[Tripin93]

I’ll be finished with the exam soon and I really want to get a job as a public auditor. I have zero audit experience, so I expect to start at the bottom as an associate. I realize that the Big 4s give associates bonuses when they pass the exam. If they hired me as a CPA with zero experience, would my salary be the same as associates without their license? Will I receive the same signing bonus that non-cpas receive?

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[acamp]

All entry level Big4 auditors start at the same salary.

If you already have your CPA, make sure your offer is the same as a “normal” entry level auditor offer, which should outline the bonus for passing the exam.

I worked with someone who got the CPA while doing tax at some other firm. Came to Big4 as an entry level auditor and was able to submit for the $5K bonus right when they started.

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[Sir Ivalis]

Your salary will almost certainly be the same in the Big 4. First year associate salaries are often flat across the board with no negotiation. However, you should get a bonus around 5k for coming in with the CPA.

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[Tripin93]

Thanks guys!

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[Rosco920]

You salary will depend on location. When I started at EY, I started with $55k w/o bonus. It has since gone up. I would roughly $60k. You will get a bonus for passing the CPAa d you might get a signing bonus. Oh yeah, I live in Chicago so the salary is higher than say…Indiana due to cost of living. When I was there, everyone had around the same salary coming in as an associate unless you had experience or were a lawyer.

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[Tripin93]

Thanks Rosco!! I'm in Kansas.

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[taxsage]

Same starting salary as everyone else plus bonus and possibly reimbursement of exam fees and review course.

[Mehow]

Every associate is unexperienced if they didn't have an internship at the firm. You will be paid the same as any other associate in that area. I can't tell you salary numbers because they aren't the same everywhere. My friend in PwC Milwuakee makes like a few thousand less than my friends in Chicago. My brother is also in Milwuakee doing Big Four and I'm in Chicago. They will train you. My training is in the Fall and the partner that interviewed me pretty much told me that it's okay if I don't know how to audit, they will teach me.

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