Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks (43-3031)

Occupation description:  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).

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2019 Wages

Labor Force Indicators

2016 Worker Characteristics
Total workers	Nonresident workers	Percent nonresident	Percent age 45 plus	Percent age 50 plus
4,655	331	7.1	48.1	37.2

2016 Potential Supply
Qualified but working in another occupation	1,244
Currently employed in a lower paid occupation	379
UI claimants previously working in occupation	496

2016 ALEXsys Employment Data
Number of registrants	2,427
Number of job position postings	271
Ratio of registrants to job position postings	9.0

Typical Entry-level Education, Experience, and/or On-the-job Training

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