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Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerk Salary by State (2026)

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks earn the most in District of Columbia at $65,180 a year and the least in Mississippi at $42,840 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). The national median is $50,670. The table below covers all 50 states, DC, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam and Puerto Rico, with a cost-of-living adjusted column.

Highest median
$65,180District of Columbia
National median
$50,670BLS OEWS, May 2025
Lowest median
$42,840Mississippi
Areas reporting
54of 54 OEWS areas

Top and bottom

Highest- and lowest-paying states for bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks

Ranked on the state median among the 50 states and DC. Territories are in the full table but not ranked here.

Highest median pay

  1. 1District of Columbia$65,180
  2. 2Connecticut$59,970
  3. 3Massachusetts$59,830
  4. 4California$59,230
  5. 5Washington$58,620

Lowest median pay

  1. 1Mississippi$42,840
  2. 2Arkansas$42,840
  3. 3West Virginia$42,890
  4. 4Alabama$44,640
  5. 5Louisiana$44,890

All states

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerk salary in every state

Sort by any column. Employment is the number of bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks OEWS estimates in that state; blank cells are estimates BLS suppressed because the sample was too small.

Annual wages by state, sortable by median, quartiles, employment and cost-of-living adjusted median
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1DCDistrict of Columbia
$65,180
$55,280$77,7001,790$59,308
2CTConnecticut
$59,970
$49,840$70,71014,930$57,881
3MAMassachusetts
$59,830
$49,160$69,11029,110$56,573
4CACalifornia
$59,230
$48,600$70,600151,870$53,495
5WAWashington
$58,620
$49,830$66,40032,930$54,778
6NJNew Jersey
$58,300
$48,400$67,27037,550$53,582
7NYNew York
$58,160
$47,400$69,33084,280$53,891
8AKAlaska
$56,430
$47,270$64,3604,580$55,129
9VTVermont
$54,720
$47,850$63,4202,950$55,861
10MNMinnesota
$54,600
$46,970$62,64026,850$55,363
11OROregon
$54,060
$45,730$62,93021,710$52,302
12COColorado
$54,000
$46,400$64,17026,140$52,401
13MDMaryland
$53,540
$45,990$63,04018,170$51,010
14RIRhode Island
$53,280
$46,800$63,1604,570$52,092
15NHNew Hampshire
$52,450
$44,980$61,1407,180$50,353
16DEDelaware
$51,780
$44,980$61,6204,600$51,880
17VAVirginia
$51,620
$44,420$62,23031,990$51,056
18AZArizona
$50,590
$44,980$59,55022,690$50,250
19MEMaine
$50,510
$45,100$60,2107,390$52,045
20NVNevada
$50,380
$43,800$60,29015,180$50,391
21WIWisconsin
$50,340
$44,580$59,38025,960$53,499
22NDNorth Dakota
$49,710
$44,750$58,9904,290$55,880
23ILIllinois
$49,560
$42,680$60,13051,470$49,581
24UTUtah
$49,440
$41,600$59,67012,650$50,008
25GAGeorgia
$49,350
$40,410$60,01038,700$51,250
26FLFlorida
$49,330
$42,890$59,96088,670$47,701
27MIMichigan
$48,980
$42,740$58,53037,550$50,906
28TXTexas
$48,910
$40,710$60,320122,400$50,393
29OHOhio
$48,810
$42,360$58,72045,140$52,612
30HIHawaii
$48,730
$42,340$58,7905,220$44,320
31PAPennsylvania
$48,440
$41,840$58,91048,920$49,645
32IDIdaho
$48,310
$40,770$58,6609,540$50,590
33IAIowa
$48,180
$41,140$57,54014,020$54,898
34TNTennessee
$48,180
$40,330$58,46037,680$52,444
35NMNew Mexico
$48,080
$40,170$58,2807,780$52,141
36MOMissouri
$47,990
$40,220$58,14021,400$52,843
37SCSouth Carolina
$47,940
$39,810$58,24019,980$51,137
38NCNorth Carolina
$47,930
$39,870$58,06048,760$50,813
39WYWyoming
$47,910
$39,880$57,5103,480$51,688
40INIndiana
$47,820
$39,970$57,77029,910$51,238
41KSKansas
$47,290
$39,310$56,48015,380$52,505
42MTMontana
$47,270
$40,510$55,7906,980$49,945
43NENebraska
$47,110
$39,000$54,90010,050$52,285
44KYKentucky
$46,550
$37,450$56,61023,480$51,631
45VIU.S. Virgin Islands
$46,490
$37,860$55,760280N/A
46SDSouth Dakota
$46,340
$39,370$52,00010,200$52,311
47OKOklahoma
$46,180
$38,050$56,36016,490$52,571
48LALouisiana
$44,890
$35,990$54,17018,980$50,892
49ALAlabama
$44,640
$36,390$50,68019,890$50,257
50WVWest Virginia
$42,890
$36,450$49,5207,620$47,923
51ARArkansas
$42,840
$36,020$51,10012,510$49,277
52MSMississippi
$42,840
$34,890$51,08012,160$49,268
53GUGuam
$33,280
$27,520$39,730880N/A
54PRPuerto Rico
$28,700
$24,450$35,6106,650N/A

Method

How the cost-of-living adjustment works

The adjusted column divides each state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity (RPP) and multiplies by 100. RPPs measure how much a fixed basket of goods, services and rents costs in one state relative to the national average, so the result restates local pay in national-average dollars.

For bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks, the adjustment does not change the leader: District of Columbia is first on raw pay and still first once prices are taken into account, at $59,308.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities by State, 2024 (public domain). The adjustment is NueCareer's calculation, not a BLS or BEA published statistic.

Questions

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerk pay by state: FAQ

Which state pays bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks the most?

District of Columbia reports the highest median wage for bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks at $65,180 a year (BLS OEWS, May 2025), followed by Connecticut ($59,970) and Massachusetts ($59,830).

Which state pays bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks the least?

Among the 50 states and DC, Mississippi reports the lowest median for bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks at $42,840 a year, $22,340 below the highest-paying state (BLS OEWS, May 2025). Among the territories, U.S. Virgin Islands reports $46,490, Guam reports $33,280 and Puerto Rico reports $28,700.

Is the highest-paying state the best for bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks after cost of living?

Yes. District of Columbia stays first after dividing each state median by its BEA Regional Price Parity, at $59,308 in national-average dollars from a raw $65,180. BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024; the adjustment is NueCareer's calculation.

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