As of June 2026, Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks has an AI-exposure score of 80/100 (Very High exposure) on the AI-Safe Careers index, blending O*NET tasks, the Anthropic Economic Index, the Penn/OpenAI study, and BLS data. This is an estimate of task exposure, not a prediction of job loss.
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
More exposed than 98% of the roles we track. Median pay ~US$50,670. About 170,000 projected openings a year (BLS 2024–34 — growth plus replacement).
Pay & demand figures are US medians (BLS, in USD) — your local figures will differ. Your exposure score applies broadly.
How you compare to similar Administrative roles
Your tasks, by AI exposure
- Operate computers programmed with accounting software to record, store, and analyze information.
- Compile budget data and documents, based on estimated revenues and expenses and previous budgets.
- Operate 10-key calculators, typewriters, and copy machines to perform calculations and produce documents.
- Calculate and prepare checks for utilities, taxes, and other payments.
- Perform financial calculations, such as amounts due, interest charges, balances, discounts, equity, and principal.
- Prepare and process payroll information.
- Perform general office duties, such as filing, answering telephones, and handling routine correspondence.
- Access computerized financial information to answer general questions as well as those related to specific accounts.
- Classify, record, and summarize numerical and financial data to compile and keep financial records, using journals and ledgers or computers.
- Match order forms with invoices, and record the necessary information.
- Receive, record, and bank cash, checks, and vouchers.
- Compare computer printouts to manually maintained journals to determine if they match.
- Check figures, postings, and documents for correct entry, mathematical accuracy, and proper codes.
- Reconcile or note and report discrepancies found in records.
- Reconcile records of bank transactions.
- Monitor status of loans and accounts to ensure that payments are up to date.
- Code documents according to company procedures.
- Prepare bank deposits by compiling data from cashiers, verifying and balancing receipts, and sending cash, checks, or other forms of payment to banks.
- Debit, credit, and total accounts on computer spreadsheets and databases, using specialized accounting software.
- Comply with federal, state, and company policies, procedures, and regulations.
No augmentable tasks identified for this role — its real, individually-assessed tasks consistently read as automatable (100%).
No durable tasks identified for this role — its real, individually-assessed tasks consistently read as automatable (100%).
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Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks — median pay by US state (BLS OEWS, USD)
Median annual wage, in USD. US national: US$50,670. More states are being added.