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Accounting & Audit: jobs, conferences and layoffs

Public accounting, tax, internal audit and corporate accounting. Accounting & Audit has about 12,489 verified open jobs on NextChapter right now, with a typical posted salary of $108,000 a year. About 31% of openings are entry or early-career level. Payroll employment in the closest BLS sector is up 0.6% over the past year (September 2026). 1 WARN layoff notices were filed in the last 12 months. 111 conferences are tagged to it, 86 with dates announced.

Accounting & Audit market snapshot

Every figure names its source and period. Estimates are labeled as estimates.

Verified open jobs
about 12,489

Source: NextChapter job data, jobs verified live in the last 7 days.

Typical posted salary
$108,000 a year (middle half $75,000 to $140,000)

Source: NextChapter job data: salary ranges employers posted, midpoint of each range, 1,690 of the newest 5,000 verified open jobs.

Entry or early-career level
31% of openings

Source: NextChapter job data: level read from the full posting, newest 5,000 verified open jobs.

Ask for AI skills
1% of openings

Source: NextChapter job data: AI-skill tagger on the posting text, newest 5,000 verified open jobs.

Remote
2% of openings

Source: NextChapter job data, newest 5,000 verified open jobs.

Employment, year over year
+0.6% in professional and business services, the closest BLS sector

Source: BLS Current Employment Statistics, seasonally adjusted payroll employment, September 2026.

WARN layoff notices, Accounting & Audit
1 notices naming 7 workers

Source: State WARN filings collected by NextChapter, last 12 months.

States with the most notices
IN (1)

Source: State WARN filings collected by NextChapter, last 12 months.

Most recent notice
Jun 26, 2026

Source: State WARN filings collected by NextChapter.

Conferences in the catalog for Accounting & Audit
111, 86 with dates announced

Source: NextChapter conference catalog, checked against each event’s own site.

Next conference
Oracle AI World, Oct 25, 2026

Source: NextChapter conference catalog.

Median published ticket price
$1,095

Source: NextChapter conference catalog, lowest published price, 39 conferences with a price.

Open calls for speakers
10 conferences

Source: NextChapter conference catalog.

Skills most often named in openings

  1. 1. audit12%
  2. 2. excel7%
  3. 3. gaap6%
  4. 4. accounts payable6%
  5. 5. budgeting4%
  6. 6. erp4%
  7. 7. forecasting4%
  8. 8. accounts receivable4%

States with the most openings

  1. 1. CA10%
  2. 2. PA9%
  3. 3. NY9%
  4. 4. FL7%
  5. 5. IL6%

Open Accounting & Audit jobs

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Functions hiring in this industry

Employers hiring

Accounting & Audit conferences

Dates, costs, calls for speakers and who runs each one.

Showing 60 of 111 conferences, 86 with dates announced.

Industry associations and organizers

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