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Tax Specialist Career Market Report 2026

376 active jobs. 202 companies. Median salary $80K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

376
Active Job Openings
202
Companies Hiring
$80K
Median Salary (US)
57%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Tax Specialist market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 57% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $80K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $64K to $124K.

Remote roles pay 13% below the US national median

Remote positions in this field tend to be at companies with lower average pay scales, or reflect geographic salary adjustments.

Tax Preparation is the most-demanded skill at 54%

Excel demand rose +21.8pp — fastest-growing skill

stafffinancialgroup leads hiring with 39 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Junior → Senior (+$19K, +30%)

Salary increase: +$19K · Sample: Junior → Senior

AI automation risk: medium-high (score 70/100)

Score: 70/100 · AI/LLM demand: 18% of postings

Week-over-week changes reflect dataset expansion, not market surge

Recent growth in tracked postings is from adding new data sources, not a one-week hiring boom. Interpret trend data with this in mind.

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Senior15$75K$84K$124K
Junior3$60K$65K$80K

What jumps out

Junior → Senior: +$19K (30%) — the biggest single-step increase. The salary curve is back-loaded: the largest raises come at transitions where scope changes from executing tasks to owning outcomes, or from owning outcomes to shaping architecture across teams.

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States17$81KUSD
Remote6$70KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site2.1%
Remote12.8%
Hybrid2.1%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

Tax Preparation
54%
Excel
46%
CPA
31%
AI/LLM
18%
SAP
17%
Financial Reporting
16%
GAAP
8%
Auditing
7%
Project Management
7%
SOX Compliance
7%
IFRS
6%
Accounts Payable
4%

Skills on the Rise

Excel ↑+21.8ppSAP ↑+17.4ppFinancial Reporting ↑+7.1ppAuditing ↑+7.0ppIFRS ↑+5.6pp

Declining in Demand

Journalism ↓-40.5ppFiling ↓-16.7ppAttention to Detail ↓-13.9ppCPA ↓-9.4ppMental Health ↓-9.3pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
stafffinancialgroup3910.4%
hantzgroup195.1%
Cas61.6%
Dma41.1%
Trafigura41.1%
Ownwell41.1%
Oscar41.1%
meritadvisors41.1%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States86
Remote17
Philippines17
India11
United Kingdom8
Germany7
Mexico6
Poland6

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree42.7%91
Bachelor's Degree28.2%60
Master's Degree13.6%29
MBA0.9%2
PhD / Doctorate0.5%1

Certifications

CPA (41%)MBA (1%)

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