Just got promoted to FDD/TAS senior associate at a middle market accounting firm and was a bit underwhelmed at the pay increase (as were others at the firm promoted to senior or manager). I’m now in the low to mid-$80k range with no bonus. I don’t think that’s necessarily bad, but was just hoping for a bit more, especially since I have been getting great performance reviews. Is this around market at MM firms, or should I think about looking elsewhere for an increase?

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Yeah, that's low.

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Any idea what market pay is?

That’s what a first year associate makes in MCOL at big 4

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Can confirm, ours coming in at like 82 in audit in my market

Way underpaid dude. You make less than audit

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I’m LCOL (Midwest not Chicago) and S1s in audit are mid 80s

What location?

Metro area in Texas

You could get a GS and come in as an 11, making $90k if you negotiate well. And even if less, within a year earn over $90k.

Yikes, I got 100k as an audit senior transfer in MM, MCOL.

I would just do that age old trick of getting another offer and seeing if they’ll match.

Kind of sucks that they put you so low to begin with though.

You don’t happen to work for forvis? I remember when I was looking they said 90 was as high as they’d go.

Not Forvis haha, but good to know they may be a little low. I will look around at some different firms. Thank you!

deal flow is low.

Im only making 120K as a tax manager in MM, SoCal. I’m supposed to make SM at year end so I might get bumped to $135K if I’m lucky. OPs numbers track with where I was at most of my senior years, although my first year senior was pre-pandemic, so $72K, jumped to $85K the next year with a firm switch.

Are you a tax manager at a PA firm? In that case they almost all let you work where you want

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