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Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks salary in Atlanta, GA

The median bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA earns $51,170 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,387 a month.

10th percentile
$35,620
25th percentile
$43,930
Median percentile
$51,170
75th percentile
$61,760
90th percentile
$75,110

Based on 22,480 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$40,639 take-home a year
Gross pay$51,170
Federal income tax−$3,960
Social Security + Medicare−$3,915
Georgia income tax (approx.)−$2,656
Monthly take-home$3,387
Every two weeks$1,563

Does it go far here?

$51,140Median pay in Atlanta, GA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 100.1 vs 100).
49%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,672 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Atlanta, GA

JobMedian pay
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$618,090
Chief Executives$275,820
Physicians, All Other$275,080
Family Medicine Physicians$259,320
Cardiologists$239,200
Anesthesiologists$226,830
Dentists, General$222,690
Air Traffic Controllers$186,640

All bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks salaries · Take-home pay in Georgia