Business & Finance
Brokerage Clerks
Perform duties related to the purchase, sale, or holding of securities. Duties include writing orders for stock purchases or sales, computing transfer taxes, verifying stock transactions, accepting and delivering securities, tracking stock price fluctuations, computing equity, distributing dividends, and keeping records of daily transactions and holdings.
Median salary
$62,940
Typical range
$48k – $92k
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Education
Typical entry: Associate degree
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Junior Brokerage Clerks
Entry / Junior
$47,730
~2 yrs to advance
Brokerage Clerks
Established
$62,940
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Brokerage Clerks
Senior
$77,295
Key skills
A typical day
- •Correspond with customers and confer with coworkers to answer inquiries, discuss market fluctuations, or resolve account problems.
- •Document security transactions, such as purchases, sales, conversions, redemptions, or payments, using computers, accounting ledgers, or certificate records.
- •File, type, or operate standard office machines.
- •Perform clerical tasks, such as answering phones or distributing mail.
- •Prepare forms, such as receipts, withdrawal orders, transmittal papers, or transfer confirmations, based on transaction requests from stockholders.
Fields of study
Any field
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