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Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks

Compute, classify, and record numerical data to keep financial records complete. Perform any combination of routine calculating, posting, and verifying duties to obtain primary financial data for use in maintaining accounting records. May also check the accuracy of figures, calculations, and postings pertaining to business transactions recorded by other workers.

Median salary (BLS)

$50,670

10th–90th percentile (BLS)

$36k – $75k

Job outlook

No separate BLS projection for this specific role

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Early-career check: graduates of the matching programs below typically earn $112,000 ten years after starting college — an early-career figure, vs. the all-experience BLS median above. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard.

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Education

Typical entry: Associate degree

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Typical progression

  1. Junior Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks

    Entry / Junior

    $36,000

    ~2 yrs to advance

  2. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks

    Established

    $50,670

    ~3 yrs to advance

  3. Senior Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks

    Senior

    $62,610

Key skills

A typical day

  • •Operate computers programmed with accounting software to record, store, and analyze information.
  • •Check figures, postings, and documents for correct entry, mathematical accuracy, and proper codes.
  • •Comply with federal, state, and company policies, procedures, and regulations.
  • •Operate 10-key calculators, typewriters, and copy machines to perform calculations and produce documents.
  • •Receive, record, and bank cash, checks, and vouchers.

Fields of study

Any field

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