Business & Finance
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
Compute, classify, and record numerical data to keep financial records complete. Perform any combination of routine calculating, posting, and verifying duties to obtain primary financial data for use in maintaining accounting records. May also check the accuracy of figures, calculations, and postings pertaining to business transactions recorded by other workers.
Median salary
$49,210
Typical range
$35k – $73k
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Education
Typical entry: Associate degree
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Junior Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
Entry / Junior
$34,600
~2 yrs to advance
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
Established
$49,210
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
Senior
$60,935
Key skills
A typical day
- •Operate computers programmed with accounting software to record, store, and analyze information.
- •Check figures, postings, and documents for correct entry, mathematical accuracy, and proper codes.
- •Comply with federal, state, and company policies, procedures, and regulations.
- •Operate 10-key calculators, typewriters, and copy machines to perform calculations and produce documents.
- •Receive, record, and bank cash, checks, and vouchers.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Business & Finance
Explore all- University of Pennsylvania6% admit · $112,000 grad pay
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology4% admit · $124,000 grad pay
- Harvard University4% admit · $119,000 grad pay
- University of California, Berkeley11% admit · $97,000 grad pay
- New York University12% admit · $84,000 grad pay
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