The highest-paying states for bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $61,360, District of Columbia is the highest paying state for bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks. It is followed by Massachusetts (average annual salary $52,350). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks in a specific state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | District of Columbia | $61,360 |
$44,060 | 2,460 |
| 2 | Massachusetts | $52,350 |
$36,450 | 40,180 |
| 3 | California | $50,560 |
$35,340 | 176,690 |
| 4 | Connecticut | $50,020 |
$35,360 | 16,350 |
| 5 | New Jersey | $50,010 |
$35,490 | 47,130 |
| 6 | Alaska | $49,280 |
$36,230 | 4,690 |
| 7 | New York | $49,230 |
$32,820 | 94,450 |
| 8 | Rhode Island | $49,180 |
$34,160 | 4,820 |
| 9 | Washington | $49,160 |
$37,700 | 35,470 |
| 10 | Maryland | $48,550 |
$32,650 | 19,640 |
| 11 | Colorado | $48,040 |
$33,270 | 28,040 |
| 12 | Vermont | $47,650 |
$34,350 | 4,250 |
| 13 | Delaware | $47,620 |
$32,120 | 5,670 |
| 14 | Minnesota | $47,610 |
$33,960 | 26,540 |
| 15 | Illinois | $47,420 |
$31,570 | 63,510 |
| 16 | Oregon | $46,870 |
$34,640 | 24,870 |
| 17 | Hawaii | $46,030 |
$32,610 | 5,880 |
| 18 | New Hampshire | $46,010 |
$31,840 | 7,990 |
| 19 | Arizona | $45,790 |
$33,240 | 27,550 |
| 20 | Maine | $45,740 |
$34,160 | 8,110 |
| 21 | Wisconsin | $45,100 |
$30,950 | 34,900 |
| 22 | Nevada | $44,870 |
$31,740 | 11,520 |
| 23 | Virginia | $44,610 |
$29,320 | 37,400 |
| 24 | Michigan | $44,530 |
$30,450 | 37,910 |
| 25 | Pennsylvania | $44,500 |
$28,840 | 59,970 |
| 26 | Texas | $44,400 |
$28,440 | 134,980 |
| 27 | Virgin Islands | $44,330 |
$29,720 | 400 |
| 28 | Georgia | $44,300 |
$27,770 | 38,640 |
| 29 | Florida | $44,260 |
$29,870 | 106,700 |
| 30 | Ohio | $44,150 |
$30,110 | 56,130 |
| 31 | Iowa | $44,000 |
$28,030 | 18,030 |
| 32 | North Dakota | $43,830 |
$33,070 | 3,880 |
| 33 | Utah | $43,700 |
$30,510 | 15,080 |
| 34 | Missouri | $43,040 |
$29,560 | 24,340 |
| 35 | Nebraska | $42,640 |
$29,720 | 10,830 |
| 36 | North Carolina | $42,450 |
$28,660 | 49,590 |
| 37 | Idaho | $41,490 |
$27,060 | 10,820 |
| 38 | Kentucky | $41,150 |
$26,940 | 25,180 |
| 39 | Indiana | $41,140 |
$27,250 | 29,530 |
| 40 | Tennessee | $41,130 |
$28,620 | 44,740 |
| 41 | New Mexico | $40,250 |
$27,780 | 8,830 |
| 42 | Oklahoma | $40,160 |
$26,130 | 19,830 |
| 43 | South Carolina | $39,940 |
$26,590 | 18,830 |
| 44 | Kansas | $39,590 |
$26,100 | 18,230 |
| 45 | Louisiana | $39,070 |
$26,780 | 20,710 |
| 46 | Montana | $39,020 |
$27,040 | 8,250 |
| 47 | Wyoming | $38,610 |
$24,760 | 3,650 |
| 48 | South Dakota | $38,510 |
$29,740 | 10,180 |
| 49 | Arkansas | $38,110 |
$28,260 | 10,610 |
| 50 | West Virginia | $37,690 |
$26,280 | 8,120 |
| 51 | Alabama | $37,690 |
$23,970 | 18,610 |
| 52 | Mississippi | $37,500 |
$24,690 | 10,440 |
| 53 | Guam | $28,440 |
$22,120 | 870 |
| 54 | Puerto Rico | $23,420 |
$17,930 | 7,850 |