Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks Salary

Median Salary
$50,670
per year
Hourly Rate
$24.36
per hour
Employment
1,373,680
jobs in the U.S.

Salary Distribution

10th percentile
$36,000
25th percentile
$43,520
Median
$50,670
75th percentile
$61,470
90th percentile
$74,550

💰 Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks Salary by State

StateMedianvs. National
District of Columbia$65,180+28.6%
Connecticut$59,970+18.4%
Massachusetts$59,830+18.1%
California$59,230+16.9%
Washington$58,620+15.7%
New Jersey$58,300+15.1%
New York$58,160+14.8%
Alaska$56,430+11.4%
Vermont$54,720+8.0%
Minnesota$54,600+7.8%
Oregon$54,060+6.7%
Colorado$54,000+6.6%
Maryland$53,540+5.7%
Rhode Island$53,280+5.2%
New Hampshire$52,450+3.5%
Delaware$51,780+2.2%
Virginia$51,620+1.9%
Arizona$50,590-0.2%
Maine$50,510-0.3%
Nevada$50,380-0.6%
Wisconsin$50,340-0.7%
North Dakota$49,710-1.9%
Illinois$49,560-2.2%
Utah$49,440-2.4%
Georgia$49,350-2.6%
Florida$49,330-2.6%
Michigan$48,980-3.3%
Texas$48,910-3.5%
Ohio$48,810-3.7%
Hawaii$48,730-3.8%
Pennsylvania$48,440-4.4%
Idaho$48,310-4.7%
Iowa$48,180-4.9%
Tennessee$48,180-4.9%
New Mexico$48,080-5.1%
Missouri$47,990-5.3%
South Carolina$47,940-5.4%
North Carolina$47,930-5.4%
Wyoming$47,910-5.4%
Indiana$47,820-5.6%
Kansas$47,290-6.7%
Montana$47,270-6.7%
Nebraska$47,110-7.0%
Kentucky$46,550-8.1%
South Dakota$46,340-8.5%
Oklahoma$46,180-8.9%
Louisiana$44,890-11.4%
Alabama$44,640-11.9%
West Virginia$42,890-15.4%
Arkansas$42,840-15.5%
Mississippi$42,840-15.5%

🏙️ Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks Salary by Metro Area

Metro AreaMedianvs. National
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$66,130+30.5%
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$65,530+29.3%
New Haven, CT$62,890+24.1%
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$61,960+22.3%
Napa, CA$61,710+21.8%
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$61,390+21.2%
Vallejo, CA$61,180+20.7%
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$61,140+20.7%
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$60,960+20.3%
Barnstable Town, MA$60,680+19.8%
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$60,640+19.7%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$60,460+19.3%
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$60,170+18.7%
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$59,470+17.4%
Fairbanks-College, AK$59,320+17.1%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$59,290+17.0%
Salinas, CA$59,180+16.8%
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$59,020+16.5%
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$58,590+15.6%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$58,590+15.6%
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$58,580+15.6%
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$58,570+15.6%
Rochester, MN$58,350+15.2%
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$58,020+14.5%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$57,790+14.1%
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$57,670+13.8%
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$57,530+13.5%
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$57,510+13.5%
Boulder, CO$57,330+13.1%
Kennewick-Richland, WA$57,290+13.1%
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$57,040+12.6%
Bellingham, WA$57,000+12.5%
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$56,840+12.2%
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$56,690+11.9%
Longview-Kelso, WA$56,620+11.7%
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$56,430+11.4%
Worcester, MA$56,350+11.2%
Stockton-Lodi, CA$56,250+11.0%
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$56,130+10.8%
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$56,100+10.7%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$55,610+9.7%
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$55,590+9.7%
Pittsfield, MA$55,320+9.2%
Yuba City, CA$55,210+9.0%
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$55,120+8.8%
Modesto, CA$55,040+8.6%
Bend, OR$54,900+8.3%
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$54,900+8.3%
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$54,630+7.8%
Portland-South Portland, ME$54,610+7.8%
Kingston, NY$54,510+7.6%
Salem, OR$54,420+7.4%
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$54,320+7.2%
Fresno, CA$54,170+6.9%
Springfield, MA$54,170+6.9%
Anchorage, AK$54,100+6.8%
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$53,570+5.7%
Yakima, WA$53,560+5.7%
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$53,540+5.7%
Lebanon, PA$53,500+5.6%
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$53,310+5.2%
Madison, WI$53,240+5.1%
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$53,170+4.9%
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$53,050+4.7%
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$52,920+4.4%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$52,710+4.0%
Charlottesville, VA$52,680+4.0%
Manchester-Nashua, NH$52,550+3.7%
Midland, TX$52,210+3.0%
Reno, NV$52,000+2.6%
Syracuse, NY$52,000+2.6%
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$51,980+2.6%
Merced, CA$51,740+2.1%
Vineland, NJ$51,730+2.1%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$51,720+2.1%
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$51,620+1.9%
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$51,610+1.9%
Ithaca, NY$51,610+1.9%
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$51,480+1.6%
Lexington Park, MD$51,480+1.6%
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$51,440+1.5%
Walla Walla, WA$51,410+1.5%
Richmond, VA$51,400+1.4%
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$51,320+1.3%
Visalia, CA$51,200+1.0%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$51,170+1.0%
Columbus, OH$51,170+1.0%
Ann Arbor, MI$51,100+0.8%
Redding, CA$51,090+0.8%
Naples-Marco Island, FL$51,000+0.7%
Kansas City, MO-KS$50,940+0.5%
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$50,920+0.5%
Santa Fe, NM$50,890+0.4%
Corvallis, OR$50,870+0.4%
Rochester, NY$50,870+0.4%
Albany, OR$50,820+0.3%
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$50,810+0.3%
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$50,800+0.3%
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$50,790+0.2%
Appleton, WI$50,780+0.2%
Springfield, IL$50,780+0.2%
Mankato, MN$50,750+0.2%
Chico, CA$50,710+0.1%
Greeley, CO$50,680+0.0%
Duluth, MN-WI$50,660-0.0%
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$50,610-0.1%
Fargo, ND-MN$50,570-0.2%
St. Cloud, MN$50,570-0.2%
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$50,500-0.3%
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$50,460-0.4%
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$50,430-0.5%
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$50,400-0.5%
Coeur d'Alene, ID$50,330-0.7%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$50,300-0.7%
Grand Forks, ND-MN$50,260-0.8%
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$50,250-0.8%
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$50,230-0.9%
Raleigh-Cary, NC$50,200-0.9%
Sheboygan, WI$50,170-1.0%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$50,090-1.1%
St. Louis, MO-IL$49,970-1.4%
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$49,960-1.4%
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$49,940-1.4%
Jacksonville, FL$49,860-1.6%
Bozeman, MT$49,820-1.7%
Kenosha, WI$49,750-1.8%
Fond du Lac, WI$49,730-1.9%
Boise City, ID$49,700-1.9%
Eugene-Springfield, OR$49,670-2.0%
Albuquerque, NM$49,660-2.0%
Flagstaff, AZ$49,660-2.0%
Minot, ND$49,660-2.0%
Savannah, GA$49,620-2.1%
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$49,600-2.1%
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$49,590-2.1%
Salisbury, MD$49,540-2.2%
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$49,460-2.4%
Ogden, UT$49,440-2.4%
Bismarck, ND$49,310-2.7%
Glens Falls, NY$49,300-2.7%
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$49,290-2.7%
Utica-Rome, NY$49,280-2.7%
Eau Claire, WI$49,270-2.8%
Grants Pass, OR$49,270-2.8%
Medford, OR$49,270-2.8%
Omaha, NE-IA$49,230-2.8%
Iowa City, IA$49,220-2.9%
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$49,190-2.9%
Akron, OH$49,180-2.9%
Green Bay, WI$49,160-3.0%
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$49,100-3.1%
Bangor, ME$49,000-3.3%
Janesville-Beloit, WI$48,990-3.3%
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$48,980-3.3%
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$48,980-3.3%
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$48,970-3.4%
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$48,970-3.4%
Odessa, TX$48,930-3.4%
Columbia, MO$48,920-3.5%
Wausau, WI$48,880-3.5%
Asheville, NC$48,870-3.6%
Cleveland, OH$48,860-3.6%
Binghamton, NY$48,830-3.6%
Champaign-Urbana, IL$48,830-3.6%
Pueblo, CO$48,820-3.7%
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$48,750-3.8%
Reading, PA$48,720-3.8%
Cedar Rapids, IA$48,690-3.9%
Jackson, MI$48,690-3.9%
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$48,690-3.9%
Cheyenne, WY$48,550-4.2%
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$48,550-4.2%
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$48,540-4.2%
Winchester, VA-WV$48,540-4.2%
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$48,530-4.2%
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$48,530-4.2%
Spartanburg, SC$48,480-4.3%
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$48,460-4.4%
Gainesville, GA$48,430-4.4%
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$48,400-4.5%
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$48,400-4.5%
Winston-Salem, NC$48,360-4.6%
Topeka, KS$48,350-4.6%
Elmira, NY$48,330-4.6%
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$48,310-4.7%
Lawrence, KS$48,290-4.7%
Tulsa, OK$48,250-4.8%
Carson City, NV$48,240-4.8%
Lancaster, PA$48,210-4.9%
Monroe, MI$48,210-4.9%
Decatur, IL$48,200-4.9%
Lewiston, ID-WA$48,200-4.9%
Port St. Lucie, FL$48,200-4.9%
Casper, WY$48,170-4.9%
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$48,150-5.0%
Niles, MI$48,070-5.1%
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$48,040-5.2%
Urban Honolulu, HI$48,030-5.2%
Lexington-Fayette, KY$48,000-5.3%
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$47,990-5.3%
Ames, IA$47,970-5.3%
El Centro, CA$47,960-5.3%
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$47,940-5.4%
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$47,940-5.4%
Lincoln, NE$47,930-5.4%
Gainesville, FL$47,870-5.5%
Punta Gorda, FL$47,860-5.5%
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$47,840-5.6%
Toledo, OH$47,840-5.6%
Billings, MT$47,830-5.6%
Grand Junction, CO$47,800-5.7%
Sherman-Denison, TX$47,790-5.7%
Fort Wayne, IN$47,770-5.7%
Bay City, MI$47,730-5.8%
Greenville, NC$47,670-5.9%
Peoria, IL$47,670-5.9%
Dubuque, IA$47,630-6.0%
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$47,600-6.1%
York-Hanover, PA$47,590-6.1%
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$47,540-6.2%
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$47,520-6.2%
Battle Creek, MI$47,510-6.2%
Hinesville, GA$47,490-6.3%
Burlington, NC$47,460-6.3%
Missoula, MT$47,420-6.4%
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$47,390-6.5%
Athens-Clarke County, GA$47,360-6.5%
Birmingham, AL$47,330-6.6%
Idaho Falls, ID$47,330-6.6%
Knoxville, TN$47,320-6.6%
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$47,270-6.7%
Gettysburg, PA$47,250-6.7%
Pittsburgh, PA$47,250-6.7%
Kankakee, IL$47,240-6.8%
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$47,240-6.8%
Oklahoma City, OK$47,150-6.9%
Tucson, AZ$47,150-6.9%
Huntsville, AL$47,130-7.0%
St. George, UT$47,130-7.0%
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$47,100-7.0%
Harrisonburg, VA$47,090-7.1%
Lynchburg, VA$47,060-7.1%
Greensboro-High Point, NC$46,990-7.3%
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$46,980-7.3%
Flint, MI$46,970-7.3%
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$46,960-7.3%
Chattanooga, TN-GA$46,920-7.4%
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$46,910-7.4%
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$46,860-7.5%
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$46,860-7.5%
Colorado Springs, CO$46,840-7.6%
Williamsport, PA$46,840-7.6%
Rapid City, SD$46,810-7.6%
Bloomington, IN$46,800-7.6%
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$46,790-7.7%
Rockford, IL$46,790-7.7%
Baton Rouge, LA$46,740-7.8%
St. Joseph, MO-KS$46,730-7.8%
Columbia, SC$46,690-7.9%
Evansville, IN$46,680-7.9%
Columbus, IN$46,660-7.9%
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$46,650-7.9%
Amarillo, TX$46,620-8.0%
Grand Island, NE$46,610-8.0%
Lima, OH$46,570-8.1%
Youngstown-Warren, OH$46,510-8.2%
Midland, MI$46,500-8.2%
Wichita, KS$46,500-8.2%
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$46,500-8.2%
Virgin Islands$46,490-8.2%
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$46,490-8.2%
Saginaw, MI$46,480-8.3%
Chambersburg, PA$46,470-8.3%
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$46,450-8.3%
Owensboro, KY$46,430-8.4%
Roanoke, VA$46,420-8.4%
Ocala, FL$46,380-8.5%
State College, PA$46,370-8.5%
Traverse City, MI$46,350-8.5%
Mansfield, OH$46,310-8.6%
Paducah, KY-IL$46,310-8.6%
Waco, TX$46,290-8.6%
Clarksville, TN-KY$46,280-8.7%
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$46,280-8.7%
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$46,240-8.7%
Victoria, TX$46,230-8.8%
Logan, UT-ID$46,220-8.8%
Killeen-Temple, TX$46,170-8.9%
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$46,140-8.9%
Warner Robins, GA$46,120-9.0%
Sandusky, OH$46,090-9.0%
Decatur, AL$46,060-9.1%
Terre Haute, IN$46,060-9.1%
Farmington, NM$46,010-9.2%
Canton-Massillon, OH$46,000-9.2%
Kokomo, IN$45,990-9.2%
Corpus Christi, TX$45,940-9.3%
Tallahassee, FL$45,900-9.4%
Great Falls, MT$45,890-9.4%
College Station-Bryan, TX$45,870-9.5%
Helena, MT$45,870-9.5%
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$45,830-9.6%
Tyler, TX$45,830-9.6%
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$45,810-9.6%
Macon-Bibb County, GA$45,760-9.7%
Springfield, OH$45,750-9.7%
Wilmington, NC$45,730-9.7%
Goldsboro, NC$45,700-9.8%
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$45,670-9.9%
Abilene, TX$45,620-10.0%
Dalton, GA$45,600-10.0%
Manhattan, KS$45,570-10.1%
Rome, GA$45,570-10.1%
Lubbock, TX$45,560-10.1%
Dover, DE$45,520-10.2%
Pocatello, ID$45,440-10.3%
Twin Falls, ID$45,410-10.4%
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$45,400-10.4%
Fayetteville, NC$45,360-10.5%
Springfield, MO$45,330-10.5%
Erie, PA$45,300-10.6%
Florence, SC$45,300-10.6%
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$45,240-10.7%
Jackson, TN$45,240-10.7%
Bloomington, IL$45,220-10.8%
Jefferson City, MO$45,180-10.8%
Joplin, MO-KS$45,180-10.8%
Sebring, FL$45,140-10.9%
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$45,140-10.9%
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$45,130-10.9%
Lawton, OK$45,110-11.0%
Longview, TX$45,070-11.1%
Fort Smith, AR-OK$45,010-11.2%
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV$44,980-11.2%
Yuma, AZ$44,970-11.2%
Jonesboro, AR$44,660-11.9%
Muncie, IN$44,650-11.9%
Wheeling, WV-OH$44,650-11.9%
Lake Charles, LA$44,550-12.1%
Valdosta, GA$44,540-12.1%
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$44,520-12.1%
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$44,470-12.2%
Mobile, AL$44,470-12.2%
Las Cruces, NM$44,460-12.3%
Homosassa Springs, FL$44,360-12.5%
Rocky Mount, NC$44,320-12.5%
San Angelo, TX$44,280-12.6%
Auburn-Opelika, AL$44,270-12.6%
Bowling Green, KY$44,160-12.8%
Morristown, TN$44,040-13.1%
Jackson, MS$43,920-13.3%
Wichita Falls, TX$43,910-13.3%
Elizabethtown, KY$43,830-13.5%
Sumter, SC$43,810-13.5%
Texarkana, TX-AR$43,810-13.5%
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$43,770-13.6%
Enid, OK$43,740-13.7%
Montgomery, AL$43,710-13.7%
Hammond, LA$43,680-13.8%
Cleveland, TN$43,660-13.8%
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$43,660-13.8%
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$43,610-13.9%
Tuscaloosa, AL$43,400-14.3%
Charleston, WV$43,350-14.4%
Albany, GA$43,270-14.6%
Alexandria, LA$43,270-14.6%
Jacksonville, NC$42,910-15.3%
Eagle Pass, TX$42,900-15.3%
Morgantown, WV$42,810-15.5%
Columbus, GA-AL$42,800-15.5%
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$42,720-15.7%
Altoona, PA$42,660-15.8%
Beckley, WV$42,570-16.0%
Monroe, LA$41,970-17.2%
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$41,960-17.2%
Anniston-Oxford, AL$41,750-17.6%
Johnstown, PA$41,730-17.6%
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$41,530-18.0%
El Paso, TX$41,530-18.0%
Dothan, AL$41,330-18.4%
Gadsden, AL$40,810-19.5%
Johnson City, TN$40,700-19.7%
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$40,530-20.0%
Hattiesburg, MS$40,230-20.6%
Laredo, TX$39,710-21.6%
Lafayette, LA$38,910-23.2%
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$38,810-23.4%
Hot Springs, AR$38,450-24.1%
Guam$33,280-34.3%
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$29,410-42.0%
Puerto Rico$28,700-43.4%
Guayama, PR$27,180-46.4%
Ponce, PR$26,070-48.5%
Mayaguez, PR$26,000-48.7%
Aguadilla, PR$25,700-49.3%
Arecibo, PR$25,040-50.6%
Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Data reflects the most recent annual survey.