Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks

Wages and Employment Trends For These Occupations

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General Requirements

• Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations.
• Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers.
• Most occupations in this category require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree. Some may require a bachelor's degree (source: O*NET).
• About 83% of workers in this occupational category have some college or less [45% have some college] (source: BLS).
• Bookkeeper certification programs are generally geared towards individuals with current or past experience in bookkeeping.

Duties and Responsibilities

• 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.

Sample Job Titles

Accounting Clerk, Accounts Payables Clerk, Accounting Assistant, Bookkeeper, Accounts Receivable Clerk, Accounting Associate, Fiscal Technician, Accounting Representative, Accounting Technician, Accounting Analyst.