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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
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	Mean SE*	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
EDR 7W- Central	1,970	70	$21.67/hr	$0.48/hr	$14.19/hr	$17.31/hr	$21.13/hr	$24.96/hr	$30.27/hr
Minnesota	29,260	790	$21.81/hr	$0.13/hr	$13.59/hr	$17.34/hr	$21.54/hr	$25.73/hr	$30.51/hr
U S	1,512,660	6,051	$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
Industry	OES Employment	OES Median Wage
Trade, Transportation and Utilities	540	$20.23/hr
Manufacturing	260	$21.94/hr
Professional and Business Services	250	$21.85/hr
Education and Health Services	150	$20.53/hr
Construction	150	$20.91/hr
Public Administration	140	$25.26/hr
Other Services	90	$17.54/hr
Leisure and Hospitality	20	$20.11/hr
Information	20	$21.77/hr

Other Regional Data For Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
Geography (click title for details)	OES		Projections
Geography (click title for details)	Employment	Median 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 8 - Southwest	680	$17.88/hr	N/A
EDR 5 - North Central	680	$18.00/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

Related Occupations
Occupation (click title for details)	OES		Projections
Occupation (click title for details)	Employment	Median Wage	% Change -
Office Clerks, General	2,960	$18.12/hr	N/A
Secretaries, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	2,150	$21.03/hr	N/A
Billing and Posting Clerks and Machine Operators	540	$19.90/hr	N/A
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	290	$22.39/hr	N/A
Brokerage Clerks	60	$22.69/hr	N/A

Tasks for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks

Records financial transactions and other account information to update and maintain accounting records.
Performs financial calculations such as amounts due, balances, discounts, equity, and principal.
Debits or credits accounts.
Complies with federal, state, and company policies, procedures, and regulations.
Evaluates records for accuracy of balances, postings, calculations, and other records pertaining to business or operating transactions and reconciles, or notes discrepancies.
Processes negotiable instruments such as checks and vouchers.
Verifies balances and entries, calculations, and postings recorded by other workers.
Compiles reports and tables to show statistics related to cash receipts, expenditures, accounts payable and receivable, and profit and loss.