[CPA CMA]

Are the estimate amounts overstated?

Master of Professional Accountancy (MPA) 12/17/2014

BEC 76 (10/3/14)
FAR 75 (10/24/14)
REG 83 (4/6/15)
AUD 75 (4/20/15)
Anticipated Licensure: August 2016

CMA part 1 passed (6/15/15)
CMA part 2 Passed (9/4/15)
Anticipated Licensure: August 2017

[Missy]

Did you take the estimate then go to the end of the pdf to adjust by location? I found them to be fairly accurate within a range.

I just checked and it looks like on p 25, SD is weighted 84% of the salary listed in the guide, hope that helps!

Licensed Massachusetts Non Reporting CPA since 2012
Finance/Admin/HR Manager

[Bluetoothray]

I don't think it's very accurate. I work Big4, get paid a little over 50k and the Robert Half salary calculator has me at 85K.

[CPA CMA]

@Mla11692, I was talking about the salary calculator, where you can input your location, industry, experience level etc. and it will give you an estimated range.

Master of Professional Accountancy (MPA) 12/17/2014

BEC 76 (10/3/14)
FAR 75 (10/24/14)
REG 83 (4/6/15)
AUD 75 (4/20/15)
Anticipated Licensure: August 2016

CMA part 1 passed (6/15/15)
CMA part 2 Passed (9/4/15)
Anticipated Licensure: August 2017

[PubMaster]

I always thought it was fairly accurate, but as always – it depends!

@Bluetoothray – have you considered that maybe you're being underpaid?

[Anonymous]

I can tell you, for me at least, it's not very accurate. On the low end, it's $30,000 more than I'm currently paid. Maybe if I bring this to PwC they'll match the difference? Seems like a legitimate argument. 😀

[Yolonge]

Senior in public accounting in my area (baltimore) is $80k-105k. yea right…

Materials: Wiley book + Ninja MCQ

FAR - 83 (Jan 2016)
Study time: 6 weeks
BEC - 87 (April 2016)
Study time: 2 weeks
AUD - 92 (July 2016), (74 Feb 2016), (72 May 2016)
Study time: 4 (Feb) + 2 (May) + 3 (July) = 9 weeks total
REG - (70 April 2016)
Study time: 3 weeks

[slackergurl]

Apparently the Robert Half numbers include contract, consulting and temporary help, which are naturally paid at a higher rate (because they will include benefits and/or the employer portion of the employment taxes normally paid on your behalf by the company.) My employer tries to keep us right inside the range at the lower end, which seems pretty fair. If you are grossly under the range, you might want to do some benchmarking in your area and see if there is room for negotiating.

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