Business and finance

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerk in the United States

25 postings read · sampled 2026-10-01 · source ats · 18 employers · largest 16% of it

What employers actually ask for

Credentials named in the 25 postings we read, ranked by how many mentioned each one.

CPAAICPA / State Boards of Accountancy
8%
2 of 25 postings$1,500 exam · fee checked 2026-08~400 hrs prepAICPA / State Boards of Accountancy →
Associate DegreeAccredited institution
4%
1 of 25 postingsAccredited institution →
Bachelor's DegreeAccredited institution
4%
1 of 25 postingsAccredited institution →

What it costs

Exam and application fees plus typical self-study hours. Almost nobody needs every credential on this list — start with the top line.

Most-asked-for, on its own

$1,500CPA · ~400 hrs

asked for in 2 of 25 postings — 8%

If you earned all 1 of them

$1,500

fees checked 2026-08

400 hrs

400 hours — about 40 weeks at 10 hrs/wk

Not in the total: Associate Degree — cost varies by institution; Bachelor's Degree — cost varies by institution.

What the official taxonomy says

O*NET surveys people already doing this job. That describes who got hired over a long window, not what employers are asking for now — where it disagrees with the counts above, the counts are the more current answer.

Education reported by people doing this job

41%reported high school diploma or equivalent

High school diploma or equivalent41%
Post-secondary certificate21%
Bachelor’s degree12%

Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed. Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.

O*NET 43-3031.00 · pulled 2026-10-01 · percentages are of surveyed workers, each rounded separately, so they need not total 100

This sample is small enough that one posting moves any percentage by more than a couple of points, so we are not calling anything low-signal here. Read the numbers above as a direction, not a measurement.

What it pays

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. A different survey from the postings above, so the two do not share a sample.

$36,000

10th percentile

$50,670

median

$74,550

90th percentile

Every credential above costs $1,500 — about 8 days' pay at the median.

Who was hiring

Employers with at least one matching posting in this sample.

Latitude Inc · Collabera · Murgado Automotive Group · APR Consulting Inc · Boyd Gaming · City of New York · Cogent Talent Solutions · Current · ElevenLabs · Focus Financial Partners · Infojini Inc · Morgan & Morgan · Rocket Lab · SingerLewak · Specialty1 Partners · Toast · Trucordia · Wynn Resorts