ACCOUNTING CLERK
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The Accounting Clerk program provides students with entry level competencies for employment in the accounting industry, government, financial institutions and small businesses and medical offices.— Show Full Program Details
ACCOUNTING CLERK Pathways
Pathways listed below are for the catalog year 2025-2026. Maps for previous years are available on each pathway page. What is a catalog year?
Featured Careers
Find your calling. Explore high-earning careers with entry-level data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Job growth: Rising
- Low salary: 52,780
- High salary: 141,420
- Average salary: 81680
- Job growth: Stable
- Low salary:
- High salary:
- Average salary:
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
High school diploma/GED, Certificate after high school
- Job growth: Rising
- Low salary: 34,600
- High salary: 72,660
- Average salary: 49210
All Careers in ACCOUNTING CLERK (13)
| Financial Risk Specialists | - n/a | Rising | 106,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Teachers, Postsecondary | Doctoral degree, Master's degree | Rising | 97,270 |
| Financial Examiners | Bachelor's degree | Rising | 90,400 |
| Budget Analysts | Bachelor's degree, High school diploma/GED | Stable | 87,930 |
| Accountants and Auditors | - n/a | Rising | 81,680 |
| Credit Analysts | Bachelor's degree | Declining | 80,970 |
| Brokerage Clerks | Bachelor's degree, High school diploma/GED | Declining | 62,940 |
| Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents | Bachelor's degree, Associate's degree | Declining | 59,740 |
| Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks | Bachelor's degree, Some college | Declining | 55,290 |
| Statistical Assistants | Bachelor's degree, Some college | Declining | 51,440 |
| Tax Preparers | High school diploma/GED, Bachelor's degree | Stable | 50,560 |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | High school diploma/GED, Certificate after high school | Rising | 49,210 |
| Appraisers of Personal and Business Property | - n/a | Stable |
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Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes help you work towards your educational goals.
- Students will be able to compose entry-level correspondence and respond to correspondence initiated by others using standard office word processing and standard business English which includes grammar, punctuation, mechanics, vocabulary, style and usage.
- Students will be able to prepare, interpret and communicate both cash and accrual financial statements using various word processing, spreadsheet and computerized accounting software.
- Students will be able to set up a filing system, identify and record financial transactions for a business using manual journals, ledgers, spreadsheets and computerized accounting software.
- Students will develop verbal and nonverbal skills that empower them to be credible and promotable within the workplace.