The 2025 Salary Guide
and Employment Outlook
Alliance Resource Group's 2025 Financial Salary Guide and Employment Outlook
We ended last year with a sense of cautious optimism. Unemployment was at a historic low, inflation has begun to slowly drop, and global supply issues were no longer widespread.
After spending much of 2023 waiting for a recession that never happened, many of the leaders we work with have reported a better-than-expected 2024. Hiring in Accounting and Finance remains strong, and many clients and companies are still experiencing growth and success.
Of course, the optimism comes with a qualifier: caution. Geopolitical uncertainties (including our own U.S. elections), persistent inflation, questions about the timing of any rate reductions (any day now?), the unknowns around technology (including the recent global outage and AI), and other unpredictable factors all suggest it’s best to move forward with eyes wide open. Also, August’s lower-than-expected job growth and some big dips in stocks have brought back some discussions of a light recession later this year. Those were tempered by news that inflation dipped below 3% for the first time since 2021.
So, what does this mean for 2025? How should finance leaders approach a year with so many variables.
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THE 2025 FINANCIAL SALARY GUIDE AND EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK WILL INCLUDE:
- A review of the 2024 accounting and finance labor and recruiting market with a specific focus on Southern California.
- A projection of expected changes for 2025 and a forecast of next year’s accounting and finance job market.
- Employee and industry trends that will likely shape 2025.
- A comparison of key regional and national economic data.
- A thorough overview of compensation ranges and average bonuses paid at all levels of finance and accounting, public accounting, accounting operations, treasury, tax and internal audit positions.
