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Career paths / Accountant

The Accountant’s road to $100K

14median years to cross $100K — from real careers
Whole-market median (Job Bank, 2025)
$79,697
$100K+ cohort median (2025)
$131,985
Top of the track (90th pct)
$150,919
On the Sunshine List
27

Two different populations, on purpose: the market median covers everyone in the occupation (hourly rates annualized at 37.5h/week); the cohort median covers only those already past $100K. The distance between them is the climb.

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Median disclosed Accountant salary, every year since the track first appeared on the list.

Who pays accountants most

  1. 1Ontario Securities Commission$133,370n=23

The top of the track

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