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Payroll Clerks vs Bookkeeping & Accounting Clerks

Compare Payroll Clerks and Bookkeeping & Accounting Clerks side by side: median pay, job outlook, AI exposure, education, and top skills. Payroll Clerks pays about $8k more.

Payroll Clerks

Median pay$58k
OutlookDeclining
AI exposureModerate 55%, modeled
EducationHigh school
Reading ComprehensionActive ListeningMathematicsWritingSpeaking

Bookkeeping & Accounting Clerks

Median pay$51k
OutlookDeclining
AI exposureHigh 81%, modeled
EducationSome college
MathematicsReading ComprehensionActive ListeningCritical ThinkingWriting
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Pay and outlook: BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2024-2034). Skills: O*NET 30.3. AI exposure is a modeled estimate. How we model AI exposure.