Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping & payroll services

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The top three occupations in the Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping & payroll services Industry Group are accountants & auditors, bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks, and tax preparers. On average, full-time employees in the Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping & payroll services Industry Group work 44.1 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $83,541. Part-time employees in the same industry work 22 hours and earn an average annual salary of $27,292.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping & payroll services Industry Group are Ridgewood Village, Glen Rock & Westwood Boroughs PUMA, NJ, Calabasas, Agoura Hills, Malibu & Westlake Village Cities PUMA, CA, and Loveland, Montgomery Cities & Forestville PUMA, OH.

The workforce of Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping & payroll services Industry Group in 2020 was 1,007,785 people, with 62.6% woman, and 37.4% men.

In 2020, 77.4% of the workforce in the Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping & payroll services Industry Group was White (779,842 people), of which 61.8% were women and 38.2% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping & payroll services Industry Group.

The workforce in Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping & payroll services Industry Group was 1,007,785 people and is concentrated in California (127,852 workers). The average annual salary was $73,813, being $17,860 more than the national average salary, which was $55,954.

Monthly Employment

Start Year

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4.59%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 902k people employed in the Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services industry. This represents a 4.59% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2020 were California (128k), Texas (84.6k), and New York (78k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping & payroll services Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2020, Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping & payroll services Industry Group had an average annual wage of $73,813, $17,860 more than the average national salary of $55,954.

The graph shows the position of Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping & payroll services Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

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WAGE GINI

Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping & payroll services has a wage GINI of 0.471, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping & payroll services (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping & payroll services Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping & payroll services Industry Group.

Accountants & auditors are the most common position with 438,853 workers, but the Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping & payroll services Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks and Tax preparers.

The highest average salary in Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping & payroll services goes to Actuaries.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping & payroll services Industry Group according to occupations. In 2020, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were accountants & auditors (438,853 people), bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks (92,107 people), and tax preparers (72,187 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$101,400

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$4,487

$57,332

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$1,854

On average, Male workers in the Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping & payroll services Industry Group make 1.77 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping & payroll services Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping & payroll services Industry Group. Based on estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, this section indicates the amount of money spent by a specific industry in other industries.

The industrial flow illustrates the intermediate inputs and the use of outputs of the Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping & payroll services Industry Group.

The Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping & payroll services Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry.

California and Florida stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping & payroll services Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping & payroll services is from Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping & payroll services Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping & payroll services Industry Group is Professional and business services.

In this flow diagram, all of the industries listed to the left are those places from which the highlighted industry has made purchases. They are the intermediate inputs to the highlighted industry. All those industries listed on the right side are those industries that have made purchases from the highlighted industry. They are the use of outputs of the highlighted industry. The visualizations below offer alternative ways to see and understand this data.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping & payroll services is from Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping & payroll services Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping & payroll services is from Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Professional and business services Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping & payroll services Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping & payroll services Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016

California
34,526
Florida
22,174
Texas
20,794

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping & payroll services industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping & payroll services Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 62.6% corresponds to women and 37.4% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $101,400 and $57,332.

79.8% of workers have a bachelors degree, graduate degree or some college.

Gender and Age

630,869

Women

62.6%

376,916

Men

37.4%

The workforce of Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping & payroll services industry in 2020 was 1,007,785 people, with 62.6% woman, and 37.4% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping & payroll services industry.

Races

In 2020, 77.4% of the workforce in the Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping & payroll services industry was White (779,842 people), of which 61.8% were women and 38.2% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Asian and Black.

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping & payroll services workers in 2020 were bachelors degree (419,976 people), graduate degree (220,614 people), and some college (163,307 people).

The chart shows the Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping & payroll services workforce by gender and educational level.

Projections

Growth projections of the Accounting and bookkeeping services industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 7.66% in the next ten years. The Accounting and bookkeeping services industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 1.72%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (22.6%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (24.2%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Accounting and bookkeeping services.

1.72%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

7.66%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Accounting and bookkeeping services. This industry is expected to grow less than than 7.66%, the average rate of national job growth.

Output Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Accounting and bookkeeping services.

22.6%

Estimate Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in output of the Accounting and bookkeeping services industry.

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