DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

43-3031 Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks

Occupational Description:
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. Excludes ?Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks? (43-3051).

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2020
 Percentiles
GeographyEmploymentEmp SE*MeanMean SE*10th25thMedian75th90th
EDR 3 - Arrowhead 1,520101$18.39/hr$0.38/hr$10.08/hr$13.18/hr$17.76/hr$22.86/hr$27.74/hr
Minnesota 29,260790$21.81/hr$0.13/hr$13.59/hr$17.34/hr$21.54/hr$25.73/hr$30.51/hr
U S 1,512,6606,051$20.90/hr$0.02/hr$12.59/hr$16.06/hr$20.06/hr$25.00/hr$30.37/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.


Leading Industries for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
IndustryOES EmploymentOES Median Wage
Trade, Transportation and Utilities370$15.33/hr
Education and Health Services220$19.84/hr
Public Administration200$23.98/hr
Professional and Business Services160$16.96/hr
Leisure and Hospitality140$18.07/hr
Other Services120$10.15/hr
Construction110$17.02/hr
Manufacturing110$17.42/hr
Financial Activities90$18.11/hr
Other Regional Data For Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change  - 
EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities 17,900 $22.71/hr N/A
EDR 7W- Central 1,970 $21.13/hr N/A
EDR 10 - Southeast 1,880 $20.05/hr N/A
EDR 3 - Arrowhead 1,520 $17.76/hr N/A
EDR 4 - West Central 1,050 $19.27/hr N/A
EDR 9 - South Central 1,000 $19.81/hr N/A
EDR 5 - North Central 680 $18.00/hr N/A
EDR 8 - Southwest 680 $17.88/hr N/A
EDR 6E- Southwest Central 560 $17.89/hr N/A
EDR 7E- East Central 470 $20.38/hr N/A
EDR 1 - Northwest 370 $18.60/hr N/A
EDR 2 - Headwaters 350 $18.88/hr N/A
EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley 230 $18.56/hr N/A
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OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change  - 
Office Clerks, General2,800$16.70/hrN/A
Secretaries, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive1,650$19.56/hrN/A
Billing and Posting Clerks and Machine Operators440$18.10/hrN/A
Loan Interviewers and Clerks170$18.77/hrN/A
Brokerage ClerksN/AN/AN/A
Tasks for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks