Billing Rates from the AOMAR Survey

Source: Accounting Office Management & Administration Report

The AOMAR 2006 CPA Firm Practice Management Survey collected information from 94 firms during the summer and early fall of 2005. Here is a summary of the results for the billing rates questions:

           CPA firm owners                                     $200
           Supervisors and managers                         149
           Seniors                                                  112
           Juniors                                                    93
           Juniors who haven’t passed the CPA exam     80
           Consulting-only staff                                143
           Administrative staff who bill time:
                  Firm administrators                             98
                  Marketing directors                           132
                  Paraprofessionals                               73

Owner billing rates in the firms with $10 million or more in revenue are 33 percent higher than the firms in the $1 million to $9.99 million category, and 66 percent higher than the firms under $1 million.

To view tables on billing rates by gross revenue and by number of personnel, click here.

From Accounting Office Management & Administration Report, November 2005, p. 1. For subscription information contact Institute of Management & Administration, Inc., 3 Park Avenue, 30th Floor, New York, NY 10016-5902. One-year subscription $329. 212-244-0360, [email protected].