Employers and hiring managers can use DeWinter's 2025 Mid-Year Boston Finance & Accounting Salary Guide & Industry Report as a key tool for several aspects of their hiring and retention strategies, including:

• Setting Competitive Compensation: Our salary guide and industry report provides compensation data on current market rates for top finance and accounting roles, industries, specific to the Boston region. This information can help companies set competitive compensation packages, ensuring they can attract top talent without overpaying. By aligning job offers with industry standards, they make their job postings more appealing to candidates.
• Budgeting and Planning: The compensation data in DeWinter’s salary guide allows businesses to allocate resources strategically. They can use the salary ranges to create a compensation budget for new hires and current employees, ensuring they make competitive offers without jeopardizing the company's financial health.
• Improving Employee Retention: To retain valuable employees, companies use DeWinter’s salary guide to conduct regular pay audits and make sure that existing salaries remain competitive. If an employee is considering leaving, having a clear understanding of market rates helps managers create a fair counter-offer. This also helps to address pay equity and transparency, which can increase job satisfaction and reduce turnover.
• Negotiating Salaries: For hiring managers, our salary guide can provide guardrails during the negotiation process. Having a clear understanding of pay ranges and what the market is offering helps them handle negotiations with candidates more effectively and confidently.
• Promoting Fairness and Transparency: Salary guides help organizations establish fair and equitable pay structures. By creating compensation plans based on objective data rather than subjective factors, companies can reduce the risk of pay discrimination and foster a culture of fairness, which is increasingly important to employees.

• Benchmark Your Compensation: Use the salary ranges provided in the guide to understand the market rate for your specific role and experience level in the Boston area. This will help you determine if your current salary is competitive or if the salary offered in a new role is fair.
• Prepare for Salary Negotiations: The guide gives you objective, data-backed information to support your desired salary during negotiations. By referencing the market data, you can confidently justify your salary expectations and negotiate a fair compensation package.
• Identify In-Demand Skills and Roles: The Industry Report highlights in-demand positions and skills, including the impact of AI on the industry. This information is crucial for long-term career planning. You can identify skill gaps and areas where you should focus on professional development to remain competitive.
• Understand Market Trends: Beyond salaries, the guide offers insights into broader industry trends, such as return-to-office strategies. Understanding these trends will help you prepare for interviews and decide which companies align with your career and work-life preferences.
• Inform Your Career Path: By understanding the market trends and compensation data for various roles, you can make more informed decisions about your career trajectory. You can see which roles offer higher growth potential and align your career goals with the realities of the Boston finance and accounting market.

DeWinter’s 2025 Mid-Year Boston Finance & Accounting Salary Guide provides compensation bands for the following 27 finance and accounting roles:

• Chief Financial Officer
• VP FP&A
• VP Finance
• Head of Finance
• Director of Finance
• Finance Manager
• Senior Financial Analyst
• Financial Analyst
• Chief Accounting Officer
• Vice President/Controller
• Accounting Director
• Accounting Manager
• Senior Accountant
• Staff Accountant
• Accounts Receivable Manager
• Accounts Receivable Specialist
• Accounts Payable Manager
• Accounts Payable Specialist
• Payroll Director
• Payroll Manager
• Payroll Specialist
• SEC Technical Accounting Director
• SEC Reporting Manager
• SEC Reporting Analyst
• Revenue Director
• Revenue Manager
• Senior Revenue Analyst
• Revenue Analyst