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Accounting Salaries Are Up

October 7, 2025

One of the hottest topics in the profession right now is compensation. Accounting Today recently released its 2025 Salary Survey, which offers a comprehensive look at pay across firms of all sizes and levels. Dan Hood, editor in chief of Accounting Today, breaks down the survey results and what they mean for firms, professionals and the CPA pipeline.

Topics discussed:

Key takeaways from the survey
Why salaries have increased
Manager and partner salary increases at smaller firms
Impact of total compensation packages
How small firms are keeping up
Rethinking culture, career development and other non-monetary factors

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Daniel Hood

Daniel Hood has been editor-in-chief of Accounting Today since 2011; he joined Accounting Today as managing editor in 1998. A graduate of Georgetown University, he has also served as a business editor for the New York Daily News, and as a production editor for The Wall Street Journal Europe. He is the author of five novels and a guidebook to New York City.

Don Meyer

Don Meyer, CAE, is the chief growth officer of the New Jersey Society of CPAs, where he is responsible for setting the vision, strategy and direction for the organization’s marketing, communications and membership campaigns and for driving the success of a deep and broad swath of organizational initiatives.

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