Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks

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2020 Workforce

1.15M

Average Age

48.4

Estimated Job Growth

−5.7%

10-year projection

Average Salary

$40,353

Average Male Salary

$49,611

Average Female Salary

$38,993

About

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 $40,353 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks by wage are Miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters, Medical, dental, & ophthalmic laboratory technicians, and Solar photovoltaic installers.

Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing 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 Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks are Arcadia, San Gabriel & Temple City Cities PUMA, CA, Minot City PUMA, ND, and Bellevue City PUMA, NE. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks are Garfield, Routt, Moffat & Rio Blanco Counties PUMA, CO, Elmore, Jerome, Blaine, Minidoka, Gooding, Lincoln & Camas Counties PUMA, ID, and Northeast Georgia Regional Commission (East) PUMA, GA.

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks and on wages and locations 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. Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks are paid most in Sharonville, Blue Ash, Springdale & Reading Cities PUMA, OH but are relatively concentrated in Garfield, Routt, Moffat & Rio Blanco Counties PUMA, CO.

Yearly Wage

$40,353

AVERAGE SALARY

± $780

In 2020, Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks earned an average of $40,353, $15,601 less than than the average national salary of $55,954.

Miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters make somewhat more than Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks while Solar photovoltaic installers make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.334

WAGE GINI

In 2015, Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.334, which is lower than than the national average of 0.478. 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).

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks.

Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks.

Most Common

The most common industries employing Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks, by number of employees, are Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping & payroll services, Construction, Elementary & secondary schools, Banking & related activities, Lessors of real estate, and offices of real estate agents and brokers, Traveler accommodation, General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals, Car Dealers, Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores, and Executive offices & legislative bodies.

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks, by average wage, are Aluminum production & processing, Metal forgings & stampings, and National security & international affairs.

Industries by Share

1.15M

2020 Workforce

± 26,216

−0.00774%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 3.23%

The number of people employed as Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks has been declining at a rate of −0.00774%, from 1,149,220 people in 2019 to 1,149,131 people in 2020.

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 8.02%, followed by Construction with 7.44% and Elementary & secondary schools with 3.05%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks in the US. The average age of male Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks in the workforce is 42.3 and of female Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks is 49.2, and the most common race/ethnicity for Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks is White (Non-Hispanic).

Composition by Sex

147k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 9,413

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 24,493

87.2% of Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks are Female, making them the more common sex in the occupation. This chart shows the sex breakdown of Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks

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

71.8% of Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 7.64% of Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks, Black (Non-Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks.

Age by Sex

42.3

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 1.02

49.2

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 0.337

The median age of Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks is 48.4, and Male employees are generally 6.95 years younger than than their Female counterparts.

Education

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 a relatively high number of Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks hold a major in Business.

Majors

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

MOST COMMON MAJORS

MOST SPECIALIZED MAJORS

Skills

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, and Mathematics. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Bookkeeping, accounting, & auditing clerks need more than the average amount of Mathematics, Management of Financial Resources, and Service Orientation.

Radar Distribution

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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 3.71%, but Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks are expected to see a growth of −5.7% 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.

−5.7%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

3.71%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. This profession is expected to grow less than than 3.71%, the average rate of national job growth.