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Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks salary in Houston, TX

The median bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX earns $49,460 a year, 2% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,493 a month.

10th percentile
$34,730
25th percentile
$41,860
Median percentile
$49,460
75th percentile
$60,460
90th percentile
$74,010

Based on 26,090 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

$41,921 take-home a year
Gross pay$49,460
Federal income tax−$3,755
Social Security + Medicare−$3,784
Texas income tax (approx.)−$0
Monthly take-home$3,493
Every two weeks$1,612

Does it go far here?

$50,148Median pay in Houston, TX is worth this at average US prices (local price level 98.6 vs 100).
41%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,430 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Houston, TX

JobMedian pay
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$307,690
Physicians, All Other$292,490
Nurse Anesthetists$275,310
Chief Executives$275,270
General Internal Medicine Physicians$274,410
Anesthesiologists$210,230
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers$174,490
Computer and Information Systems Managers$172,160

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