New Accounts Clerks Career, Salary and Skills
New Accounts Clerks have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $47,670 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 36,860. Wage data is published for 192 locations.
Occupation description
Interview persons desiring to open accounts in financial institutions. Explain account services available to prospective customers and assist them in preparing applications.
O*NET code
43-4141.00
Job zone
3
Typical education
High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)
Experience
Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year
National salary and employment
Median annual
$47,670
Hourly median
$22.92
Employment
36,860
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Active Listening | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Speaking | 4.00 | 3.88 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.50 | 3.62 |
| Service Orientation | 3.38 | 3.38 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 3.25 | 3.00 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.12 | 3.50 |
| Monitoring | 3.12 | 3.00 |
| Coordination | 3.12 | 2.88 |
| Persuasion | 3.00 | 2.88 |
| Writing | 3.00 | 3.00 |
Typical tasks
- Perform teller duties as required.
- Compile information about new accounts, enter account information into computers, and file related forms or other documents.
- Collect and record customer deposits and fees and issue receipts, using computers.
- Inform customers of procedures for applying for services, such as ATM cards, direct deposit of checks, and certificates of deposit.
- Answer customers' questions and explain available services, such as deposit accounts, bonds, and securities.
- Interview customers to obtain information needed for opening accounts or renting safe-deposit boxes.
- Refer customers to appropriate bank personnel to meet their financial needs.
- Investigate and correct errors upon customers' request, according to customer and bank records.
Technology
- Corporate Information Factory CIF
- DCI iCore
- Email software
- Financial needs analysis software
- Fiserv financial services software
- Harland Financial Solutions DepositPro
- IBM Lotus Notes
- IPS-Sendero Relationship Profitability Manager Catalyst
- Microsoft Dynamics GP
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft SharePoint
New Accounts Clerks salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- New Accounts Clerks Salary in NYMedian $57,950 · Employment 4,800
- New Accounts Clerks Salary in New York, NYMedian $58,980 · Employment 2,940
- New Accounts Clerks Salary in TXMedian $44,040 · Employment 2,360
- New Accounts Clerks Salary in WIMedian $48,050 · Employment 2,100
- New Accounts Clerks Salary in ILMedian $49,040 · Employment 2,020
- New Accounts Clerks Salary in NCMedian $49,480 · Employment 1,910
- New Accounts Clerks Salary in MIMedian $46,780 · Employment 1,800
- New Accounts Clerks Salary in GAMedian $45,770 · Employment 1,650
- New Accounts Clerks Salary in OKMedian $43,380 · Employment 1,650
- New Accounts Clerks Salary in ORMedian $48,330 · Employment 1,410
- New Accounts Clerks Salary in PAMedian $47,330 · Employment 1,400
- New Accounts Clerks Salary in IAMedian $45,630 · Employment 1,320
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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.