Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks Salaries by State

Q: How much do bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks make in the U.S.?

The median bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks salary in the United States is $50,670 per year (mean $53,560), and about 80% earn between $36,000 and $74,550.

Q: How much do bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks make per hour?

Roughly $26 per hour, based on a mean annual wage of $53,560 and 2,080 work hours per year.

Q: Which state pays bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks the most?

District of Columbia has the highest average pay for bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks at $67,650 per year (median $65,180).

Q: What is the job outlook for bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks?

Employment is projected to change -5.8% from 2024 to 2034 (Decline), with about 170,000 openings per year.

Mean and median pay, wage percentiles, employment, and top-paying metro areas for bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerkss across the U.S. Source: BLS OEWS May 2025 (data.bls.gov OEWS tool /OESServices/combo/table, all-occupation crawl by area).

National mean salary $53,560 ≈ $26/hr

National median salary $50,670

Total employment 1,373,680 nationwide

Job Outlook, 2024–2034

Source: BLS Employment Projections 2024-2034.

Projected growth -5.8% Decline

Annual openings 170,000 per year (avg)

Employment 2024→2034 1,613,400 → 1,519,100 (-94,300)

Typical entry education Some college, no degree

Salary Map

Brighter tiles = higher average pay; dashed tiles have no data. Click a state for details.

AK ME WI VT NH WA ID MT ND MN IL MI NY MA OR NV WY SD IA IN OH PA NJ CT RI CA UT CO NE MO KY WV VA MD DE AZ NM KS AR TN NC SC DC OK LA MS AL GA HI TX FL

Mean annual wage $44,000–$49,000 $49,000–$51,000 $51,000–$53,000 $53,000–$56,000 $56,000–$68,000 U.S. mean $53,560

💰 Top 5 Highest-Paying States

📉 5 Lowest-Paying States

West Virginia$43,850
Mississippi$44,480
Alabama$44,940
Arkansas$45,050
Louisiana$46,560

State Rankings

⇄ Compare specific states

#	State	Mean	Median	Hourly	vs. U.S.	Employment
1	District of Columbia	$67,650	$65,180	$33	+26.3%	1,790
2	Connecticut	$61,690	$59,970	$30	+15.2%	14,930
3	California	$60,830	$59,230	$29	+13.6%	151,870
4	Massachusetts	$60,460	$59,830	$29	+12.9%	29,110
5	Washington	$60,090	$58,620	$29	+12.2%	32,930
6	New York	$59,930	$58,160	$29	+11.9%	84,280
7	New Jersey	$59,120	$58,300	$28	+10.4%	37,550
8	Alaska	$57,640	$56,430	$28	+7.6%	4,580
9	Vermont	$56,750	$54,720	$27	+6%	2,950
10	Colorado	$56,560	$54,000	$27	+5.6%	26,140
11	Rhode Island	$56,270	$53,280	$27	+5.1%	4,570
12	Maryland	$55,950	$53,540	$27	+4.5%	18,170
13	Oregon	$55,460	$54,060	$27	+3.5%	21,710
14	Minnesota	$55,280	$54,600	$27	+3.2%	26,850
15	Delaware	$53,880	$51,780	$26	+0.6%	4,600
16	Maine	$53,800	$50,510	$26	+0.4%	7,390
17	Virginia	$53,740	$51,620	$26	+0.3%	31,990
18	New Hampshire	$53,520	$52,450	$26	-0.1%	7,180
19	Arizona	$52,860	$50,590	$25	-1.3%	22,690
20	Nevada	$52,780	$50,380	$25	-1.5%	15,180
21	Florida	$52,590	$49,330	$25	-1.8%	88,670
22	Illinois	$51,860	$49,560	$25	-3.2%	51,470
23	Wisconsin	$51,720	$50,340	$25	-3.4%	25,960
24	Texas	$51,690	$48,910	$25	-3.5%	122,400
25	North Dakota	$51,660	$49,710	$25	-3.5%	4,290
26	Michigan	$51,430	$48,980	$25	-4%	37,550
27	Georgia	$51,270	$49,350	$25	-4.3%	38,700
28	Idaho	$51,260	$48,310	$25	-4.3%	9,540
29	Utah	$51,160	$49,440	$25	-4.5%	12,650
30	Ohio	$51,020	$48,810	$25	-4.7%	45,140
31	Pennsylvania	$50,860	$48,440	$24	-5%	48,920
32	Missouri	$50,790	$47,990	$24	-5.2%	21,400
33	Hawaii	$50,720	$48,730	$24	-5.3%	5,220
34	New Mexico	$50,410	$48,080	$24	-5.9%	7,780
35	Tennessee	$50,230	$48,180	$24	-6.2%	37,680
36	Iowa	$50,100	$48,180	$24	-6.5%	14,020
37	South Carolina	$49,980	$47,940	$24	-6.7%	19,980
38	Wyoming	$49,910	$47,910	$24	-6.8%	3,480
39	North Carolina	$49,780	$47,930	$24	-7.1%	48,760
40	Indiana	$49,730	$47,820	$24	-7.2%	29,910
41	Montana	$48,870	$47,270	$24	-8.8%	6,980
42	Kentucky	$48,190	$46,550	$23	-10%	23,480
43	Oklahoma	$48,040	$46,180	$23	-10.3%	16,490
44	Nebraska	$47,970	$47,110	$23	-10.4%	10,050
45	Kansas	$47,900	$47,290	$23	-10.6%	15,380
46	South Dakota	$46,630	$46,340	$22	-12.9%	10,200
47	Louisiana	$46,560	$44,890	$22	-13.1%	18,980
48	Arkansas	$45,050	$42,840	$22	-15.9%	12,510
49	Alabama	$44,940	$44,640	$22	-16.1%	19,890
50	Mississippi	$44,480	$42,840	$21	-17%	12,160
51	West Virginia	$43,850	$42,890	$21	-18.1%	7,620

Top-Paying Metro Areas

Highest median pay among 521 metro areas.

#	Metro area	Median	Mean	Employment
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$66,130	$70,090	7,590
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$65,530	$69,040	18,100
3	New Haven, CT	$62,890	$63,130	2,900
4	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$61,960	$65,120	1,120
5	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area	$61,770	$61,700	450
6	Napa, CA	$61,710	$64,120	700
7	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$61,390	$64,990	3,710
8	Vallejo, CA	$61,180	$63,220	1,040
9	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$61,140	$63,200	2,040
10	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$60,960	$61,780	21,170

Pay by Industry

Highest-paying industries employing bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerkss (BLS OEWS, by median).

#	Industry	Median	Mean	Employment
1	Postal Service (Federal Government)	$80,830	$82,090	290
2	Postal Service (Federal Government)	$80,830	$82,090	290
3	Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas	$69,790	$67,830	100
4	Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation	$65,240	$71,790	320
5	Monetary Authorities-Central Bank	$65,060	$64,080	290
6	Monetary Authorities-Central Bank	$65,060	$64,080	290
7	Other Pipeline Transportation	$65,050	$69,100	40
8	Pipeline Transportation	$64,930	$67,670	200
9	Solar Electric Power Generation	$64,300	$63,000	—
10	Other Electric Power Generation	$64,190	$64,870	90
11	Metal Ore Mining	$63,580	$67,490	150
12	Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution	$63,380	$65,690	2,710

Workforce Deep-Dive

Distribution and demographics from Census ACS (2023, self-reported). Wage figures here are ACS averages and run lower than the authoritative BLS wages above; use them for shape, not exact pay.

Annual wage distribution

< $10K

401,382

$10-20k

123,792

$20-30k

134,150

$30-40k

211,127

$40-50k

232,332

$50-60k

160,926

$60-70k

113,964

$70-80k

70,363

$80-90k

38,607

$90-100k

21,460

$100-110k

15,369

$110-120k

4,003

$120-130k

5,075

$130-140k

3,589

$140-150k

2,414

$150-160k

3,463

$160-170k

2,161

$170-180k

614

$180-190k

213

$190-200k

457

$200k+

7,025

Pay by age band

16-24

$21,658

25-34

$37,145

35-44

$43,891

45-54

$44,486

55-64

$41,437

65+

$22,249

Education level

Regular high school diploma

$34,471

1 or more years of college credit, no degree

$38,555

Bachelors Degree

$37,978

Associates Degree

$38,150

Some college, but less than 1 year

$35,940

Masters Degree

$36,516

GED or alternative credential

$33,522

12th grade - no diploma

$35,002

No schooling completed

$38,967

Grade 11

$29,170

Grade 10

$22,549

Professional degree

$36,259

Grade 8

$34,874

Grade 9

$27,549

Grade 7

$35,189

Doctorate degree

$23,354

Grade 6

$30,713

Grade 3

$18,581

Kindergarten

$69,202

Nursery school, preschool

$56,900

Grade 4

$8,156

Grade 2

$30,753

Grade 5

$25,352

Grade 1

$295,660

Full-time vs part-time

Full-time

914,893 · $53,084

Part-time

282,065 · $24,577

Race / ethnicity

White

$35,683

Two or More Races

$39,243

Black

$39,763

Asian

$36,550

Other

$41,716

American Indian

$30,409

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander

$32,480

Alaska Native

$48,886

American Indian and Alaska Native tribes specified; or American Indian or Alaska Native, not specified and no other races

$72,357

Top fields of study

Accounting

$41,493

Business Management And Administration

$39,986

General Business

$34,715

Psychology

$35,553

Finance

$56,546

Elementary Education

$28,204

Marketing And Marketing Research

$49,084

English Language And Literature

$34,013

Top Skills

Most important skills for this role (O*NET importance, 1–5 scale).

Mathematics

3.4

Reading Comprehension

3.3

Active Listening

3.3

Critical Thinking

3.3

Writing

3.1

Speaking

3.1

Monitoring

3.0

Time Management

3.0

Service Orientation

2.9

Complex Problem Solving

2.9

Coordination

2.9

Active Learning

2.8

Frequently Asked Questions

How much do bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks make in the U.S.?

The median bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks salary in the United States is $50,670 per year (mean $53,560), and about 80% earn between $36,000 and $74,550.

How much do bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks make per hour?

Roughly $26 per hour, based on a mean annual wage of $53,560 and 2,080 work hours per year.

Which state pays bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks the most?

District of Columbia has the highest average pay for bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks at $67,650 per year (median $65,180).

What is the job outlook for bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks?

Employment is projected to change -5.8% from 2024 to 2034 (Decline), with about 170,000 openings per year.