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Accountants and Auditors
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.
What an accountants and auditor does
Become an accountants and auditor
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good accountants and auditor
- 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.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Average hourly rate is $44 per hour with an average salary of $90,500 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $32 and $50 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $65,800 and $103,400 per year.
Accountants And Auditor job outlook
- There are 33,528 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 5,850 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.