Career
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
Keep the financial records accurate.
$50,670
Median pay
-5.6%
Job growth, 2025–35
144,100
Openings a year
Some college, no degree
Typical education
Varies
Typical time after high school
Here's what you actually need to know.
The work
What people in this job do
- 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.
The outlook
How the forecast changed this year
The deeper question
What kind of person does this path ask you to become?
What this work centers on
O*NET interest profile, scored 1–7.
The work
Do you want most of your days spent on information & systems, then persuasion & leadership?
Responsibility
Are you willing to be the one responsible for this?
“Operate computers programmed with accounting software to record, store, and analyze information.”
Development
What would you need to build over the next 5–10 years?
Mathematics, Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking.
Trade-offs
What does it ask of you in exchange?
Varies of education after high school (some college, no degree), for a median of $50,670 a year and 144,100 openings nationally each year.
Paths in
Degrees that lead here
- AccountingSee the degree →
- Accounting Technology/Technician and BookkeepingCIP 52.0302
Paths across
Careers that use similar skills
- Billing and Posting Clerks$48,500 · -0.1%
- Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$58,260 · -15.9%
- Brokerage Clerks$65,750 · -7.6%
- Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks$50,080 · -7.4%
- Office Clerks, General$45,010 · -6.0%
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Sources
- BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34 (archived), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- O*NET 31.0 Database (August 2026), National Center for O*NET Development / U.S. Department of Labor. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 Crosswalk, NCES and BLS. Retrieved 2026-10-01.