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Bookkeeping And Accounting Clerks
Career and Education Info
Job Numbers and Growth
The count of bookkeeping and accounting clerks working in the US is about 2,114,000. Unemployment for this career is low compared to other careers.
Part-Time Work and Self-Employment
A government survey revealed that 25% of employees work only part of the time. Bookkeeping and accounting clerks who work as their own boss represent 7% of the total.
Training and Education
Many employers require moderate-term on-the-job training from job applicants. Bachelor's degrees are held by 16% of employees. People with some college experience but no degree make up 50% of bookkeeping and accounting clerks. The highest level of education for for 34% of workers was a high school diploma. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.
Area Job Conditions
There are comparatively more jobs of this type in Great Falls (Montana), Casper (Wyoming), and Missoula (Montana), and comparatively fewer in Warner Robins (Georgia), Ann Arbor (Michigan), and Jackson (Tennessee).
The earning potential for bookkeeping and accounting clerks appears to be highest in San Jose (California), San Francisco (California), and Bridgeport (Connecticut), and lowest (comparatively speaking) in McAllen (Texas), Laredo (Texas), and Weirton (West Virginia).
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Bookkeeping And Accounting Clerks: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area
The table below shows data for Bookkeeping And Accounting Clerks, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Bookkeeping And Accounting Clerks are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Bookkeeping And Accounting Clerks are starred .
State Area Positions Typical Pay Popularity in Area Alabama Anniston 480 $27,050 0.8 Alabama Auburn 540 $28,530 1 Alabama Birmingham 7,030 $31,860 1 Alabama Decatur 660 $27,580 1 Alabama Dothan 990 $28,740 1.3 Alabama Florence 500 $26,810 0.8 Alabama Gadsden 480 $28,630 1.2 Alabama Huntsville 2,260 $29,650 0.8 Alabama Mobile 2,680 $28,810 1.1 Alabama Montgomery 2,510 $29,600 1.1 Alabama Tuscaloosa 1,160 $27,970 1 Alaska Anchorage 2,220 $38,960 1 Alaska Fairbanks 520 $37,710 1.4 Arizona Flagstaff 630 $32,760 0.9 Arizona Kingman 760 $30,020 1.2 Arizona Phoenix 22,850 $35,160 0.9 Arizona Prescott 970 $33,420 1.3 Arizona Tucson 4,340 $32,990 0.9 Arizona Yuma 740 $28,980 1 Arkansas Fayetteville 2,750 $29,240 1 Arkansas Fort Smith 1,770 $27,080 1.2 Arkansas Hot Springs 730 $25,200 1.7 Arkansas Jonesboro 750 $29,110 1.3 Arkansas Little Rock 5,410 $31,130 1.2 Arkansas Pine Bluff 460 $28,770 1.2 California Bakersfield 2,940 $32,750 0.8 California Chico 1,060 $32,860 1.2 California El Centro 630 $30,200 1 California Fresno 4,630 $34,160 1 California Hanford 430 $34,080 1.3 California Madera 600 $33,220 1.4 California Merced 640 $35,300 0.9 California Modesto 2,190 $35,220 1 California Napa 940 $40,060 1.2 California Oakland 13,170 $41,490 0.9 California Oxnard 4,320 $37,850 1.1 California Redding 1,000 $32,670 1.2 California Riverside 14,800 $35,570 0.8 California Sacramento 12,440 $37,190 1 California Salinas 1,950 $39,450 0.9 California San Diego 15,850 $37,170 0.8 California San Francisco 13,170 $44,380 0.9 California San Jose 10,320 $43,800 0.8 California San Luis Obispo 1,570 $35,150 1.2 California Santa Ana 20,230 $38,640 0.9 California Santa Barbara 2,440 $39,170 1.1 California Santa Cruz 1,490 $41,470 1.3 California Santa Rosa 3,120 $39,980 1.3 California Stockton 3,040 $35,230 1.1 California Vallejo 1,700 $37,910 1.1 California Visalia 1,600 $33,940 0.9 California Yuba City 540 $32,080 1.2 Colorado Boulder 2,170 $35,430 1 Colorado Colorado Springs 3,060 $32,420 0.9 Colorado Denver 16,940 $36,110 1 Colorado Fort Collins 1,840 $33,230 1.2 Colorado Grand Junction 890 $29,300 1.3 Colorado Greeley 1,080 $31,280 1.1 Colorado Pueblo 740 $28,680 1.1 Connecticut Bridgeport 7,310 $42,530 1.2 Connecticut Danbury 1,610 $40,160 1.8 Connecticut Hartford 7,320 $39,630 0.9 Connecticut New Haven 4,210 $38,820 1.1 Connecticut Norwich 1,580 $34,930 1 Connecticut Waterbury 790 $36,150 0.9 Delaware Dover 770 $30,510 1.1 Delaware Wilmington 4,860 $36,640 1.1 District of Columbia Washington 24,810 $40,870 0.8 Florida Cape Coral 3,610 $31,520 1.3 Florida Deltona 2,210 $29,970 1.1 Florida Fort Lauderdale 11,260 $34,360 1.1 Florida Fort Walton Beach 1,040 $30,150 1.1 Florida Gainesville 1,770 $30,000 1.2 Florida Jacksonville 9,970 $31,690 1.2 Florida Lakeland 2,800 $29,520 1.1 Florida Miami 16,090 $32,680 1.2 Florida Naples 1,720 $34,380 1.1 Florida Ocala 1,340 $30,260 1.1 Florida Orlando 12,940 $31,330 0.9 Florida Palm Bay 2,520 $31,300 1 Florida Palm Coast 260 $28,330 1.8 Florida Panama City 1,280 $28,850 1.5 Florida Pensacola 3,520 $28,580 1.8 Florida Port St Lucie 1,940 $31,950 1.2 Florida Punta Gorda 560 $27,770 1.2 Florida Sarasota 3,920 $32,720 1.1 Florida Sebastian 770 $31,720 1.3 Florida Tallahassee 2,160 $30,170 1 Florida Tampa 18,390 $32,090 1.1 Florida West Palm Beach 8,150 $34,870 1.1 Georgia Albany 880 $28,060 1.2 Georgia Athens 1,160 $30,010 1.2 Georgia Atlanta 34,130 $34,660 1 Georgia Augusta 2,710 $29,460 1 Georgia Brunswick 660 $29,510 1.3 Georgia Columbus 1,470 $30,120 1 Georgia Dalton 810 $29,660 0.8 Georgia Gainesville 1,130 $31,250 1.3 Georgia Hinesville 140 $29,900 1 Georgia Macon 1,660 $29,120 1.3 Georgia Rome 440 $27,530 1 Georgia Savannah 2,120 $31,170 1.1 Georgia Valdosta 820 $28,790 1.2 Georgia Warner Robins 440 $30,500 0.7 Hawaii Honolulu 5,920 $34,030 1 Idaho Boise 4,360 $30,730 1.2 Idaho Coeur Dalene 860 $29,890 1.3 Idaho Idaho Falls 680 $25,560 1.2 Idaho Lewiston 390 $30,300 1.5 Idaho Pocatello 390 $26,470 1.1 Illinois Bloomington 1,330 $33,450 1.5 Illinois Champaign 1,500 $33,360 1.2 Illinois Chicago 43,780 $36,800 0.8 Illinois Danville 380 $27,850 1.3 Illinois Decatur 650 $29,080 1.1 Illinois Kankakee 510 $28,280 1.2 Illinois Peoria 2,400 $31,790 1.1 Illinois Rockford 1,540 $34,660 0.8 Illinois Springfield 1,870 $30,550 1.4 Indiana Anderson 550 $31,320 1.2 Indiana Bloomington 1,090 $29,670 1.3 Indiana Columbus 560 $31,760 1.1 Indiana Elkhart 1,740 $32,320 1 Indiana Evansville 2,620 $31,090 1.1 Indiana Fort Wayne 2,800 $30,920 1 Indiana Gary 3,740 $34,300 1 Indiana Indianapolis 13,000 $34,810 1 Indiana Kokomo 580 $28,090 1.4 Indiana Lafayette 1,250 $30,940 1.3 Indiana Michigan City 660 $29,930 1.3 Indiana Muncie 590 $29,630 1.1 Indiana South Bend 2,080 $31,220 1.2 Indiana Terre Haute 880 $29,620 1 Iowa Ames 560 $31,460 1.3 Iowa Cedar Rapids 1,830 $30,180 1 Iowa Davenport 2,390 $30,110 1 Iowa Des Moines 5,020 $33,080 1.1 Iowa Dubuque 670 $27,580 1.1 Iowa Iowa City 940 $31,690 1 Iowa Sioux City 1,070 $28,740 1.2 Iowa Waterloo 1,180 $29,720 1.1 Kansas Lawrence 750 $29,520 1.4 Kansas Topeka 1,720 $29,890 1.2 Kansas Wichita 4,310 $29,620 1 Kentucky Bowling Green 790 $28,240 1.1 Kentucky Elizabethtown 420 $29,960 0.8 Kentucky Lexington 3,420 $30,430 1 Kentucky Louisville 8,280 $31,540 1 Kentucky Owensboro 700 $28,170 1.2 Louisiana Alexandria 820 $28,780 1.1 Louisiana Baton Rouge 5,190 $31,500 1 Louisiana Houma 1,180 $28,960 1 Louisiana Lafayette 2,610 $31,100 1.4 Louisiana Lake Charles 1,310 $30,500 1.2 Louisiana Monroe 1,330 $28,390 1.3 Louisiana New Orleans 7,350 $33,710 1 Louisiana Shreveport 2,340 $30,570 1 Maine Bangor 660 $30,290 0.8 Maine Lewiston 560 $30,060 0.9 Maine Portland 2,460 $33,700 0.9 Maryland Baltimore 15,080 $37,170 0.8 Maryland Bethesda 5,970 $41,900 0.8 Maryland Cumberland 340 $29,840 0.8 Maryland Hagerstown 940 $32,130 0.7 Maryland Salisbury 700 $30,600 1.1 Massachusetts Barnstable Town 1,660 $36,180 1.3 Massachusetts Boston 26,570 $39,530 1.1 Massachusetts Brockton 1,140 $38,460 1 Massachusetts Framingham 1,760 $37,610 0.8 Massachusetts Haverhill 1,120 $35,720 1.1 Massachusetts Lawrence 910 $37,960 1.3 Massachusetts Leominster 890 $35,810 1.5 Massachusetts Lowell 1,470 $39,100 0.9 Massachusetts New Bedford 960 $32,230 1.2 Massachusetts Pittsfield 560 $33,600 1.5 Massachusetts Springfield 4,210 $35,740 1 Massachusetts Taunton 560 $34,360 1 Massachusetts Worcester 3,730 $35,900 1.1 Michigan Ann Arbor 1,590 $37,350 0.7 Michigan Battle Creek 640 $30,240 1.1 Michigan Bay City 500 $32,280 1.2 Michigan Detroit 7,390 $35,240 0.7 Michigan Flint 1,630 $33,570 0.9 Michigan Grand Rapids 4,640 $33,510 0.9 Michigan Holland 1,390 $31,270 1.1 Michigan Jackson 680 $31,410 1.1 Michigan Kalamazoo 1,700 $35,920 0.9 Michigan Lansing 2,850 $36,420 1.1 Michigan Monroe 420 $30,620 0.9 Michigan Muskegon 700 $31,630 0.9 Michigan Niles 920 $31,570 1.2 Michigan Saginaw 1,190 $33,530 1.2 Michigan Warren 13,750 $36,290 0.9 Minnesota Duluth 1,660 $30,750 1 Minnesota Minneapolis 21,050 $36,490 0.8 Minnesota Rochester 970 $32,590 0.8 Minnesota St Cloud 1,270 $31,220 1 Mississippi Gulfport 1,630 $32,340 1.2 Mississippi Hattiesburg 840 $30,770 1.2 Mississippi Jackson 4,340 $34,350 1.3 Mississippi Pascagoula 680 $31,410 1.2 Missouri Columbia 890 $29,240 0.9 Missouri Jefferson City 1,340 $26,580 1.6 Missouri Joplin 990 $27,220 1 Missouri Kansas City 14,430 $33,520 1 Missouri Springfield 2,590 $28,340 1 Missouri St Joseph 660 $29,760 1.1 Missouri St Louis 17,220 $33,930 0.9 Montana Billings 2,100 $29,520 2Montana Great Falls 980 $28,480 2.4Montana Missoula 1,380 $29,860 2.2Nebraska Lincoln 2,790 $29,320 1.3 Nebraska Omaha 7,530 $31,240 1.2 Nevada Carson City 600 $37,620 1.9 Nevada Las Vegas 13,610 $33,820 1.1 Nevada Reno 3,400 $35,490 1.2 New Hampshire Manchester 1,400 $36,670 1 New Hampshire Nashua 1,820 $35,300 1 New Hampshire Portsmouth 850 $36,910 1.2 New Hampshire Rochester 860 $35,760 1.2 New Jersey Atlantic City 1,750 $34,430 0.9 New Jersey Camden 7,030 $37,090 1 New Jersey Edison 14,270 $37,340 1 New Jersey Newark 14,970 $39,020 1.1 New Jersey Ocean City 690 $35,730 1.4 New Jersey Trenton 2,760 $39,110 1 New Jersey Vineland 610 $35,070 0.9 New Mexico Albuquerque 5,740 $30,370 1.1 New Mexico Farmington 830 $30,390 1.3 New Mexico Las Cruces 1,080 $25,520 1.4 New Mexico Santa Fe 1,110 $35,680 1.4 New York Albany 7,820 $34,420 1.3 New York Binghamton 1,700 $31,260 1.2 New York Buffalo 8,490 $32,500 1.1 New York Elmira 490 $30,040 1.2 New York Glens Falls 1,000 $30,110 1.6 New York Ithaca 740 $34,550 1.5 New York Kingston 1,200 $31,250 1.6 New York Nassau 21,330 $38,580 1.2 New York New York 75,950 $39,360 1.1 New York Poughkeepsie 3,700 $35,520 1.1 New York Rochester 6,800 $32,730 1 New York Syracuse 5,300 $32,860 1.2 New York Utica 2,630 $30,100 1.6 North Carolina Asheville 2,040 $30,960 0.9 North Carolina Burlington 850 $30,380 1.2 North Carolina Charlotte 11,920 $33,060 1 North Carolina Durham 3,300 $34,390 0.9 North Carolina Fayetteville 1,210 $29,380 0.8 North Carolina Goldsboro 440 $29,430 1 North Carolina Greensboro 4,600 $31,300 0.9 North Carolina Greenville 730 $33,430 0.8 North Carolina Hickory 1,750 $30,760 0.8 North Carolina Jacksonville 620 $26,650 1.3 North Carolina Raleigh 6,720 $33,850 0.9 North Carolina Rocky Mount 760 $30,760 1.1 North Carolina Wilmington 1,800 $30,210 0.9 North Carolina Winston Salem 2,740 $32,980 0.9 North Dakota Bismarck 1,100 $30,430 1.6 North Dakota Fargo 1,940 $31,390 1.3 North Dakota Grand Forks 930 $29,810 1.6 Ohio Akron 4,610 $32,120 1 Ohio Canton 1,950 $30,930 0.8 Ohio Cincinnati 13,820 $33,970 1 Ohio Cleveland 14,590 $32,760 1 Ohio Columbus 12,550 $33,940 1 Ohio Dayton 4,750 $32,030 0.9 Ohio Lima 710 $31,810 1.1 Ohio Mansfield 550 $30,780 0.9 Ohio Sandusky 370 $30,370 0.9 Ohio Springfield 760 $29,100 1.3 Ohio Toledo 3,560 $32,920 0.8 Ohio Youngstown 3,050 $28,830 1 Oklahoma Lawton 640 $26,490 1.5 Oklahoma Oklahoma City 10,730 $29,310 1.4 Oklahoma Tulsa 8,350 $29,370 1.4 Oregon Bend 1,490 $33,760 1.7 Oregon Corvallis 410 $30,930 1.1 Oregon Eugene 2,310 $32,510 1.2 Oregon Medford 1,330 $32,940 1.2 Oregon Portland 15,740 $35,600 1.1 Oregon Salem 2,250 $35,170 1.1 Pennsylvania Allentown 4,340 $32,660 0.9 Pennsylvania Altoona 800 $27,190 1.1 Pennsylvania Erie 1,450 $28,940 0.9 Pennsylvania Harrisburg 3,960 $34,290 0.9 Pennsylvania Johnstown 830 $27,420 1.2 Pennsylvania Lancaster 3,060 $32,640 1 Pennsylvania Lebanon 560 $29,370 1 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 24,720 $36,740 0.9 Pennsylvania Pittsburgh 15,170 $30,970 1 Pennsylvania Reading 1,960 $32,660 0.9 Pennsylvania Scranton 3,620 $29,880 1 Pennsylvania State College 730 $28,740 1.1 Pennsylvania Williamsport 630 $29,190 1 Pennsylvania York 2,230 $31,830 0.9 Rhode Island Providence 8,500 $36,370 1.1 South Carolina Anderson 730 $29,790 1 South Carolina Charleston 3,590 $31,880 0.9 South Carolina Columbia 4,760 $30,610 1 South Carolina Florence 920 $29,760 0.9 South Carolina Greenville 3,180 $30,500 0.8 South Carolina Myrtle Beach 1,540 $29,550 1 South Carolina Spartanburg 1,440 $29,940 0.9 South Carolina Sumter 390 $29,060 1 South Dakota Rapid City 1,300 $26,190 1.7 South Dakota Sioux Falls 2,700 $27,780 1.5 Tennessee Chattanooga 2,450 $30,870 0.8 Tennessee Clarksville 810 $30,090 0.9 Tennessee Cleveland 430 $28,440 1 Tennessee Jackson 490 $28,970 0.7 Tennessee Johnson City 730 $28,400 0.8 Tennessee Kingsport 1,460 $29,250 1 Tennessee Knoxville 3,740 $30,140 0.8 Tennessee Memphis 6,930 $34,330 0.8 Tennessee Morristown 470 $26,290 0.8 Tennessee Nashville 9,060 $33,320 0.8 Texas Abilene 990 $27,450 1.3 Texas Amarillo 1,560 $30,040 1.2 Texas Austin 9,710 $33,890 0.9 Texas Beaumont 1,920 $29,920 0.9 Texas Brownsville 1,260 $26,010 0.8 Texas College Station 950 $28,190 1 Texas Corpus Christi 2,420 $30,300 1 Texas Dallas 31,210 $34,410 1.1 Texas El Paso 3,390 $28,100 0.9 Texas Fort Worth 10,660 $32,140 0.9 Texas Houston 32,530 $34,170 0.9 Texas Killeen 1,190 $28,650 0.8 Texas Laredo 1,380 $25,540 1.3 Texas Longview 1,220 $29,460 1 Texas Lubbock 1,750 $29,510 1.1 Texas Mcallen 2,290 $25,650 0.8 Texas Midland 1,260 $31,100 1.5 Texas Odessa 920 $30,640 1.3 Texas San Angelo 530 $29,220 1.1 Texas San Antonio 10,190 $30,520 0.9 Texas Sherman 580 $29,470 1.2 Texas Texarkana 680 $28,400 1 Texas Tyler 1,420 $29,850 1.2 Texas Victoria 680 $27,160 1.2 Texas Waco 1,410 $30,560 1.1 Texas Wichita Falls 850 $29,380 1.2 Utah Logan 590 $26,890 1.1 Utah Ogden 2,400 $32,170 0.9 Utah Provo 2,280 $27,620 1 Utah Salt Lake City 7,400 $30,680 0.8 Utah St George 630 $29,260 1.1 Vermont Burlington 1,880 $35,460 1.3 Virginia Blacksburg 850 $29,280 1.1 Virginia Charlottesville 1,360 $33,550 1.1 Virginia Danville 630 $28,240 1.6 Virginia Harrisonburg 850 $30,840 1.3 Virginia Lynchburg 1,290 $30,130 1 Virginia Richmond 9,780 $36,700 1.2 Virginia Roanoke 2,140 $29,800 1 Virginia Virginia Beach 9,170 $33,430 0.9 Virginia Winchester 780 $30,400 1.2 Washington Bellingham 1,830 $35,040 1.8 Washington Bremerton 1,350 $37,370 1.3 Washington Kennewick 1,320 $34,440 1.2 Washington Longview 600 $32,670 1.6 Washington Mount Vernon 850 $34,460 1.6 Washington Olympia 1,650 $34,450 1.4 Washington Seattle 24,640 $38,460 1.2 Washington Spokane 3,710 $33,600 1.3 Washington Tacoma 3,950 $37,850 1.1 Washington Wenatchee 820 $34,850 1.7 Washington Yakima 1,730 $33,780 1.7 West Virginia Charleston 1,970 $27,620 1 West Virginia Huntington 1,420 $27,110 1 West Virginia Morgantown 690 $29,640 1.2 West Virginia Parkersburg 840 $29,640 1 West Virginia Weirton 470 $24,850 0.9 West Virginia Wheeling 730 $26,300 0.9 Wisconsin Appleton 1,780 $34,650 1.2 Wisconsin Eau Claire 1,220 $31,890 1.3 Wisconsin Fond 730 $27,610 1.4 Wisconsin Green Bay 2,720 $31,630 1.2 Wisconsin Janesville 790 $32,240 1 Wisconsin La Crosse 1,000 $30,550 1.2 Wisconsin Madison 4,680 $34,320 1 Wisconsin Milwaukee 10,710 $33,620 0.9 Wisconsin Oshkosh 1,050 $32,230 1 Wisconsin Racine 1,200 $31,160 1.2 Wisconsin Sheboygan 650 $30,480 0.9 Wisconsin Wausau 980 $30,280 1.2 Wyoming Casper 980 $31,780 2.2Wyoming Cheyenne 700 $30,710 1.4
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