Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks salary · Pennsylvania

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks Salary in Pennsylvania

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in Pennsylvania earn a median of $48,440 a year, which is $23.29 an hour. That is $2,230 below the national median of $50,670, a difference of 4 percent. The state employs 48,920.

Median in Pennsylvania $48,440 $23.29 an hour · May 2025
US median $50,670
Jobs in Pennsylvania 48,920

Pennsylvania against the US May 2025

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in Pennsylvania against the US, May 2025
FigurePennsylvaniaUnited States
Median annual $48,440 $50,670
Median hourly$23.29$24.36
Mean annual$50,860$53,560
10th percentile$34,960$36,000
90th percentile$69,570$74,550
Employment48,9201,373,680

How Pennsylvania compares

By median pay, Pennsylvania ranks 10 of the 12 states this site reports for bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks. Ranking is on the published median only. It says nothing about how far that salary goes once housing, state income tax and commuting are paid, and those differences between states are frequently larger than the pay gap itself.

Other states for bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks May 2025

StateMedianHourlyJobs
California $59,230 $28.48 151,870
New Jersey $58,300 $28.03 37,550
New York $58,160 $27.96 84,280
Illinois $49,560 $23.83 51,470
Georgia $49,350 $23.73 38,700
Florida $49,330 $23.72 88,670
Michigan $48,980 $23.55 37,550
Texas $48,910 $23.52 122,400
Ohio $48,810 $23.47 45,140
Tennessee $48,180 $23.16 37,680
North Carolina $47,930 $23.04 48,760

Common questions

How much do bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks make in Pennsylvania?

The median salary for bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks in Pennsylvania is $48,440 a year, or $23.29 an hour. That is $2,230 below the national median of $50,670, a difference of 4 percent. Pennsylvania employs 48,920 of them.

Is Pennsylvania a good state to work as a bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerk?

On pay alone, Pennsylvania ranks 10 of the 12 states this site reports for the occupation, by median salary. Pay is only half the question though: a state with a higher median can still leave you with less once housing and taxes are counted, and this site does not adjust for cost of living.

What is the pay range for bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks in Pennsylvania?

The lowest-paid 10 percent earn $34,960 or less and the highest-paid 10 percent earn $69,570 or more. The middle half falls between $41,840 and $58,910.

Where these numbers come from

Published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 release, for SOC code 43-3031 in Pennsylvania. Nothing on this page is interpolated or averaged by this site. See the national bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks salary page for the full picture, or how to read these figures for what the survey covers.