re: Houston Area O&G CPA

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With that being said, I would think those avg rates are a little high. I would think an avg rate for a firm would be somewhere around 175, but I could definitely be mistaken

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CPA prices in Houston are nuts. Chalk it up to all the money flying around town right now, plus a shortage of qualified staff. CPAs make a lot of money there because there are always tons more openings than qualified people.

Case in point: 5 years ago I worked as a senior with 4 years exp, at a 20 person firm, in Houston, and my bill rate was 210/hr.

Today, I work as a manager with 9 years exp in a 40 person firm, in NOLA, and my bill rate is 180/hr.

Also, at my relatively small firm in Houston, we basically could not get a 1040 out the door for less than $1,000, when you add in all the hourly fees and the "processing fee" which basically covered our software, copies, technology, etc. The only ones we did for less than $1,000 were children of clients.

It's a totally different market there.