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Accountants & Auditors

What do they do?

Examine, analyze, and interpret accounting records to prepare financial statements, give advice, or audit and evaluate statements prepared by others. Install or advise on systems of recording costs or other financial and budgetary data.

Education Required

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

What Does This Job Pay?

Median Annual Salary: $79,880
Median Hourly Salary: $38
$50,440
$79,880
$137,280
One out of ten earn less than $50,440
The median salary is $79,880
One out of ten earn more than $137,280

Top Skills For This Job

  • Basic Skills
  • Reading work related information
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • Problem Solving
  • Reading work related information
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
  • People and Technology Systems
  • Reading work related information
  • Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
  • Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one

Will There Be Jobs?

New job opportunities are very likely in the future.

Typical Daily Tasks

  • Prepare detailed reports on audit findings.
  • Report to management about asset utilization and audit results, and recommend changes in operations and financial activities.
  • Collect and analyze data to detect deficient controls, duplicated effort, extravagance, fraud, or non-compliance with laws, regulations, and management policies.