what recession? more accountants with jobs … ever.
by rick telberg
in the same jobs report that drove the nasdaq to an 11-year peak, the accounting and bookkeeping sector recorded more people employed in the industry than ever before.
accounting firms hire the most, pay less.
the average salary for accounting majors is averaging up 3.7 percent to $50,500, according to a new survey of college graduates and the employers who hired them.
cpa firms account for 2 in 3 new jobs.
the nation’s tax, accounting, payroll and bookkeeping businesses added 3,100 employees in december, bringing the industry’s total headcount to 943,100, according to the latest government data obtained by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间. read more →
entry-level auditors at kpmg win class-action certification.
a new york federal court conditionally certified a national collective action lawsuit that alleges that kpmg llp violated the federal labor laws by denying thousands of entry-level audit employees overtime pay.
“denying associates overtime pay is a problem among all of the big four accounting firms, not just at kpmg,” says attorney justin m. swartz. “we hope that this case, as well as audit, advisory, and tax cases against deloitte, pricewaterhousecoopers, and ernst & young will reform the accounting industry.”
even as cpa firms shrink by 1,100.
the nation’s accounting and bookkeeping sector accounted for 2,000 of the 80,000 new jobs created in october, according to new preliminary and seasonally-adjusted data from the u.s. labor department.
for the nation, the jobs gain pushed the unemployment rate down to 9.0% from 9.1%.
for the accounting and bookkeeping sector, october’s performance represents a third straight month of gains and a year-to-year gain of 60,800 jobs, bringing the industry’s payroll to 932,200 employees.
