If you are a CPA or in accounting and make more than 100k..

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I do accounting without a CPA and have been making in the 300k range last 12 years. If I had CPA be around 500k

Whatever.

Are people reporting fake salaries here? My accounting friends with 10 years experience making $60k to 100k.

Yes they are. It’s an anonymous forum everyone lies.

I make 135k after 10 years and I got really lucky

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I do accounting without a CPA and have been making in the 300k range last 12 years. If I had CPA be around 500k

Whatever.

Are people reporting fake salaries here? My accounting friends with 10 years experience making $60k to 100k.

Yes they are. It’s an anonymous forum everyone lies.

I make 135k after 10 years and I got really lucky

I find the story about your friends hard to believe. I was an auditor for 7 years and always looked at payroll rates of the accounting team. Managers/controllers all over 100k unless working at some tiny, tiny nonprofits.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I do accounting without a CPA and have been making in the 300k range last 12 years. If I had CPA be around 500k

Whatever.

Are people reporting fake salaries here? My accounting friends with 10 years experience making $60k to 100k.

Yes they are. It’s an anonymous forum everyone lies.

I make 135k after 10 years and I got really lucky

I find the story about your friends hard to believe. I was an auditor for 7 years and always looked at payroll rates of the accounting team. Managers/controllers all over 100k unless working at some tiny, tiny nonprofits.

Because not all CPAs or accountants become managers or controllers after 10 years of experience.

[Anonymous]

I see ALOT of higher level finance jobs nationwide from my professional organization and they are typically $200K+ for CFO types and $125K-$170K for controllers or FP&A directors. Where CFOs can make big time money is working for a PE-backed firm and having a piece of the action when the company is sold.

In terms of the CPA, definitely makes a difference in pay and worth the grind of getting it done.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I do accounting without a CPA and have been making in the 300k range last 12 years. If I had CPA be around 500k

Whatever.

Are people reporting fake salaries here? My accounting friends with 10 years experience making $60k to 100k.

Yes they are. It’s an anonymous forum everyone lies.

I make 135k after 10 years and I got really lucky

I find the story about your friends hard to believe. I was an auditor for 7 years and always looked at payroll rates of the accounting team. Managers/controllers all over 100k unless working at some tiny, tiny nonprofits.

Because not all CPAs or accountants become managers or controllers after 10 years of experience.

True. People stay in Big 4 for 10+ years for a variety of reasons.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I do accounting without a CPA and have been making in the 300k range last 12 years. If I had CPA be around 500k

Whatever.

Are people reporting fake salaries here? My accounting friends with 10 years experience making $60k to 100k.

Yes they are. It’s an anonymous forum everyone lies.

I make 135k after 10 years and I got really lucky

I find the story about your friends hard to believe. I was an auditor for 7 years and always looked at payroll rates of the accounting team. Managers/controllers all over 100k unless working at some tiny, tiny nonprofits.

Because not all CPAs or accountants become managers or controllers after 10 years of experience.

If you are a CPA and in accounting for 10+ years and you are not a manager of some sort, then I am going to assume you are not that great at your job.

True. People stay in Big 4 for 10+ years for a variety of reasons.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I do accounting without a CPA and have been making in the 300k range last 12 years. If I had CPA be around 500k

Whatever.

Are people reporting fake salaries here? My accounting friends with 10 years experience making $60k to 100k.

Yes they are. It’s an anonymous forum everyone lies.

I make 135k after 10 years and I got really lucky

I find the story about your friends hard to believe. I was an auditor for 7 years and always looked at payroll rates of the accounting team. Managers/controllers all over 100k unless working at some tiny, tiny nonprofits.

Because not all CPAs or accountants become managers or controllers after 10 years of experience.

True. People stay in Big 4 for 10+ years for a variety of reasons.

If you are a CPA and in accounting for 10+ years and you are not a manager of some sort, then I am going to assume you are not that great at your job.,-&)
Wrong.
Some people are just not into management, doesn't mean they are bad accountants

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I do accounting without a CPA and have been making in the 300k range last 12 years. If I had CPA be around 500k

Whatever.

Are people reporting fake salaries here? My accounting friends with 10 years experience making $60k to 100k.

Yes they are. It’s an anonymous forum everyone lies.

I make 135k after 10 years and I got really lucky

I find the story about your friends hard to believe. I was an auditor for 7 years and always looked at payroll rates of the accounting team. Managers/controllers all over 100k unless working at some tiny, tiny nonprofits.

Because not all CPAs or accountants become managers or controllers after 10 years of experience.

True. People stay in Big 4 for 10+ years for a variety of reasons.

If you are a CPA and in accounting for 10+ years and you are not a manager of some sort, then I am going to assume you are not that great at your job.,-&)

Wrong.
Some people are just not into management, doesn't mean they are bad accountants

+1
Many accounting works are behind the scene support kind of work. Doesn't mean you are not that great at your job.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:quote=Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I do accounting without a CPA and have been making in the 300k range last 12 years. If I had CPA be around 500k

Whatever.

Are people reporting fake salaries here? My accounting friends with 10 years experience making $60k to 100k.

Yes they are. It’s an anonymous forum everyone lies.

I make 135k after 10 years and I got really lucky

I find the story about your friends hard to believe. I was an auditor for 7 years and always looked at payroll rates of the accounting team. Managers/controllers all over 100k unless working at some tiny, tiny nonprofits.

Because not all CPAs or accountants become managers or controllers after 10 years of experience.

True. People stay in Big 4 for 10+ years for a variety of reasons.

If you are a CPA and in accounting for 10+ years and you are not a manager of some sort, then I am going to assume you are not that great at your job.,-&)

Wrong.
Some people are just not into management, doesn't mean they are bad accountants

+1
Many accounting works are behind the scene support kind of work. Doesn't mean you are not that great at your job.

Fair to a degree. But, if you are 10+ years and not in management and you are only at the staff/senior level - no, you won’t be getting 100+k because there are a lot of you. If you are going to stay an I/C you would need be an expert in whatever you are doing - technical area, I/C, etc etc.

If you are a SME you won’t be at 60k, it’s because you are a bookkeeper or you haven’t moved past senior.

[Anonymous]

Interesting thread. Appx what amount and years of experience do the average accountants maxed out at?

[Anonymous]

CPA local firm, 2.5 years experience doing mainly tax work. I’m making $70,000 plus a couple thousand bonus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Interesting thread. Appx what amount and years of experience do the average accountants maxed out at?

Promotion gets slower once you become a manager, and many people retire at that level unless they hit the cfo/controller/director level. I would say the salary max out around 150k at this level.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Interesting thread. Appx what amount and years of experience do the average accountants maxed out at?

Promotion gets slower once you become a manager, and many people retire at that level unless they hit the cfo/controller/director level. I would say the salary max out around 150k at this level.

Agree with this. Also, finance/accounting manager in a large company might encompass higher level work that a controller in a mid-market firm so titles are not the only parameter. Most accounting groups have a very flat management structure, especially these days. Max out is usually mid-30s. Then it is average raises unless you jump to something where equity is offered, and that is often very speculative.