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Working as an accountant in the United States

What official sources say about working as an accountant in the United States: what the occupation group earns and how foreign qualifications are recognised.

In the United States, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes accountants, earns ≈ 7,644 EUR/month (gross, 2025). Accountant is a regulated profession in the United States.

Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
≈ 7,644 EUR/month (gross, 2025)
Regulation
Regulated

Pay

Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals" in the United States: ≈ 7,644 EUR/month (gross, 2025), from ILO. An occupation group is wider than one job title: it is the pay of everyone the group holds, not of accountants alone.

Regulation and recognition

Accountant is a regulated profession in the United States.

Recognition authority
State Board of Accountancy for intended jurisdiction.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Accountant in the United States: salary and recognition [ImmigrationDB compilation; version c4470900a4d0cbc8a650a862aff315ac]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/accountant/united-states/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Sources

  1. U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsLicenses, Certifications, and Registrations, lines 279-283: state Board of Accountancy lic · Checked 2026-10-10
  2. ILOILOSTAT mean earnings by occupation (EAR_EMTA_SEX_OCU_CUR_NB) · Checked 2026-07-30