1 of 11 10/16/2013 3:23 PM A to Z Index FAQs About BLS Contact Us Subscribe to E-mail Updates Follow Us What's New Release Calendar S Search BLS.gov Home Subject Areas Databases & Tools Publications Economic Releases Beta Occupational Statistics OES FONT SIZE: PRINT: SHARE ON: BROWSE OES OES HOME OES OVERVIEW OES NEWS RELEASES OES DATA OES CHARTS OES MAPS OES PUBLICATIONS OES DATABASES OES FAQS CONTACT OES SEARCH OES OES TOPICS RESPONDENTS DOCUMENTATION SPECIAL NOTICES RELATED LINKS Go Occupational and Wages, May 2012 43-3031 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). National estimates for this occupation Industry profile for this occupation Geographic profile for this occupation National estimates for this occupation: Top estimate and estimates for this occupation: RSE (3) Mean hourly Mean annual (2) Wage RSE (3) 1,606,260 0.3 % $17.62 $36,640 0.1 % Percentile estimates for this occupation: Percentile 10% 25% 50% (Median) 75% 90% Wage $10.39 $13.34 $16.91 $21.19 $26.11 Wage (2) $21,610 $27,750 $35,170 $44,070 $54,310 Subscribe to the OES Update Email Address Industry profile for this occupation: Top Industries with the highest published employment and s for this occupation are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function. Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation: Industry Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services Management of Companies and Enterprises Local Government (OES Designation) Percent of industry employment (2) 96,870 11.16 $17.37 $36,130 72,910 3.64 $18.02 $37,470 70,550 1.29 $17.89 $37,200 Depository Credit Intermediation 46,660 2.70 $16.79 $34,930
2 of 11 10/16/2013 3:23 PM Elementary and Secondary Schools 39,100 0.47 $17.99 $37,410 Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation: Industry Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services Percent of industry employment (2) 96,870 11.16 $17.37 $36,130 Office Administrative Services 26,100 6.33 $18.26 $37,970 Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers Petroleum and Petroleum Products Merchant Wholesalers 12,120 4.58 $17.71 $36,850 4,210 4.48 $16.65 $34,640 Land Subdivision 1,740 4.20 $19.60 $40,760 Top paying industries for this occupation: Industry Percent of industry employment (2) Postal Service 460 0.07 $28.44 $59,150 Motion Picture and Video Industries 4,160 1.16 $22.52 $46,840 Rail Transportation 820 0.36 $21.98 $45,720 Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage 5,910 1.31 $21.81 $45,360 Metal Ore Mining 100 0.25 $21.63 $44,990 Geographic profile for this occupation: Top States and areas with the highest published employment, location s, and s for this occupation are provided. For a list of all areas with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.
3 of 11 10/16/2013 3:23 PM States with the highest employment level in this occupation: State (2) California 169,850 11.87 0.96 $19.91 $41,420 Texas 123,110 11.64 0.94 $17.08 $35,530 New York 114,400 13.39 1.09 $19.39 $40,320 Florida 91,170 12.53 1.02 $16.09 $33,480 Pennsylvania 66,290 11.84 0.96 $17.46 $36,310
4 of 11 10/16/2013 3:23 PM States with the highest concentration of and location s in this occupation: State (2) Montana 10,980 25.39 2.06 $15.41 $32,040 South Dakota 9,330 23.40 1.90 $13.92 $28,960 North Dakota 8,450 20.96 1.70 $16.24 $33,790 Oklahoma 29,500 19.28 1.56 $14.62 $30,420 Vermont 5,300 18.01 1.46 $16.93 $35,210
5 of 11 10/16/2013 3:23 PM Top paying States for this occupation: State (2) District of Columbia 4,080 6.25 0.51 $24.73 $51,440 Connecticut 20,200 12.46 1.01 $20.28 $42,190 Alaska 4,340 13.60 1.10 $20.26 $42,150 Massachusetts 38,940 12.16 0.99 $20.01 $41,630 California 169,850 11.87 0.96 $19.91 $41,420
6 of 11 10/16/2013 3:23 PM Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in this occupation: Metropolitan area New York-White Plains- Wayne, NY-NJ Los Angeles-Long Beach- Glendale, CA Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX Atlanta-Sandy Springs- Marietta, GA Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX (2) 62,800 12.18 0.99 $20.74 $43,130 49,960 12.91 1.05 $19.46 $40,470 32,650 8.97 0.73 $19.07 $39,660 29,190 11.05 0.90 $18.49 $38,470 28,300 12.51 1.01 $17.87 $37,170 25,960 12.38 1.00 $18.21 $37,880
7 of 11 10/16/2013 3:23 PM Washington-Arlington- Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Philadelphia, PA Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Boston-Cambridge- Quincy, MA NECTA Division 22,370 9.54 0.77 $21.71 $45,150 22,090 12.12 0.98 $19.64 $40,840 21,220 12.12 0.98 $18.73 $38,960 20,120 11.76 0.95 $21.05 $43,790 Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of and location s in this occupation: Metropolitan area (2) Rapid City, SD 1,630 27.28 2.21 $14.47 $30,090 Billings, MT 1,980 24.33 1.97 $15.76 $32,790
8 of 11 10/16/2013 3:23 PM Jefferson City, MO 1,590 22.68 1.84 $13.88 $28,870 Missoula, MT 1,260 22.56 1.83 $15.73 $32,730 Great Falls, MT 770 22.21 1.80 $14.81 $30,800 Bismarck, ND 1,380 21.38 1.73 $16.25 $33,800 Utica-Rome, NY 2,620 21.29 1.73 $16.25 $33,810 Sioux Falls, SD 2,790 20.31 1.65 $14.42 $29,990 Olympia, WA 1,860 19.77 1.60 $19.80 $41,190 Fargo, ND-MN 2,440 19.39 1.57 $16.67 $34,680 Top paying metropolitan areas for this occupation: Metropolitan area San Francisco-San Mateo- Redwood City, CA (2) 12,170 12.17 0.99 $23.58 $49,040
9 of 11 10/16/2013 3:23 PM San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 8,890 9.90 0.80 $22.50 $46,810 Napa, CA 850 13.52 1.10 $22.49 $46,790 Oakland-Fremont- Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division Washington-Arlington- Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Bridgeport-Stamford- Norwalk, CT Bethesda-Rockville- Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division 10,420 10.72 0.87 $21.79 $45,310 22,370 9.54 0.77 $21.71 $45,150 5,410 13.05 1.06 $21.24 $44,190 5,360 9.58 0.78 $21.07 $43,820 20,120 11.76 0.95 $21.05 $43,790 Trenton-Ewing, NJ 2,620 12.16 0.99 $20.97 $43,620 Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA 2,240 13.40 1.09 $20.96 $43,590 Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest employment in this occupation: Nonmetropolitan area Kansas nonmetropolitan area Northwest Minnesota Northwestern Texas Southeastern Oklahoma Other North Carolina (2) 5,480 14.28 1.16 $14.51 $30,170 3,670 20.38 1.65 $14.83 $30,840 3,640 14.36 1.16 $14.54 $30,250 3,450 21.17 1.72 $13.41 $27,900 3,400 11.73 0.95 $15.20 $31,620 Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest concentration of and location s in this occupation: Nonmetropolitan area Central South Dakota Western Montana Central Montana Southwestern Montana Eastern Montana Top paying s for this occupation: (2) 960 29.40 2.38 $13.09 $27,220 1,900 28.15 2.28 $15.09 $31,380 980 26.75 2.17 $14.22 $29,570 3,110 26.25 2.13 $15.81 $32,880 870 25.39 2.06 $15.11 $31,430 Nonmetropolitan area
10 of 11 10/16/2013 3:23 PM Nantucket Island and Martha's Vineyard Railbelt / Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area Southeast Alaska North Central Colorado Eastern Sierra Region of California (2) 330 23.27 1.89 $23.16 $48,170 830 11.37 0.92 $20.74 $43,140 610 17.61 1.43 $20.48 $42,600 1,100 14.94 1.21 $19.90 $41,390 210 15.95 1.29 $19.50 $40,570 About May 2012 National, State, Metropolitan, and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational and Wage Estimates These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors, all metropolitan and s, and all states and the District of Columbia. The top employment and figures are provided above. The complete list is available in the downloadable XLS files. The percentile estimate is the value of a below which a certain percent of workers fall. The median is the 50th percentile estimate--50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median. More about percentile s. Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers. (2) s have been calculated by multiplying the hourly by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly published, the annual has been directly calculated from the reported survey data. (3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate. The location is the ratio of the area concentration of occupational employment to the national average concentration. A location greater than one indicates the occupation has a higher share of employment than average, and a location less than one indicates the occupation is less prevalent in the area than average. Other OES estimates and related information: May 2012 National Occupational and Wage Estimates May 2012 State Occupational and Wage Estimates May 2012 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational and Wage Estimates May 2012 National Industry-Specific Occupational and Wage Estimates May 2012 Occupation Profiles Technical Notes
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