Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
Office and Administrative Support
Day to day, this is the job of keeping a set of financial records complete. Entries go into accounting software; figures, codes, and postings are checked for math errors and correct classification. Cash, checks, and vouchers may be received, recorded, and banked, and the work includes calculations such as balances, interest, discounts, and amounts due. Discrepancies get noted or reconciled, and the same records have to follow federal, state, and company rules. The role suits people who like routine calculating and verifying, and who are comfortable following detailed coding and policy rules.
Typical education: High School Diploma or GED
Annual Median Wage in Field (2025)
$50'670
Median Wage Market Position
$50'670
What you might do
- Use accounting software to record financial data
- Recheck entries for math errors and wrong codes
- Figure amounts due, interest, and account balances
- Match records and flag anything that does not add up
- Take in cash and checks and deposit them
- Assign company codes to incoming documents
Skills that matter
- Recording entries in accounting software
- Checking figures and posting codes
- Calculating interest, balances, and discounts
- Flagging and reconciling record discrepancies
- Coding documents to company procedures
- Receiving and banking cash and checks
AI & the future of this role
Recording transactions, reconciling ledgers, and flagging mismatches are patterned desk work that accounting tools and AI are well suited to speed up. Oversight of unusual entries still requires care, though routine bookkeeping volume is likely to need fewer people.
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