Office & Admin
Bookkeeping & Accounting Clerks
SOC 43-3031
Track an organization's day-to-day financial records.
The job
Median pay
$51k
$44k to $61k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Declining
-5.6% projected
Openings a year
144k
BLS projection
Typical education
Some college
Our model
AI displacement risk
High
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
5/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
81st pct
More exposed than 81% of occupations · modeled estimate · 78th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
30/100
Key skills
- Mathematics
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Listening
- Critical Thinking
- Writing
- Speaking
Pay and jobs by state
BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's.
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 151,870 | 8.3 | 0.9× | $59k |
| Texas | 122,400 | 8.7 | 1.0× | $49k |
| Florida | 88,670 | 8.9 | 1.0× | $49k |
| New York | 84,280 | 8.7 | 1.0× | $58k |
| Illinois | 51,470 | 8.4 | 1.0× | $50k |
| Pennsylvania | 48,920 | 8.1 | 0.9× | $48k |
| North Carolina | 48,760 | 9.9 | 1.1× | $48k |
| Ohio | 45,140 | 8.1 | 0.9× | $49k |
| Georgia | 38,700 | 7.9 | 0.9× | $49k |
| Tennessee | 37,680 | 11.5 | 1.3× | $48k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 37,550 | 8.5 | 1.0× | $49k |
| New Jersey | 37,550 | 8.8 | 1.0× | $58k |
| Washington | 32,930 | 9.3 | 1.1× | $59k |
| Virginia | 31,990 | 7.8 | 0.9× | $52k |
| Indiana | 29,910 | 9.3 | 1.1× | $48k |
| Massachusetts | 29,110 | 8.0 | 0.9× | $60k |
| Minnesota | 26,850 | 9.1 | 1.0× | $55k |
| Colorado | 26,140 | 9.1 | 1.0× | $54k |
| Wisconsin | 25,960 | 8.8 | 1.0× | $50k |
| Kentucky | 23,480 | 11.7 | 1.3× | $47k |
| Arizona | 22,690 | 7.0 | 0.8× | $51k |
| Oregon | 21,710 | 11.0 | 1.3× | $54k |
| Missouri | 21,400 | 7.3 | 0.8× | $48k |
| South Carolina | 19,980 | 8.7 | 1.0× | $48k |
| Alabama | 19,890 | 9.4 | 1.1× | $45k |
| Louisiana | 18,980 | 9.8 | 1.1× | $45k |
| Maryland | 18,170 | 6.6 | 0.7× | $54k |
| Oklahoma | 16,490 | 9.7 | 1.1× | $46k |
| Kansas | 15,380 | 10.7 | 1.2× | $47k |
| Nevada | 15,180 | 9.8 | 1.1× | $50k |
| Connecticut | 14,930 | 8.8 | 1.0× | $60k |
| Iowa | 14,020 | 9.0 | 1.0× | $48k |
| Utah | 12,650 | 7.3 | 0.8× | $49k |
| Arkansas | 12,510 | 9.6 | 1.1× | $43k |
| Mississippi | 12,160 | 10.5 | 1.2× | $43k |
| South Dakota | 10,200 | 22.3 | 2.5× | $46k |
| Nebraska | 10,050 | 9.8 | 1.1× | $47k |
| Idaho | 9,540 | 11.1 | 1.3× | $48k |
| New Mexico | 7,780 | 8.9 | 1.0× | $48k |
| West Virginia | 7,620 | 10.9 | 1.2× | $43k |
| Maine | 7,390 | 11.5 | 1.3× | $51k |
| New Hampshire | 7,180 | 10.5 | 1.2× | $52k |
| Montana | 6,980 | 13.6 | 1.5× | $47k |
| Hawaii | 5,220 | 8.3 | 0.9× | $49k |
| Delaware | 4,600 | 9.5 | 1.1× | $52k |
| Alaska | 4,580 | 14.1 | 1.6× | $56k |
| Rhode Island | 4,570 | 9.1 | 1.0× | $53k |
| North Dakota | 4,290 | 10.0 | 1.1× | $50k |
| Wyoming | 3,480 | 12.4 | 1.4× | $48k |
| Vermont | 2,950 | 9.7 | 1.1× | $55k |
| Washington DC | 1,790 | 2.6 | 0.3× | $65k |
Top metro areas
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ77,010 jobs · $61k median
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA53,910 jobs · $59k median
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN35,660 jobs · $51k median
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX34,930 jobs · $52k median
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX26,090 jobs · $49k median
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL25,910 jobs · $50k median
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD22,660 jobs · $53k median
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA22,480 jobs · $51k median
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Explore Bookkeeping & Accounting Clerks interactively →Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.