Plante Moran
Compensation Intelligence · 81 submissions
Median US$88,295 USD🇺🇸 United States
⚠ Smaller sample — interpret level and service line breakdowns with caution. Figures may shift as more submissions come in.
Avg Bonus %
4.9%
-0.7% vs. market (5.6%)
Satisfaction
7.1/10
+0.5 vs. market (6.6/10)
Avg Hrs/Week
47.8
-0.7 vs. market (48.5)
Submissions
81
all-time submissions
Compensation by LevelFirm vs. Market
Assurance & Tax
Staff / Analyst
Senior / Supervisor
Manager
By Service Line
Assurance & Tax n=36
COL-adj Median Base
US$87K
mkt US$92K
-5.3K
Satisfaction
7/10
mkt 6.6/10
+0.4
Avg Hrs / Week
47.6
mkt 49.2
-1.6
Median Base Salary — Year over Year2023–2025
-7.5K
US$78K
US$85K
2023
-8.3K
US$77K
US$86K
2024
+9.0K
US$99K
US$90K
2025
Data sourced from Big 4 Transparency crowdsourced salary database. All figures are median base salaries unless noted. Market benchmarks include all submissions across the database for the same country and level/stream. Service line groupings: Assurance & Tax includes Audit and Tax streams; Advisory & Consulting includes Advisory, Consulting, and Risk.
Geographic wage normalization: All comparisons use an accounting-market wage index derived from the Big 4 Transparency database itself — not a general cost-of-living index. For each major US city, the index averages the salary premium across multiple seniority levels and both service line groups, relative to the national median. Results: New York ≈ 109, San Francisco ≈ 112, Chicago ≈ 101, Dallas ≈ 99.
† Compensation by Level: Jan 2024–present submissions only, normalized to 2026 equivalents (2024 salaries ×1.087, 2025 ×1.032) using market-derived growth rates.
Geographic wage normalization: All comparisons use an accounting-market wage index derived from the Big 4 Transparency database itself — not a general cost-of-living index. For each major US city, the index averages the salary premium across multiple seniority levels and both service line groups, relative to the national median. Results: New York ≈ 109, San Francisco ≈ 112, Chicago ≈ 101, Dallas ≈ 99.
† Compensation by Level: Jan 2024–present submissions only, normalized to 2026 equivalents (2024 salaries ×1.087, 2025 ×1.032) using market-derived growth rates.