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Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks Salary in NY

In the 2025 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS dataset, Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in NY have a median annual salary of $58,160, with 84,280 recorded jobs in this area. Recorded earnings range from $39,880 at the 10th percentile to $81,990 at the 90th percentile.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · Data year: 2025 · Last updated: 2026-09-22

Salary overview

Median annual salary

$58,160

Data year: 2025

Hourly median

$27.96

Employment

84,280

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS

Salary distribution

$39,880
10th
$47,400
25th
$58,160
Median
$69,330
75th
$81,990
90th

Local compared with national

NY

$58,160

Median annual · 2025

United States

$50,670

Median annual · 2025

The NY median is 14.8% above the national median in the available dataset (a difference of $7,490).

Top skills

  1. 1.MathematicsImportance 3.4
  2. 2.Reading ComprehensionImportance 3.3
  3. 3.Active ListeningImportance 3.3
  4. 4.Critical ThinkingImportance 3.3
  5. 5.WritingImportance 3.1
  6. 6.SpeakingImportance 3.1
  7. 7.MonitoringImportance 3.0
  8. 8.Time ManagementImportance 3.0
  9. 9.CoordinationImportance 2.9
  10. 10.Service OrientationImportance 2.9
  11. 11.Complex Problem SolvingImportance 2.9
  12. 12.Active LearningImportance 2.8

Career information

Education and experience

Typical education
High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)
Experience
Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years
Job zone
3

Technology used

  • Accounts payable software
  • Accounts receivable software
  • Accurate NXG
  • AcornSystems Corporate Performance Management
  • ACS Technologies ACS Financial Suite
  • Act!
  • Activant Solutions Activant Prophet 21
  • AdaptaSoft CyberPay
  • Adobe Acrobat
  • ADP Pay eXpert
  • ADP Workforce Now
  • Advanced Management Systems Software for Wineries
  • American HealthTech Financial
  • AMS Services AMS Sagitta
  • Asset management software

Common tasks

  • Reconcile or note and report discrepancies found in records.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Related careers

Occupations recorded as related in the dataset. A relationship does not imply a guaranteed transition.

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks salary in other locations

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