Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks salary

What Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks earn across the United States and in the largest metro areas — the official BLS OEWS May 2025 figures.

National wages — United States

Nationally, BLS estimates 1,373,680 Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks jobs — 0.9% of all US employment. The national median wage is $50,670 a year ($24.36 an hour) and the mean is $53,560 a year, per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 estimates (released May 15, 2026), retrieved October 27, 2026.

Wage level	Hourly	Annual
Mean	$25.75	$53,560
10th percentile	$17.31	$36,000
25th percentile	$20.92	$43,520
Median (50th percentile)	$24.36	$50,670
75th percentile	$29.55	$61,470
90th percentile	$35.84	$74,550

Median pay by metro area

Metro area	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment	vs US median
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$65,530	$31.51	18,100	+29.3%
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$60,960	$29.31	21,170	+20.3%
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$60,640	$29.15	77,010	+19.7%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$60,460	$29.07	17,860	+19.3%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$59,290	$28.51	18,550	+17.0%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$58,590	$28.17	53,910	+15.6%
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$58,580	$28.16	12,830	+15.6%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$57,790	$27.78	16,510	+14.1%
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$57,510	$27.65	14,100	+13.5%
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$57,040	$27.42	12,170	+12.6%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$55,610	$26.74	12,710	+9.7%
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$54,320	$26.12	11,900	+7.2%
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$53,570	$25.75	8,540	+5.7%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$52,710	$25.34	22,660	+4.0%
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$51,980	$24.99	16,280	+2.6%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$51,720	$24.86	34,930	+2.1%
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$51,480	$24.75	14,730	+1.6%
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$51,440	$24.73	35,660	+1.5%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$51,170	$24.60	22,480	+1.0%
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$50,800	$24.43	11,740	+0.3%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$50,300	$24.18	25,910	-0.7%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$50,090	$24.08	12,750	-1.1%
St. Louis, MO-IL	$49,970	$24.03	9,950	-1.4%
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$49,460	$23.78	26,090	-2.4%
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	$48,460	$23.30	11,440	-4.4%

Each metro page carries the full OEWS wage distribution, the employment figures, and the estimated take-home pay on that metro's median under 2026 tax rules.

Sources

Wage data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 estimates (released May 15, 2026), retrieved October 27, 2026 — bls.gov/oes. Take-home estimates are computed by this site's paycheck engine with 2026 rules.