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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 .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaAnniston480$27,0500.8
AlabamaAuburn540$28,5301
AlabamaBirmingham7,030$31,8601
AlabamaDecatur660$27,5801
AlabamaDothan990$28,7401.3
AlabamaFlorence500$26,8100.8
AlabamaGadsden480$28,6301.2
AlabamaHuntsville2,260$29,6500.8
AlabamaMobile2,680$28,8101.1
AlabamaMontgomery2,510$29,6001.1
AlabamaTuscaloosa1,160$27,9701
AlaskaAnchorage2,220$38,9601
AlaskaFairbanks520$37,7101.4
ArizonaFlagstaff630$32,7600.9
ArizonaKingman760$30,0201.2
ArizonaPhoenix22,850$35,1600.9
ArizonaPrescott970$33,4201.3
ArizonaTucson4,340$32,9900.9
ArizonaYuma740$28,9801
ArkansasFayetteville2,750$29,2401
ArkansasFort Smith1,770$27,0801.2
ArkansasHot Springs730$25,2001.7
ArkansasJonesboro750$29,1101.3
ArkansasLittle Rock5,410$31,1301.2
ArkansasPine Bluff460$28,7701.2
CaliforniaBakersfield2,940$32,7500.8
CaliforniaChico1,060$32,8601.2
CaliforniaEl Centro630$30,2001
CaliforniaFresno4,630$34,1601
CaliforniaHanford430$34,0801.3
CaliforniaMadera600$33,2201.4
CaliforniaMerced640$35,3000.9
CaliforniaModesto2,190$35,2201
CaliforniaNapa940$40,0601.2
CaliforniaOakland13,170$41,4900.9
CaliforniaOxnard4,320$37,8501.1
CaliforniaRedding1,000$32,6701.2
CaliforniaRiverside14,800$35,5700.8
CaliforniaSacramento12,440$37,1901
CaliforniaSalinas1,950$39,4500.9
CaliforniaSan Diego15,850$37,1700.8
CaliforniaSan Francisco13,170$44,3800.9
CaliforniaSan Jose10,320$43,8000.8
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo1,570$35,1501.2
CaliforniaSanta Ana20,230$38,6400.9
CaliforniaSanta Barbara2,440$39,1701.1
CaliforniaSanta Cruz1,490$41,4701.3
CaliforniaSanta Rosa3,120$39,9801.3
CaliforniaStockton3,040$35,2301.1
CaliforniaVallejo1,700$37,9101.1
CaliforniaVisalia1,600$33,9400.9
CaliforniaYuba City540$32,0801.2
ColoradoBoulder2,170$35,4301
ColoradoColorado Springs3,060$32,4200.9
ColoradoDenver16,940$36,1101
ColoradoFort Collins1,840$33,2301.2
ColoradoGrand Junction890$29,3001.3
ColoradoGreeley1,080$31,2801.1
ColoradoPueblo740$28,6801.1
ConnecticutBridgeport7,310$42,5301.2
ConnecticutDanbury1,610$40,1601.8
ConnecticutHartford7,320$39,6300.9
ConnecticutNew Haven4,210$38,8201.1
ConnecticutNorwich1,580$34,9301
ConnecticutWaterbury790$36,1500.9
DelawareDover770$30,5101.1
DelawareWilmington4,860$36,6401.1
District of ColumbiaWashington24,810$40,8700.8
FloridaCape Coral3,610$31,5201.3
FloridaDeltona2,210$29,9701.1
FloridaFort Lauderdale11,260$34,3601.1
FloridaFort Walton Beach1,040$30,1501.1
FloridaGainesville1,770$30,0001.2
FloridaJacksonville9,970$31,6901.2
FloridaLakeland2,800$29,5201.1
FloridaMiami16,090$32,6801.2
FloridaNaples1,720$34,3801.1
FloridaOcala1,340$30,2601.1
FloridaOrlando12,940$31,3300.9
FloridaPalm Bay2,520$31,3001
FloridaPalm Coast260$28,3301.8
FloridaPanama City1,280$28,8501.5
FloridaPensacola3,520$28,5801.8
FloridaPort St Lucie1,940$31,9501.2
FloridaPunta Gorda560$27,7701.2
FloridaSarasota3,920$32,7201.1
FloridaSebastian770$31,7201.3
FloridaTallahassee2,160$30,1701
FloridaTampa18,390$32,0901.1
FloridaWest Palm Beach8,150$34,8701.1
GeorgiaAlbany880$28,0601.2
GeorgiaAthens1,160$30,0101.2
GeorgiaAtlanta34,130$34,6601
GeorgiaAugusta2,710$29,4601
GeorgiaBrunswick660$29,5101.3
GeorgiaColumbus1,470$30,1201
GeorgiaDalton810$29,6600.8
GeorgiaGainesville1,130$31,2501.3
GeorgiaHinesville140$29,9001
GeorgiaMacon1,660$29,1201.3
GeorgiaRome440$27,5301
GeorgiaSavannah2,120$31,1701.1
GeorgiaValdosta820$28,7901.2
GeorgiaWarner Robins440$30,5000.7
HawaiiHonolulu5,920$34,0301
IdahoBoise4,360$30,7301.2
IdahoCoeur Dalene860$29,8901.3
IdahoIdaho Falls680$25,5601.2
IdahoLewiston390$30,3001.5
IdahoPocatello390$26,4701.1
IllinoisBloomington1,330$33,4501.5
IllinoisChampaign1,500$33,3601.2
IllinoisChicago43,780$36,8000.8
IllinoisDanville380$27,8501.3
IllinoisDecatur650$29,0801.1
IllinoisKankakee510$28,2801.2
IllinoisPeoria2,400$31,7901.1
IllinoisRockford1,540$34,6600.8
IllinoisSpringfield1,870$30,5501.4
IndianaAnderson550$31,3201.2
IndianaBloomington1,090$29,6701.3
IndianaColumbus560$31,7601.1
IndianaElkhart1,740$32,3201
IndianaEvansville2,620$31,0901.1
IndianaFort Wayne2,800$30,9201
IndianaGary3,740$34,3001
IndianaIndianapolis13,000$34,8101
IndianaKokomo580$28,0901.4
IndianaLafayette1,250$30,9401.3
IndianaMichigan City660$29,9301.3
IndianaMuncie590$29,6301.1
IndianaSouth Bend2,080$31,2201.2
IndianaTerre Haute880$29,6201
IowaAmes560$31,4601.3
IowaCedar Rapids1,830$30,1801
IowaDavenport2,390$30,1101
IowaDes Moines5,020$33,0801.1
IowaDubuque670$27,5801.1
IowaIowa City940$31,6901
IowaSioux City1,070$28,7401.2
IowaWaterloo1,180$29,7201.1
KansasLawrence750$29,5201.4
KansasTopeka1,720$29,8901.2
KansasWichita4,310$29,6201
KentuckyBowling Green790$28,2401.1
KentuckyElizabethtown420$29,9600.8
KentuckyLexington3,420$30,4301
KentuckyLouisville8,280$31,5401
KentuckyOwensboro700$28,1701.2
LouisianaAlexandria820$28,7801.1
LouisianaBaton Rouge5,190$31,5001
LouisianaHouma1,180$28,9601
LouisianaLafayette2,610$31,1001.4
LouisianaLake Charles1,310$30,5001.2
LouisianaMonroe1,330$28,3901.3
LouisianaNew Orleans7,350$33,7101
LouisianaShreveport2,340$30,5701
MaineBangor660$30,2900.8
MaineLewiston560$30,0600.9
MainePortland2,460$33,7000.9
MarylandBaltimore15,080$37,1700.8
MarylandBethesda5,970$41,9000.8
MarylandCumberland340$29,8400.8
MarylandHagerstown940$32,1300.7
MarylandSalisbury700$30,6001.1
MassachusettsBarnstable Town1,660$36,1801.3
MassachusettsBoston26,570$39,5301.1
MassachusettsBrockton1,140$38,4601
MassachusettsFramingham1,760$37,6100.8
MassachusettsHaverhill1,120$35,7201.1
MassachusettsLawrence910$37,9601.3
MassachusettsLeominster890$35,8101.5
MassachusettsLowell1,470$39,1000.9
MassachusettsNew Bedford960$32,2301.2
MassachusettsPittsfield560$33,6001.5
MassachusettsSpringfield4,210$35,7401
MassachusettsTaunton560$34,3601
MassachusettsWorcester3,730$35,9001.1
MichiganAnn Arbor1,590$37,3500.7
MichiganBattle Creek640$30,2401.1
MichiganBay City500$32,2801.2
MichiganDetroit7,390$35,2400.7
MichiganFlint1,630$33,5700.9
MichiganGrand Rapids4,640$33,5100.9
MichiganHolland1,390$31,2701.1
MichiganJackson680$31,4101.1
MichiganKalamazoo1,700$35,9200.9
MichiganLansing2,850$36,4201.1
MichiganMonroe420$30,6200.9
MichiganMuskegon700$31,6300.9
MichiganNiles920$31,5701.2
MichiganSaginaw1,190$33,5301.2
MichiganWarren13,750$36,2900.9
MinnesotaDuluth1,660$30,7501
MinnesotaMinneapolis21,050$36,4900.8
MinnesotaRochester970$32,5900.8
MinnesotaSt Cloud1,270$31,2201
MississippiGulfport1,630$32,3401.2
MississippiHattiesburg840$30,7701.2
MississippiJackson4,340$34,3501.3
MississippiPascagoula680$31,4101.2
MissouriColumbia890$29,2400.9
MissouriJefferson City1,340$26,5801.6
MissouriJoplin990$27,2201
MissouriKansas City14,430$33,5201
MissouriSpringfield2,590$28,3401
MissouriSt Joseph660$29,7601.1
MissouriSt Louis17,220$33,9300.9
MontanaBillings2,100$29,520 2
MontanaGreat Falls980$28,480 2.4
MontanaMissoula1,380$29,860 2.2
NebraskaLincoln2,790$29,3201.3
NebraskaOmaha7,530$31,2401.2
NevadaCarson City600$37,6201.9
NevadaLas Vegas13,610$33,8201.1
NevadaReno3,400$35,4901.2
New HampshireManchester1,400$36,6701
New HampshireNashua1,820$35,3001
New HampshirePortsmouth850$36,9101.2
New HampshireRochester860$35,7601.2
New JerseyAtlantic City1,750$34,4300.9
New JerseyCamden7,030$37,0901
New JerseyEdison14,270$37,3401
New JerseyNewark14,970$39,0201.1
New JerseyOcean City690$35,7301.4
New JerseyTrenton2,760$39,1101
New JerseyVineland610$35,0700.9
New MexicoAlbuquerque5,740$30,3701.1
New MexicoFarmington830$30,3901.3
New MexicoLas Cruces1,080$25,5201.4
New MexicoSanta Fe1,110$35,6801.4
New YorkAlbany7,820$34,4201.3
New YorkBinghamton1,700$31,2601.2
New YorkBuffalo8,490$32,5001.1
New YorkElmira490$30,0401.2
New YorkGlens Falls1,000$30,1101.6
New YorkIthaca740$34,5501.5
New YorkKingston1,200$31,2501.6
New YorkNassau21,330$38,5801.2
New YorkNew York75,950$39,3601.1
New YorkPoughkeepsie3,700$35,5201.1
New YorkRochester6,800$32,7301
New YorkSyracuse5,300$32,8601.2
New YorkUtica2,630$30,1001.6
North CarolinaAsheville2,040$30,9600.9
North CarolinaBurlington850$30,3801.2
North CarolinaCharlotte11,920$33,0601
North CarolinaDurham3,300$34,3900.9
North CarolinaFayetteville1,210$29,3800.8
North CarolinaGoldsboro440$29,4301
North CarolinaGreensboro4,600$31,3000.9
North CarolinaGreenville730$33,4300.8
North CarolinaHickory1,750$30,7600.8
North CarolinaJacksonville620$26,6501.3
North CarolinaRaleigh6,720$33,8500.9
North CarolinaRocky Mount760$30,7601.1
North CarolinaWilmington1,800$30,2100.9
North CarolinaWinston Salem2,740$32,9800.9
North DakotaBismarck1,100$30,4301.6
North DakotaFargo1,940$31,3901.3
North DakotaGrand Forks930$29,8101.6
OhioAkron4,610$32,1201
OhioCanton1,950$30,9300.8
OhioCincinnati13,820$33,9701
OhioCleveland14,590$32,7601
OhioColumbus12,550$33,9401
OhioDayton4,750$32,0300.9
OhioLima710$31,8101.1
OhioMansfield550$30,7800.9
OhioSandusky370$30,3700.9
OhioSpringfield760$29,1001.3
OhioToledo3,560$32,9200.8
OhioYoungstown3,050$28,8301
OklahomaLawton640$26,4901.5
OklahomaOklahoma City10,730$29,3101.4
OklahomaTulsa8,350$29,3701.4
OregonBend1,490$33,7601.7
OregonCorvallis410$30,9301.1
OregonEugene2,310$32,5101.2
OregonMedford1,330$32,9401.2
OregonPortland15,740$35,6001.1
OregonSalem2,250$35,1701.1
PennsylvaniaAllentown4,340$32,6600.9
PennsylvaniaAltoona800$27,1901.1
PennsylvaniaErie1,450$28,9400.9
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg3,960$34,2900.9
PennsylvaniaJohnstown830$27,4201.2
PennsylvaniaLancaster3,060$32,6401
PennsylvaniaLebanon560$29,3701
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia24,720$36,7400.9
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh15,170$30,9701
PennsylvaniaReading1,960$32,6600.9
PennsylvaniaScranton3,620$29,8801
PennsylvaniaState College730$28,7401.1
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport630$29,1901
PennsylvaniaYork2,230$31,8300.9
Rhode IslandProvidence8,500$36,3701.1
South CarolinaAnderson730$29,7901
South CarolinaCharleston3,590$31,8800.9
South CarolinaColumbia4,760$30,6101
South CarolinaFlorence920$29,7600.9
South CarolinaGreenville3,180$30,5000.8
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach1,540$29,5501
South CarolinaSpartanburg1,440$29,9400.9
South CarolinaSumter390$29,0601
South DakotaRapid City1,300$26,1901.7
South DakotaSioux Falls2,700$27,7801.5
TennesseeChattanooga2,450$30,8700.8
TennesseeClarksville810$30,0900.9
TennesseeCleveland430$28,4401
TennesseeJackson490$28,9700.7
TennesseeJohnson City730$28,4000.8
TennesseeKingsport1,460$29,2501
TennesseeKnoxville3,740$30,1400.8
TennesseeMemphis6,930$34,3300.8
TennesseeMorristown470$26,2900.8
TennesseeNashville9,060$33,3200.8
TexasAbilene990$27,4501.3
TexasAmarillo1,560$30,0401.2
TexasAustin9,710$33,8900.9
TexasBeaumont1,920$29,9200.9
TexasBrownsville1,260$26,0100.8
TexasCollege Station950$28,1901
TexasCorpus Christi2,420$30,3001
TexasDallas31,210$34,4101.1
TexasEl Paso3,390$28,1000.9
TexasFort Worth10,660$32,1400.9
TexasHouston32,530$34,1700.9
TexasKilleen1,190$28,6500.8
TexasLaredo1,380$25,5401.3
TexasLongview1,220$29,4601
TexasLubbock1,750$29,5101.1
TexasMcallen2,290$25,6500.8
TexasMidland1,260$31,1001.5
TexasOdessa920$30,6401.3
TexasSan Angelo530$29,2201.1
TexasSan Antonio10,190$30,5200.9
TexasSherman580$29,4701.2
TexasTexarkana680$28,4001
TexasTyler1,420$29,8501.2
TexasVictoria680$27,1601.2
TexasWaco1,410$30,5601.1
TexasWichita Falls850$29,3801.2
UtahLogan590$26,8901.1
UtahOgden2,400$32,1700.9
UtahProvo2,280$27,6201
UtahSalt Lake City7,400$30,6800.8
UtahSt George630$29,2601.1
VermontBurlington1,880$35,4601.3
VirginiaBlacksburg850$29,2801.1
VirginiaCharlottesville1,360$33,5501.1
VirginiaDanville630$28,2401.6
VirginiaHarrisonburg850$30,8401.3
VirginiaLynchburg1,290$30,1301
VirginiaRichmond9,780$36,7001.2
VirginiaRoanoke2,140$29,8001
VirginiaVirginia Beach9,170$33,4300.9
VirginiaWinchester780$30,4001.2
WashingtonBellingham1,830$35,0401.8
WashingtonBremerton1,350$37,3701.3
WashingtonKennewick1,320$34,4401.2
WashingtonLongview600$32,6701.6
WashingtonMount Vernon850$34,4601.6
WashingtonOlympia1,650$34,4501.4
WashingtonSeattle24,640$38,4601.2
WashingtonSpokane3,710$33,6001.3
WashingtonTacoma3,950$37,8501.1
WashingtonWenatchee820$34,8501.7
WashingtonYakima1,730$33,7801.7
West VirginiaCharleston1,970$27,6201
West VirginiaHuntington1,420$27,1101
West VirginiaMorgantown690$29,6401.2
West VirginiaParkersburg840$29,6401
West VirginiaWeirton470$24,8500.9
West VirginiaWheeling730$26,3000.9
WisconsinAppleton1,780$34,6501.2
WisconsinEau Claire1,220$31,8901.3
WisconsinFond730$27,6101.4
WisconsinGreen Bay2,720$31,6301.2
WisconsinJanesville790$32,2401
WisconsinLa Crosse1,000$30,5501.2
WisconsinMadison4,680$34,3201
WisconsinMilwaukee10,710$33,6200.9
WisconsinOshkosh1,050$32,2301
WisconsinRacine1,200$31,1601.2
WisconsinSheboygan650$30,4800.9
WisconsinWausau980$30,2801.2
WyomingCasper980$31,780 2.2
WyomingCheyenne700$30,7101.4
 

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