Local firm vs. big 4, is there a difference in staff salary?

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Posts get lost on this website. New users shouldn't have to look for them. Deal with it, bruh

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Please make these posts stop. Yes there's a big difference refer to the 9000 other posts like this.

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Normally I would agree with SA1 - it is pretty easy to miss topic on here especially when you don't use it all the time, but there is a new search feature which is pretty helpful. And one of the categories is salary and comp.

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I got offered $6k more from a B4 firm than I did with BDO.

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I got 13k more at a local firm. Same position.

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I got 7k more from Crowe than B4. 10k more with bonuses.

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Senior range at a regional I'm at, 80-100k, manager is 104k-140k, sr manager is 140-200k. Bay Area

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Regional firms sometimes pay more to attract recruits, sometimes less.

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OP- you can search for post specifically on the topic of salaries/compensation. Just click the search icon in the top right. I say that not to discourage you from soliciting input on this post, but rather to offer previous insights that you find informative.

I should add that the B4 staff position was in NYC and BDO was a suburban office, so it was negligible difference when factoring in commuting costs and hours worked.

Big 4 pays my friend 5k less than me but the benefits (401k and health insurance)+her higher bonus have us equal at 3-4year experience level.

The search feature is useless it isn't search it's just topics

Rsm pays less

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