The annual salary statistics of bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks in Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky is shown in Table 1. The wage data of bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks in Lexington-Fayette is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $29,070 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $36,450 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $43,690 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $51,110 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $62,090 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks in Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $62,090. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $43,690. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $29,070.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $43,690 | 8.90% | 22.71% |
| 2021 | $39,800 | 2.56% | - |
| 2020 | $38,780 | 3.46% | - |
| 2019 | $37,440 | -2.19% | - |
| 2018 | $38,260 | 3.06% | - |
| 2017 | $37,090 | 2.21% | - |
| 2016 | $36,270 | 3.64% | - |
| 2015 | $34,950 | -0.23% | - |
| 2014 | $35,030 | 3.17% | - |
| 2013 | $33,920 | 0.44% | - |
| 2012 | $33,770 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $43,690, Lexington-Fayette is the second highest paying city for bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks in state of Kentucky, following the highest paying city Louisville-Jefferson County (median annual salary of $44,610). Compared with Louisville-Jefferson County, the median annual salary of bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks in Lexington-Fayette is 2.1 percent (2.1%) lower.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Louisville-Jefferson County | |
| Lexington-Fayette | |
| Owensboro | |
| Evansville | |
| Elizabethtown | |
| West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| Bowling Green | |
| South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area |