Chartered accountants earn €73,000 a year

A chartered accountant who qualified in 1997 and is employed in industry and commerce earns an average annual remuneration package of just under €73,000, according to the Annual Salary Survey of the Leinster Society of Chartered Accountants (LSCA).

A total of 404 Chartered Accountants responded to the survey, which was carried out in January by Brendan Burgess of The Accountants Panel on behalf of the LSCA.