Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks salary
The median pay for bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks in the United States is $50,670 a year. About 1,373,680 people hold this job.
- 10th percentile
- $36,000
- 25th percentile
- $43,520
- Median percentile
- $50,670
- 75th percentile
- $61,470
- 90th percentile
- $74,550
Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience. BLS does not report experience, so reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only a rough guide. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025.
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Highest-paying states · Highest-paying cities
By state
- District of Columbia $65,180
- Connecticut $59,970
- Massachusetts $59,830
- California $59,230
- Washington $58,620
- New Jersey $58,300
- New York $58,160
- Alaska $56,430
- Vermont $54,720
- Minnesota $54,600
- Oregon $54,060
- Colorado $54,000
- Maryland $53,540
- Rhode Island $53,280
- New Hampshire $52,450
- Delaware $51,780
- Virginia $51,620
- Arizona $50,590
- Maine $50,510
- Nevada $50,380
- Wisconsin $50,340
- North Dakota $49,710
- Illinois $49,560
- Utah $49,440
- Georgia $49,350
- Florida $49,330
- Michigan $48,980
- Texas $48,910
- Ohio $48,810
- Hawaii $48,730
- Pennsylvania $48,440
- Idaho $48,310
- Iowa $48,180
- Tennessee $48,180
- New Mexico $48,080
- Missouri $47,990
- South Carolina $47,940
- North Carolina $47,930
- Wyoming $47,910
- Indiana $47,820
- Kansas $47,290
- Montana $47,270
- Nebraska $47,110
- Kentucky $46,550
- South Dakota $46,340
- Oklahoma $46,180
- Louisiana $44,890
- Alabama $44,640
- West Virginia $42,890
- Arkansas $42,840
- Mississippi $42,840
By metro area
- San Jose, CA $66,130
- San Francisco, CA $65,530
- New Haven, CT $62,890
- Santa Cruz, CA $61,960
- Napa, CA $61,710
- Bridgeport, CT $61,390
- Vallejo, CA $61,180
- Santa Rosa, CA $61,140
- Boston, MA $60,960
- Barnstable Town, MA $60,680
- New York, NY $60,640
- Seattle, WA $60,460
- Santa Maria, CA $60,170
- Hartford, CT $59,470
- Fairbanks, AK $59,320
- Washington, DC $59,290
- Salinas, CA $59,180
- Mount Vernon, WA $59,020
- Bremerton, WA $58,590
- Los Angeles, CA $58,590
- San Diego, CA $58,580
- San Luis Obispo, CA $58,570
- Rochester, MN $58,350
- Trenton, NJ $58,020
- Minneapolis, MN $57,790
- Oxnard, CA $57,670
- Norwich, CT $57,530
- Denver, CO $57,510
- Boulder, CO $57,330
- Kennewick, WA $57,290
- Portland, OR $57,040
- Bellingham, WA $57,000
- Sacramento, CA $56,840
- Burlington, VT $56,690
- Longview, WA $56,620
- Amherst Town, MA $56,430
- Worcester, MA $56,350
- Stockton, CA $56,250
- Kiryas Joel, NY $56,130
- Waterbury, CT $56,100
- Riverside, CA $55,610
- Olympia, WA $55,590
- Pittsfield, MA $55,320
- Yuba City, CA $55,210
- Wenatchee, WA $55,120
- Modesto, CA $55,040
- Bend, OR $54,900
- Kahului, HI $54,900
- Providence, RI $54,630
- Portland, ME $54,610
- Kingston, NY $54,510
- Salem, OR $54,420
- Austin, TX $54,320
- Fresno, CA $54,170
- Springfield, MA $54,170
- Anchorage, AK $54,100
- Baltimore, MD $53,570
- Yakima, WA $53,560
- Albany, NY $53,540
- Lebanon, PA $53,500
- Fort Collins, CO $53,310
- Madison, WI $53,240
- Bakersfield, CA $53,170
- Spokane, WA $53,050
- Hanford, CA $52,920
- Philadelphia, PA $52,710
- Charlottesville, VA $52,680
- Manchester, NH $52,550
- Midland, TX $52,210
- Reno, NV $52,000
- Syracuse, NY $52,000
- Phoenix, AZ $51,980
- Merced, CA $51,740
- Vineland, NJ $51,730
- Dallas, TX $51,720
- Blacksburg, VA $51,620
- Buffalo, NY $51,610
- Ithaca, NY $51,610
- Detroit, MI $51,480
- Lexington Park, MD $51,480
- Chicago, IL $51,440
- Walla Walla, WA $51,410
- Richmond, VA $51,400
- Salt Lake City, UT $51,320
- Visalia, CA $51,200
- Atlanta, GA $51,170
- Columbus, OH $51,170
- Ann Arbor, MI $51,100
- Redding, CA $51,090
- Naples, FL $51,000
- Kansas City, MO $50,940
- Milwaukee, WI $50,920
- Santa Fe, NM $50,890
- Corvallis, OR $50,870
- Rochester, NY $50,870
- Albany, OR $50,820
- Nashville, TN $50,810
- Charlotte, NC $50,800
- Durham, NC $50,790
- Appleton, WI $50,780
- Springfield, IL $50,780
- Mankato, MN $50,750
- Chico, CA $50,710
- Greeley, CO $50,680
- Duluth, MN $50,660
- Des Moines, IA $50,610
- Fargo, ND $50,570
- St. Cloud, MN $50,570
- Lansing, MI $50,500
- North Port, FL $50,460
- Atlantic City, NJ $50,430
- Charleston, SC $50,400
- Coeur d'Alene, ID $50,330
- Miami, FL $50,300
- Grand Forks, ND $50,260
- Hilton Head Island, SC $50,250
- Lewiston, ME $50,230
- Raleigh, NC $50,200
- Sheboygan, WI $50,170
- Tampa, FL $50,090