New accounts clerks

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Total Workforce

15.8k

Average Age

42.3

Average Salary

$51,017

Average Male Salary

$55,443

Average Female Salary

$49,049

About

New accounts clerks are most often employed by the Banking & related activities industry. The average yearly wage for New accounts clerks was $51,017 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to New accounts clerks by wage are Graphic designers, Flight attendants, and Postal service clerks.

New accounts clerks are part of the Office & Administrative Support Occupations, along with Firstline supervisors of office & administrative support workers, Switchboard operators, including answering service, Telephone operators, Communications equipment operators, all other, Bill & account collectors, and 45 more.

The top 3 locations that employ the most New accounts clerks are . The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of New accounts clerks are .

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Employment

Information on the businesses and industries that employ New accounts clerks and on wages and locations for those in the field. Banking & related activities is the industry that employs the most New accounts clerks, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for New accounts clerks, by average wage, is Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments. New accounts clerks are paid most in false but are relatively concentrated in false.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$51,017

AVERAGE SALARY

± $7,330

In 2018, New accounts clerks earned an average of $51,017, $2,872 less than than the average national salary of $53,888.

Graphic designers make somewhat more than New accounts clerks while Flight attendants make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to New accounts clerks as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.202

WAGE GINI

In 2018, New accounts clerks had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.202, which is lower than than the national average of 0.479. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for New accounts clerks (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

Wage by Location

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for New accounts clerks.

Spatial Concentration

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of New accounts clerks.

Industries

Most Common

The most common industries employing New accounts clerks, by number of employees, are Banking & related activities, Savings institutions, including credit unions , and Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments.

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for New accounts clerks, by average wage, are Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments, Nondepository credit & related activities, Banking & related activities, Banking & related activities, and Savings institutions, including credit unions .

Industries by Share

15.8k

2018 Workforce

± 3,090

-0.951%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 27.8%

The number of people employed as New accounts clerks has been declining at a rate of -0.951%, from 15,991 people in 2017 to 15,839 people in 2018.

This graphic shows the share of New accounts clerks employed by various industries. Banking & related activities employs the largest share of New accounts clerks at 64.5%, followed by Savings institutions, including credit unions with 15.5% and Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments with 8.25%.

Diversity

Demographic information on New accounts clerks in the US. The average age of male New accounts clerks in the workforce is 36.7 and of female New accounts clerks is 44.8, and the most common race/ethnicity for New accounts clerks is White (Non-Hispanic).

Gender Composition

4.88k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 1,714

11k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 2,571

69.2% of New accounts clerks are Female, making them the more common gender in the occupation. This chart shows the gender breakdown of New accounts clerks.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of New accounts clerks

White (Non-Hispanic)
Black (Non-Hispanic)
White (Hispanic)

54.6% of New accounts clerks are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 16.9% of New accounts clerks, Black (Non-Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of New accounts clerks.

Age by Gender

36.7

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 3.94

44.8

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 2.91

The median age of New accounts clerks is 42.3, and Male employees are generally 8.15 years younger than than their Female counterparts.

Education

Data on higher education choices for New accounts clerks from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for New accounts clerks is Business but a relatively high number of New accounts clerks hold a major in Psychology.

Majors

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

MOST COMMON MAJORS

MOST SPECIALIZED MAJORS

Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for New accounts clerks from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. New accounts clerks need many skills, but most especially Active Listening, Speaking, and Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that New accounts clerks need more than the average amount of Service Orientation, Mathematics, and Speaking.