Accountants average €71,000 a year

A TYPICAL Irish chartered accountant earns €71,000 a year but the salary range goes from €24,000 to €480,000, according to the Leinster Society of Chartered Accountants (LSCA).

The figures were uncovered after 625 Chartered Accountants responded to the survey, which was carried out in February by Brendan Burgess of The Accountants Panel on behalf of the LSCA.

The survey identified the typical chartered accountant as having qualified in 1996. He or she is employed as a financial accountant in a large company earning an average remuneration package of €71,000 a year.