassachusettsFramingham1,750$63,8601.2
MassachusettsHaverhill390$81,0400.6
MassachusettsLawrence320$67,2000.7
MassachusettsLeominster250$62,1400.6
MassachusettsLowell930$72,7900.9
MassachusettsNew Bedford300$65,3100.6
MassachusettsPittsfield230$64,9700.9
MassachusettsSpringfield1,760$61,3300.7
MassachusettsTaunton250$58,9700.7
MassachusettsWorcester2,090$67,2600.9
MichiganAnn Arbor1,270$58,2100.9
MichiganBattle Creek280$62,0300.7
MichiganBay City230$57,4000.9
MichiganDetroit6,950$68,8501.1
MichiganFlint830$67,0300.7
MichiganGrand Rapids3,380$64,3101
MichiganHolland790$58,2900.9
MichiganJackson300$75,3700.7
MichiganKalamazoo730$60,0900.6
MichiganLansing2,040$57,4801.2
MichiganMonroe230$52,4200.7
MichiganMuskegon350$73,6300.7
MichiganNiles370$58,5400.7
MichiganSaginaw780$64,4301.2
MichiganWarren11,250$63,6301.1
MinnesotaDuluth620$56,0400.6
MinnesotaMinneapolis18,580$63,3001.1
MinnesotaRochester550$55,3800.7
MinnesotaSt Cloud600$55,5800.7
MississippiGulfport480$54,9000.5
MississippiHattiesburg190$49,3000.4
MississippiJackson1,610$54,3100.7
MississippiPascagoula200$58,4700.5
MissouriColumbia610$51,1100.9
MissouriJefferson City890$50,1001.6
MissouriJoplin420$47,4200.6
MissouriKansas City10,430$57,2101.1
MissouriSpringfield1,550$50,6900.9
MissouriSt Joseph280$50,7400.7
MissouriSt Louis13,150$63,0201.1
MontanaBillings520$55,8800.8
MontanaGreat Falls290$63,5801.1
MontanaMissoula290$53,6000.7
NebraskaLincoln1,420$55,0701
NebraskaOmaha3,920$62,5700.9
NevadaCarson City300$59,5701.5
NevadaLas Vegas4,050$57,5300.5
NevadaReno1,410$58,1600.8
New HampshireManchester890$58,2001
New HampshireNashua1,090$59,9200.9
New HampshirePortsmouth340$63,8200.7
New HampshireRochester270$59,2300.6
New JerseyAtlantic City620$67,3800.5
New JerseyCamden3,760$71,1700.8
New JerseyEdison9,160$80,3101
New JerseyNewark11,640$79,9401.3
New JerseyOcean City190$61,5000.6
New JerseyTrenton2,660$70,8501.4
New JerseyVineland310$61,7900.7
New MexicoAlbuquerque3,310$59,9500.9
New MexicoFarmington170$61,1000.4
New MexicoLas Cruces390$46,1700.8
New MexicoSanta Fe1,040$55,500 2
New YorkAlbany4,340$68,8301.1
New YorkBinghamton960$70,5901.1
New YorkBuffalo5,010$64,7901
New YorkElmira240$60,2800.9
New YorkGlens Falls280$59,8100.7
New YorkIthaca220$66,6900.7
New YorkKingston470$64,4701
New YorkNassau13,690$83,8701.2
New YorkNew York69,830$83,4201.5
New YorkPoughkeepsie1,280$67,4000.6
New YorkRochester4,250$66,7800.9
New YorkSyracuse2,480$68,2100.9
New YorkUtica960$62,7900.9
North CarolinaAsheville1,060$58,1100.7
North CarolinaBurlington320$57,8300.7
North CarolinaCharlotte7,560$62,7500.9
North CarolinaDurham2,830$65,2201.2
North CarolinaFayetteville670$59,7600.6
North CarolinaGoldsboro150$52,9200.5
North CarolinaGreensboro2,310$60,4000.7
North CarolinaGreenville340$56,7600.6
North CarolinaHickory690$57,8600.5
North CarolinaJacksonville110$51,8100.3
North CarolinaRaleigh4,480$62,2701
North CarolinaRocky Mount260$54,2000.6
North CarolinaWilmington760$60,2200.6
North CarolinaWinston Salem1,410$61,0300.7
North DakotaBismarck560$49,2701.2
North DakotaFargo900$49,7800.9
North DakotaGrand Forks220$48,0200.6
OhioAkron2,910$60,9901
OhioCanton1,140$63,5100.7
OhioCincinnati8,800$62,2800.9
OhioCleveland9,470$63,6901
OhioColumbus9,420$58,8401.1
OhioDayton2,910$64,1600.8
OhioLima260$65,1000.6
OhioMansfield230$64,0100.6
OhioSandusky130$54,8700.5
OhioSpringfield190$53,0200.5
OhioToledo2,210$65,0200.8
OhioYoungstown1,160$56,5900.6
OklahomaLawton150$44,1700.5
OklahomaOklahoma City5,970$51,6001.2
OklahomaTulsa5,510$53,3201.4
OregonBend290$70,9100.5
OregonCorvallis170$58,8700.7
OregonEugene890$58,7200.7
OregonMedford420$54,0300.6
OregonPortland8,320$61,9000.9
OregonSalem1,170$55,8900.9
PennsylvaniaAllentown2,350$62,9700.8
PennsylvaniaAltoona240$55,7900.5
PennsylvaniaErie1,020$51,4300.9
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg2,770$61,1501
PennsylvaniaJohnstown290$64,7100.6
PennsylvaniaLancaster1,650$59,0500.8
PennsylvaniaLebanon210$58,8600.6
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia20,240$73,8501.2
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh12,080$62,6901.2
PennsylvaniaReading950$60,8000.7
PennsylvaniaScranton1,770$54,7700.8
PennsylvaniaState College290$58,6600.6
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport300$52,5000.7
PennsylvaniaYork1,250$62,8600.8
Rhode IslandProvidence4,560$63,5800.9
South CarolinaAnderson230$53,4800.5
South CarolinaCharleston2,420$59,8400.9
South CarolinaColumbia3,360$56,3301.1
South CarolinaFlorence780$53,9401.1
South CarolinaGreenville2,520$59,9100.9
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach790$44,4000.8
South CarolinaSpartanburg1,070$58,7301
South CarolinaSumter140$51,7600.5
South DakotaRapid City530$51,2401
South DakotaSioux Falls1,550$56,5501.3
TennesseeChattanooga1,380$56,6100.7
TennesseeClarksville270$49,7100.4
TennesseeCleveland170$50,8700.6
TennesseeJackson300$50,1200.6
TennesseeJohnson City340$51,1300.6
TennesseeKingsport460$46,9300.5
TennesseeKnoxville2,040$55,9800.7
TennesseeMemphis3,990$60,3200.7
TennesseeMorristown140$59,9900.4
TennesseeNashville5,440$58,5900.8
TexasAbilene640$50,9101.3
TexasAmarillo880$57,1001
TexasAustin9,220$64,4901.3
TexasBeaumont740$52,2100.5
TexasBrownsville440$55,6600.4
TexasCollege Station670$53,9301
TexasCorpus Christi940$54,6300.6
TexasDallas24,690$67,2701.3
TexasEl Paso1,410$53,4600.6
TexasFort Worth6,400$66,0300.8
TexasHouston24,140$68,2601
TexasKilleen570$61,6300.6
TexasLaredo420$54,3500.6
TexasLongview610$64,1800.8
TexasLubbock830$52,5300.8
TexasMcallen820$48,7800.4
TexasMidland810$61,5501.5
TexasOdessa360$55,9900.8
TexasSan Angelo340$51,6601.1
TexasSan Antonio6,030$57,5300.8
TexasSherman240$62,3300.8
TexasTexarkana240$58,0000.6
TexasTyler560$62,2000.7
TexasVictoria190$51,2800.5
TexasWaco680$48,1000.8
TexasWichita Falls440$56,2100.9
UtahLogan360$54,7201
UtahOgden1,320$62,4400.7
UtahProvo1,500$66,0701
UtahSalt Lake City5,950$61,5901
UtahSt George270$56,7700.7
VermontBurlington1,220$67,5001.3
VirginiaBlacksburg410$56,2100.8
VirginiaCharlottesville820$59,7001
VirginiaDanville170$55,3600.6
VirginiaHarrisonburg340$53,7200.8
VirginiaLynchburg640$60,5600.8
VirginiaRichmond6,310$64,0801.2
VirginiaRoanoke1,060$52,8600.8
VirginiaVirginia Beach5,470$62,6000.8
VirginiaWinchester310$61,1900.7
WashingtonBellingham470$59,3100.7
WashingtonBremerton430$69,6000.6
WashingtonKennewick520$64,3600.7
WashingtonLongview160$59,3500.6
WashingtonMount Vernon210$60,4200.6
WashingtonOlympia580$63,6800.7
WashingtonSeattle13,840$66,9501
WashingtonSpokane1,200$60,6600.6
WashingtonTacoma1,260$63,0000.5
WashingtonWenatchee210$57,9500.7
WashingtonYakima390$66,5400.6
West VirginiaCharleston1,300$56,6101
West VirginiaHuntington740$49,8900.8
West VirginiaMorgantown310$53,2000.8
West VirginiaParkersburg500$63,8300.9
West VirginiaWeirton180$50,9800.5
West VirginiaWheeling390$55,6400.8
WisconsinAppleton760$57,1000.8
WisconsinEau Claire650$51,4601
WisconsinFond250$56,6500.7
WisconsinGreen Bay1,200$55,0900.8
WisconsinJanesville250$62,2200.5
WisconsinLa Crosse450$60,0800.8
WisconsinMadison2,860$60,2301
WisconsinMilwaukee8,030$65,3801
WisconsinOshkosh570$62,8400.8
WisconsinRacine420$60,0600.7
WisconsinSheboygan320$60,3600.7
WisconsinWausau440$59,3800.8
WyomingCasper190$65,6600.6
WyomingCheyenne550$51,6901.6
 

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