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Bookkeeping & Accounting Clerks vs Tellers

Median pay is about $8k higher for Bookkeeping & Accounting Clerks. The usual entry education is some college for Bookkeeping & Accounting Clerks and high school for Tellers.

marks the higher pay or growth. Education, difficulty and the AI rows depend on what you want, so they are not marked.

Bookkeeping & Accounting Clerks compared with Tellers: pay, outlook, entry and AI exposure
MeasureBookkeeping & Accounting ClerksTellers
Pay
Median pay$50,670, higher$43,030
Entry pay 25th percentile$43,520, higher$37,040
Experienced pay 75th percentile$61,470, higher$46,580
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Projected growth-5.6% Declining, higher-13% Declining
Openings a year144,10026,800
Getting in
Typical educationSome collegeHigh school
Difficulty modeled1.4 / 51.4 / 5
AI
Displacement risk modeledHighModerate
AI exposure modeled, percentile81st pct27th pct

Where the skills differ

Only Bookkeeping & Accounting Clerks

  • Mathematics

Only Tellers

  • Monitoring

Both lean on reading comprehension, active listening, critical thinking, writing, speaking.

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Pay and outlook: BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills: O*NET 30.3. Difficulty, displacement risk and AI exposure are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.