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New Accounts Clerks Salary in NJ

In the 2025 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS dataset, New Accounts Clerks in NJ have a median annual salary of $57,240, with 230 recorded jobs in this area. Recorded earnings range from $44,730 at the 10th percentile to $81,030 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

$57,240

Data year: 2025

Hourly median

$27.52

Employment

230

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS

Salary distribution

$44,730
10th
$48,040
25th
$57,240
Median
$80,540
75th
$81,030
90th

Local compared with national

NJ

$57,240

Median annual · 2025

United States

$47,670

Median annual · 2025

The NJ median is 20.1% above the national median in the available dataset (a difference of $9,570).

Top skills

  1. 1.Active ListeningImportance 4.0
  2. 2.SpeakingImportance 4.0
  3. 3.Reading ComprehensionImportance 3.5
  4. 4.Service OrientationImportance 3.4
  5. 5.Social PerceptivenessImportance 3.3
  6. 6.Critical ThinkingImportance 3.1
  7. 7.MonitoringImportance 3.1
  8. 8.CoordinationImportance 3.1
  9. 9.WritingImportance 3.0
  10. 10.PersuasionImportance 3.0
  11. 11.Judgment and Decision MakingImportance 3.0
  12. 12.MathematicsImportance 2.9

Career information

Education and experience

Typical education
High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)
Experience
Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year
Job zone
3

Technology used

  • 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
  • Microsoft Word

Common 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.
  • Execute wire transfers of funds.
  • Issue initial and replacement safe-deposit keys to customers, and admit customers to vaults.

Related careers

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

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