[Anonymous]

Good day All:

As of Thursday I received an offer from a tier 2 public accounting firm (HQ Chicago, IL) as an audit associate. I am excited and eager to start this new role! I enjoyed the interview (sounds weird) and the personnel are passionate about what they do and passionate regarding the firm as a whole.

The annual salary for this audit role is $58k, CPA material fully paid by firm along with testing fees, matching 401k, and 18 days PTO off the bat. As a side note: my initial phone conversation with HR stated a range of 55k-60k.

That being said, would you opine that 58k is a reasonable starting salary for someone with 3.5 years of governmental accounting experience, and who’s coming in as an associate?

Furthermore, kindly do no scold me or read my post and opine that I am ignorant–no that is not the case. I want to satisfy my curiosity and obtain others feedback so that I can ascertain the situation and know that I am not being low-balled.

Thank you for your valuable time!