<p>I have a question about Big4 Accounting salaries. How quickly do they rise? I've heard for NYC offices for example you get like 55-65k all in entry-level and raises are around 15%/yr. Do Big4 Accounting guys generally leave, go get MBAs, and then go back to their companies ? </p>
<p>Basically how many years Big4 experience would you need to get to around 200k/yr total comp?</p>
<p>Some get MBAs while others go for the more specialized MAcc degree, especially if they haven't qualified to take the CPA yet. Tax professionals often get JDs. I would think that accountants getting MBAs try finding other things to do instead of returning to their company</p>
<p>Any idea about the salary things like how long is takes to get to 200k all in ? What level/how many years? </p>
<p>Thanks for the help.</p>
<p>i think only if you become partner will you make around $200k</p>
<p>depends how motivated you are and your work ethic, you might not ever make that if you lack either of the two qualities i listed. It's best if you are not given a time frame so you do what you want, and aren't worried about how long it takes to reach a specific salary</p>
<p><a href="http://www.hollandcpasearch.com/salary.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.hollandcpasearch.com/salary.html</a></p>
<p>This may help. However, I can't verify if these are stats accurate.</p>
<p>Collegeboy... 200k as a partner? no way, it has too be much much higher... I'm not too familiar with accounting fields, but you can make 200k as an associate in investment banking and that's just 3-4 years out of school... but for accounting it may be different...</p>
<p>Partners make around a mil a year, but on average it takes 10+ years to make it. </p>
<p>For Big4 Accounting, I only know starting salaries and partner compensation, the rest is all grey to me. I want to fill in that grey zone.</p>
<p>during those 10 years, what's the attrition rate for non-partners? or in other words, what percentage of accountants in big4 accounting firms end up becoming partners?</p>
<p>I read online (sources not cited on the website) that 2% of those who take entry-level jobs at the Big4 become partner. Your odds are not that great, but many people just do Big4 work to resume build and then go elsewhere.</p>
<p>Do partners make the same amount of money regardless of region. For example, does a partner in the Seattle branch make as much as the NYC one?</p>
<p>Probably not. NYC is headquarters for the Big4 so I think you'd make a good deal more being a partner at the headquarters.</p>