Job Description: Bookkeepers maintain complete and up-to-date systematic records of accounts and financial transactions. Accounting Clerks calculate, post and verify primary financial data used to produce and maintain financial and statistical documents. Auditing Clerks verify the accuracy of figures and calculations of business transactions recorded by other workers.
All operate calculators, typewriters, and copiers. Many operate computers and computer terminals to record, store, and analyze data. Their work also involves a variety of routine clerical duties.
Wages - Statewide:
To give you an idea of how much you might earn, we have given you the average hourly wages and average yearly wages for this career throughout California. Wages can vary greatly in different parts of the State.
Hourly Average Wages:
$
37,746
Yearly Average Wages:
$
37,746
Source: California Occupational Employment and Wage Data, 2008
Job Openings:
An average of 6120 job openings will be available statewide per year. The number of openings includes both new jobs and replacement openings as workers leave the occupation.
Source: California Occupational Employment Projections 2004 - 2014
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