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Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in New Jersey

Thinking about a career as a Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in New Jersey? Here’s what you need to know. Compute, classify, and record numerical data to keep financial records complete. Perform any combination of routine calculating, posting, and verifying duties to obtain primary financial data for use in maintaining accounting records. May also check the accuracy of figures, calculations, and postings pertaining to business transactions recorded by other workers. Excludes “Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks” (43-3051).

What do Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks Make in New Jersey?

The bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks working in New Jersey, wages run about $56,730 per year (or roughly $27.27/hour).Earnings range from $39,260 at the 10th percentile to $76,610 at the 90th percentile.

Wage Statistic	Annual	Hourly
10th percentile	$39,260	$18.88
25th percentile	$47,140	$22.66
Median (50th)	$56,730	$27.27
75th percentile	$65,860	$31.66
90th percentile	$76,610	$36.83

The location quotient — a measure of how concentrated this occupation is in New Jersey nationwide is 1.01.

National Wage Comparison

Nationally, bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks earn a median of $63,707 per year ($30.63/hour), lower than the New Jersey median.

Employment Outlook

National employment for 1,490,368 bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks nationwide. In New Jersey alone, about 40,560 people work in this role. That’s more than the typical state, which employs around 18,550 bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.

Top New Jersey Metros for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks

The metro areas below employ the most bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks in New Jersey.

Metro Area	Number Employed	Annual Median Salary
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	1,800	$55,690
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	1,320	$48,210
Vineland, NJ	440	$47,870

Top States for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks Employment

The table below shows the states where the most bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks work.

State	Number Employed
California	154,980
Texas	130,770
Florida	107,210
New York	93,920
Pennsylvania	54,580
Illinois	53,340
Ohio	48,280
North Carolina	48,160
New Jersey	40,560
Tennessee	40,360
Michigan	40,100
Georgia	36,690
Washington	36,640
Virginia	35,730
Massachusetts	31,010
Wisconsin	29,050
Indiana	28,250
Minnesota	27,520
Colorado	24,650
Arizona	24,260

Highest-Paying States for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks

These states pay the most for bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks.

State	Annual Median Salary
District of Columbia	$62,470
California	$57,470
Connecticut	$57,290
Massachusetts	$57,120
New Jersey	$56,730
Washington	$56,580
New York	$55,880
Alaska	$54,510
Maryland	$54,080
Colorado	$54,080

Skills

Key bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks skills, rated on an importance scale of 0 to 5:

Knowledge Areas

Core knowledge areas for this occupation, rated on an importance scale of 0 to 5:

Abilities

Key abilities for bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks, rated on an importance scale of 0 to 5:

Daily Tasks

Day-to-day, bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks typically:

• Operate computers programmed with accounting software to record, store, and analyze information.
• Check figures, postings, and documents for correct entry, mathematical accuracy, and proper codes.
• Comply with federal, state, and company policies, procedures, and regulations.
• Operate 10-key calculators, typewriters, and copy machines to perform calculations and produce documents.
• Receive, record, and bank cash, checks, and vouchers.
• Code documents according to company procedures.
• Perform financial calculations, such as amounts due, interest charges, balances, discounts, equity, and principal.
• Reconcile or note and report discrepancies found in records.
• 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.
• Debit, credit, and total accounts on computer spreadsheets and databases, using specialized accounting software.

Work Activities

• Working with Computers
• Getting Information
• Documenting/Recording Information
• Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
• Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
• Processing Information
• Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
• Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
• Performing Administrative Activities
• Communicating with People Outside the Organization
• Making Decisions and Solving Problems
• Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge

Tools & Technology

Technologies frequently used: Hot technologies: Adobe Acrobat, Epic Systems, Google Docs In-demand technologies: Accounting software

Related Careers

Other careers like bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks include:

• Financial Managers
• Accountants and Auditors
• Credit Analysts
• Loan Officers
• Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents
• Tax Preparers

Also Known As

Account Administrator, Account Clerk, Account Information Clerk, Account Receivable Clerk, Accountant Assistant, Accountant Clerk, Accountant Helper, Accounting Assistant, Accounting Associate, Accounting Bookkeeper, Accounting Clerk, Accounting Coordinator, Accounting Representative, Accounting Specialist, Accounting Technician.

References

• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics — https://www.bls.gov/oes/
• O*NET Online — https://www.onetonline.org/
• BLS Employment Projections — https://www.bls.gov/emp/
• O*NET-SOC code: 43-3031.00