Exactly 29,350 of New Jersey's 108,250 accounting professionals work in South Orange. Between 2006 and 2010, in South Orange, there has been a 2% decline in the number of accounting professionals. As the number of accounting professionals in South Orange has decreased, overall employment in South Orange has increased.

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As the number of accounting professionals in South Orange has shrunk, salaries for accounting professionals have increased. In 2010 South Orange accounting professionals earned an average yearly salary of $54,635. Four years earlier in 2006, accounting professionals in South Orange made an average salary of $48,035 per year. The growth in the salary of accounting professionals in South Orange is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Accounting professionals in South Orange make a median yearly salary of $52,300. The 10% of accounting professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $33,580 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 134% higher salaries.

On average accounting professional salaries in South Orange are lower than salaries earned by their professional counterparts in related professions.

Many of South Orange's accounting professionals are graduates of the only accredited accounting school in the city.

There are a total of 2 degree and certificate programs in accounting offered by South Orange's accounting schools.

Approximately 56 students completed accounting courses in 2010.