The annual salary statistics of bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks in Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky is shown in Table 1. The wage data of bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks in Louisville-Jefferson County 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 | $29,000 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $36,250 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $44,610 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $51,300 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $62,400 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks in Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $62,400. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $44,610. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $29,000.
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 | $44,610 | 6.95% | 24.14% |
| 2021 | $41,510 | 4.46% | - |
| 2020 | $39,660 | 3.00% | - |
| 2019 | $38,470 | 2.11% | - |
| 2018 | $37,660 | -0.64% | - |
| 2017 | $37,900 | 2.48% | - |
| 2016 | $36,960 | 4.55% | - |
| 2015 | $35,280 | 0.88% | - |
| 2014 | $34,970 | 1.74% | - |
| 2013 | $34,360 | 1.51% | - |
| 2012 | $33,840 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $44,610, Louisville-Jefferson County is the highest paying city for bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks in state of Kentucky, followed by Lexington-Fayette (median annual salary $43,690). In comparison, the median annual salary of bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks in Louisville-Jefferson County is 2.1 percent (2.1%) higher than that in Lexington-Fayette.
| 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 |