Is starting salary of $95K in NY/NJ area too low for a new tax senior?

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I would expect 100+ at a top 10 firm

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I agree that it’s low.. but that’s the market compared to 3 years ago.

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I would have thought new staff were 90k or so at larger firms.

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Too low, BDO is top 10 btw

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NYC Deloitte just made senior 106

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For NJ it is fine. For NYC it sounds low.

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made 78k as a S1 in 2019 (NYC - Big Four)

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Low - I made $100k VHCOL at S1 back in 2021. I would expect you to be around $105-$110k.

Imo id start looking. You could probably get $115k+ just by switching firms.

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It’s 106k to 108k for new seniors at Deloitte NYC office in MTS and BTS tax if that helps

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Yes. Especially at bdo

Too low. Should be over 100

They said it is a smaller firm so don’t really know

Depends on how small of a firm it is and what the hours will be like. I’ve seen some small firms only offering up to $84k, so the pay is good in comparison to that. Big 4 transparency might be able to give you some additional insight, though most of the data is pay at Big 4 firms and the rest is from top 10 firms.

A year ago, $95K in NY/NJ would have been low. Right now, the market has swung towards the employer. If you are at BDO, it might be $5K too low as of today.

When I was a new senior (2 yrs ago) I was making 100k in a far smaller city.

True, smaller like Phoenix, haha

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