How people get into Accountants and Auditors

What it takes to do this work

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The jobs people hold first

These are the jobs people hold before moving into this one. Doing one of them is not the only way in, and it is not a requirement. It is the route the data can actually see.

Work people come from	Typical pay	Step up	Evidence
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks No licence we can see I do this now →	$48,750	+$30,540	Named career step
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents No licence we can see I do this now →	$51,590	+$27,700	Named career step
Loan Interviewers and Clerks No licence we can see I do this now →	$47,530	+$31,760	Named career step
Billing and Posting Clerks No licence we can see I do this now →	$47,300	+$31,990	Named career step
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks No licence we can see I do this now →	$55,450	+$23,840	Named career step
Tax Preparers No licence we can see I do this now →	$45,780	+$33,510	Named career step
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists No licence we can see I do this now →	$69,390	+$9,900	Named career step
Property Appraisers and Assessors No licence we can see I do this now →	$66,720	+$12,570	Related work

Named career step Lightcast lists this as a career step from your kind of work, based on the skills the two jobs share and what local employers hire for. It is the strongest signal we have, though it is not a record of individual people moving.

Related work The federal O*NET occupation index lists this as related to your kind of work, because the two share skills and day-to-day activities. It is a match on the work itself, not a record of people moving between them.

We keep those labels apart because they are different strength claims, and none of them means we watched individual people make the move.

Routes that already pay more than accountants and auditors are left out, because those are side moves rather than ways in. So are routes needing more schooling than you told us about.

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