Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks

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Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks are most often employed by the Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping & payroll services industry. The average yearly wage for Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks was $48,770 in 2024.

The locations that employ the most Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks are Travis County (Northeast)--Pflugerville, Manor Cities & Wells Branch PUMA, TX, Lewis and Clark & Cascade Counties--Great Falls & Helena City PUMA, MT, and Los Angeles County (East Central)--Arcadia, San Gabriel & Temple City Cities PUMA, CA. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks are Lewis and Clark & Cascade Counties--Great Falls & Helena City PUMA, MT, Harris County (Far North)--Spring PUMA, TX, and Ocean County (Lakewood) PUMA, NJ.

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Employment

Employment and salary information for the Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks workforce. Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks workforce in 2024 was 1,172,268 people, of which 86.5% were women and 13.5% were men. Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks are paid most in Hamilton County (North Central)--Sharonville, Blue Ash, Springdale & Reading Cities PUMA, OH but are relatively concentrated in Lewis and Clark & Cascade Counties--Great Falls & Helena City PUMA, MT.

Employment Over Time

Metric

Grouping

158,299

Male Workforce

± 9.76k

1,013,969

Female Workforce

± 24.6k

The Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks workforce in 2024 was 1,172,268 people (86.5% women and 13.5% men). This implies an average annual growth of −5.32% between 2014 (1,238,172) and 2024 (1,172,268).

Employment by Location

Level

Metric

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks.

During 2024, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were District of Columbia ($62,861), Connecticut ($57,760), and California ($56,223).

Yearly Wage Ranking

$48,770

AVERAGE WAGE

#317 in the ranking (2014)

$69,878

NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE

For all occupations across the US

In 2024, Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks earned an average of $48,770, $21,107 less than the average national salary of $69,878

The graph shows the ranking of Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks in relation to all Detailed Occupation in 2014.

Wage Distribution

Gender

0.338

WAGE GINI

In 2024, Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.338, which is lower than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Industry

Information on the industries that employ Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks and on wages for those in the field. Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping & payroll services is the industry that employs the most Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks, by average wage, is Aluminum production & processing ($118,587).

Occupations by Industries

Metric

Value

1.17M

2024 Workforce

± 26,481

1.44%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 3.16%

This graphic shows the share of Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks employed by various industries. Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping & payroll services employs the largest share of Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks at 41.6%, followed by Construction with 35.9% and Elementary & secondary schools with 12.9%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks in the US. The workforce of Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks in 2024 was 1,172,268 people, with 86.5% woman, and 13.5% men. The average age of male Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks in the workforce is 42.9 and of female Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks is 49.9, and the most common race/ethnicity for Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks in 2024 was 1,172,268 people, with 86.5% woman, and 13.5% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 55 to 59 years (156,701 people), 60 to 64 years (153,577 people), and 50 to 54 years (144,601 people). Among them they concentrated 38.8% of the total workforce.

Ethnicity

Gender

In 2024, 15.1% of Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks workers were Hispanic and 84.9% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (57.3%), Puerto Rican (10.8)%, and Cuban (5.13)%

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Races

In 2024, 70.5% of the Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks workforce were White, of which 88.5% were women and 11.5% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Two or More Races (10.2%) and Black (7.7%).

Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks is Business but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2024 were Business.

Among the necessary skills for Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks, Reading Comprehension stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks need more than the average amount of Mathematics.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.

Type of Majors

Degree

The most common majors achieved by Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks in 2024 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (105,005 people), Education (19,588 people), and Social Sciences (14,391 people).

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Education Levels

Metric

The main educational levels achieved by the Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks workers were Some college (412,174 people), High School or Equivalent (302,244 people), and Bachelors Degree (195,943 people).

The graphic shows the Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks workforce by gender and educational level.

Skills

Chart

Value

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Mathematics.

Projections

Projections on job growth for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The 10-year national workforce is projected to grow 3.07%, but Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks are expected to see a growth of −5.84% over the same period. This occupation is expected to grow less than the national average.

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparible industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks.

−5.84%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

3.07%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks. This profession is expected to grow less than than 3.07%, the average rate of national job growth.

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