Do you want to live where others vacation? Sarasota, Lakewood Ranch, and Tampa Bay offer opportunities for accounting careers in Southwest Florida!
Kerkering Barberio offers a variety of positions, an impressive career track, growth opportunities, community involvement, competitive pay, hybrid working options, and more.
Most houses in the Sarasota/Tampa Bay area are less than 30 minutes from the beach
The average hourly pay for the average job in Florida is $24.96 an hour
The median age in Florida is 41.6 years
Florida’s median home value is $237,100
There is no state income tax in Florida
Florida sales tax is 6% - 8.50%
Florida property tax: 0.83% average effective rate
Florida gas tax is currently $0.28/gallon for regular and $0.32/gallon for diesel
The population of Florida is 21,944,600 people. The state stretches across 65,755 square miles (170,304 square kilometers). Florida is the eighth most densely populated state in the United States with 353.4 people per square mile, (136.4 per square kilometer).
Florida’s median age is approximately 41.6 years
Florida’s population is made up of 51.1% females and 48.9% males
Florida has recorded a 15.18% population growth since 2010
Jacksonville is the largest city in Florida by population (900,000+)
Miami-Dade County is the largest county by population in Florida
Sarasota County’s population is 447,057 people (52% are female)
If the weather is one of the key things you’re considering before moving to Florida, the sunshine state has mostly sunny weather. You won’t have to worry about cold or shoveling snow in winter. Florida’s summer high in July is around 91 degrees.
Florida’s average winter low in January is about 49 degrees
Florida’s average rainfall averages 55 inches a year
Florida averages zero inches of snow a year
Florida’s average one-way commute time is 27.0 minutes. The national average is 26.4 minutes. That means commuting in Florida is slightly longer than the U.S. average. Since you’re considering moving to Florida, here’s how people in the sunshine state commute to work:
About 79.5% of Floridians drive their own car alone
Around 9.2% of Floridian’s carpool with others
Up to 5.6% of Floridians work from home
About 2.0% of Floridians take mass transit
Florida has no state income tax
You’ll enjoy the sunny weather in Florida
You don’t have to worry about shoveling snow in the winter
There are many state parks and world-class beaches in Florida
You can enjoy many outdoor sports in Florida
Florida is home some of the world’s best theme parks
You’ll find plenty of interesting and exotic animal life
Florida is a cosmopolitan state with a diverse population
Homes are affordable in Florida
You can easily grow oranges and grapefruit in your own yard
Florida is home to top-quality schools
Visit the Everglades National Park
Spend the day at Walt Disney World
Explore Universal Studios
Visit Kennedy Space Center
Explore Busch Gardens Tampa
Spend quality time at Miami Beach
Visit the Dry Tortugas National Park in Key West
Experience the Daytona 500
Explore Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg
Visit the St. Augustine’s Historic District
Explore the Vizcaya Museum and Gardens in Miami
Catch a glimpse of the Coral Castle in Homestead
Explore the Museum of Science and Discovery in Fort Lauderdale
Considering a move to Florida with children? Here are the 10 Best Schools in the area
Pine View School
Rating 10/10
Ashton Elementary School
Rating 10/10
Southside Elementary School
Rating 10/10
Phillippi Shores Elementary School
Rating 10/10
Pine View School
Rating 10/10
Sarasota Middle School
Rating 10/10
Sarasota School of Arts/Sciences
Rating 9/10
Brookside Middle School
Rating 8/10
Pine View School
Rating 10/10
Suncoast Plytechnical High School
Rating 10/10
Venice Senior High School
Rating 8/10
Riverview High School
Rating 8/10
Why move to the accounting industry?
Whether you’re a new graduate, a seasoned pro or someone who may be looking to make a career change, you may ask yourself, “What is the value proposition of a career in public accounting?” The answers are many!
Accounting is a career that garners respect and has a positive reputation as an industry that takes the high road to do the right thing for the client. Public accounting is also a field where we can practice with an attitude of abundance—there are many clients out there who need us! Our work with clients can span over many years, giving us a long-term view of how we help our clients. Each client offers a unique challenge or “puzzle to solve” including working through client transitions.
At KB, our team of professionals are proud to offer many opportunities for collaboration and a strong culture where you can make a difference in the lives of your clients and your co-workers. Whether you’re mentoring others by working with college students in our intern program or volunteering in the community as part of the KB team, there are a variety of ways you can interact and develop meaningful relationships.
In public accounting, no two days are the same as you work with different clients and interpret ever-changing tax laws. What is predictable is that CPA firms are by nature very stable businesses, providing financial stability and job security in good economic times and bad. While tax season can be hectic, technology offers more flexibility than ever, including the opportunity to work remotely. Working together with your KB team members, referral sources and other professionals, you’ll feel a sense of pride in becoming a catalyst for change in your community.
What many don’t realize about the accounting field is that there are many different opportunities for advancement and a variety of paths to explore as part of a CPA firm, including the ability to specialize. If life changes and you need to make course corrections to balance work and family, the opportunities for a career at Kerkering Barberio are plentiful and flexible. By making an investment in your career to pursue your CPA and commit to a firm, the goal of ownership can be realized with shareholder status.
The Firm is committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion. The Firm’s employees are the most valuable asset the Firm has. The collective sum of the individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, inventiveness, innovation, self-expression, unique capabilities, and talent that the Firm’s employees invest in their work represents a significant part of not only the Firm’s culture but the Firm’s reputation and achievements. The Firm embraces and encourages employees’ differences in age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make the Firm’s employees unique.
If you’re exploring new positions or a career change into the accounting field, we’d like to hear from you! Please email your résumé to our Talent Acquisition team at
