CPA offices in Virginia 1,402 establishments · 19,709 employees · 2024
Firms (VA)
1,402
Employment
19,709
Avg Annual Pay
$137,622
State Rank
#13 of 52
How Virginia compares to national
Metric
Virginia
National
Virginia vs. U.S.
Establishments
1,402
63,589
2.2% of U.S. total
Avg annual pay
$137,622
$117,199
+$20,423 (+17.4%)
Location quotient
0.84
1.00
16% less dense than national
Avg firm size (employees)
14.1
8.5
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Year-over-year firm growth
-1.8%
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An establishment is a single physical location where business is conducted. A firm with multiple locations counts as multiple establishments. "Avg pay" is wages and salaries per employee, including bonuses and tips — for proprietorships, the owner's take is largely outside this number. The location quotient (LQ) of 0.84 means cpa offices are 16% under-represented in Virginia's business mix relative to the U.S. average.
Source. BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages — 2024 annual averages, private-ownership only, NAICS 541211. Establishment counts include any firm with at least one paid employee covered by state unemployment insurance.
SMB Density · firm counts, employment, and wages by industry × state · data from BLS QCEW 2024 annual (private ownership, state-level; mostly 6-digit NAICS, 3 specialty-trade industries at 5-digit aggregation) · data.json