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Employment Overview

How many bookkeepers are there? About 2,114,000 in all. Workers can most likely expect a low rate of unemployment. Note that 3% of employees were without work in 2006.

Flexibility

Self-employment is the choice of 7% of bookkeepers. It is estimated that 25% of workers work less than full time.

Education

Expect to get moderate-term on-the-job training for this occupation. The share of bookkeepers with a bachelor's degree or higher is 16%. About 50% of workers got additional education after high school, but did not have to get a college degree. There was no need to go beyond high school for 34% of employees.

Local Outlook

Great Falls (Montana), Danbury (Connecticut), and Hot Springs (Arkansas) boast the most bookkeepers for their size population. Greenville (South Carolina), Detroit (Michigan), and Ann Arbor (Michigan) have the fewest. The highest salaries for workers are in and around San Jose (California), Santa Cruz (California), and San Francisco (California). The lowest-paying areas are Brownsville (Texas), Las Cruces (New Mexico), and McAllen (Texas).

Detailed local employment conditions for Bookkeepers in metro areas across the US are shown in the table below.


Local Jobs Info for Bookkeepers

Employment info for Bookkeepers, by metropolitan area (for 2006). A Market Strength rating of 1.0 means the city (and surroundings) has an average number of workers in the occupation for to its population. A higher number indicates relatively more workers for the occupation in that location.

StateCity and SurroundingsMarket StrengthWorkersMedian Wage
AlabamaAnniston0.75450$26,000
AlabamaAuburn0.82440$28,000
AlabamaBirmingham1.017,290$31,000
AlabamaDecatur0.96630$27,000
AlabamaDothan1.18970$27,000
AlabamaFlorence0.88560$26,000
AlabamaGadsden1.26480$27,000
AlabamaHuntsville0.822,190$28,000
AlabamaMobile1.082,590$28,000
AlabamaMontgomery1.162,620$28,000
AlabamaTuscaloosa1.171,210$27,000
AlaskaAnchorage1.022,160$39,000
AlaskaFairbanks1.3480$41,000
ArizonaFlagstaff1.01660$32,000
ArizonaPhoenix0.8623,000$34,000
ArizonaPrescott1.291,030$32,000
ArizonaTucson0.894,650$31,000
ArizonaYuma0.91690$30,000
ArkansasFayetteville1.082,870$29,000
ArkansasFort Smith1.181,780$27,000
ArkansasHot Springs2.07890$25,000
ArkansasJonesboro1.28750$29,000
ArkansasLittle Rock1.215,540$31,000
ArkansasPine Bluff0.95390$28,000
CaliforniaBakersfield0.812,870$32,000
CaliforniaChico1.161,060$32,000
CaliforniaEl Centro1.01620$30,000
CaliforniaFresno1.034,690$33,000
CaliforniaHanford1.44560$30,000
CaliforniaLos Angeles158,790$36,000
CaliforniaMadera1.74730$32,000
CaliforniaMerced0.99730$33,000
CaliforniaModesto0.972,130$34,000
CaliforniaNapa1.24970$39,000
CaliforniaOakland0.9714,030$40,000
CaliforniaOxnard14,190$37,000
CaliforniaRedding1.431,210$32,000
CaliforniaRiverside0.7714,290$34,000
CaliforniaSacramento0.9612,210$36,000
CaliforniaSalinas0.851,730$39,000
CaliforniaSan Diego0.8515,850$36,000
CaliforniaSan Francisco0.9613,140$42,000
CaliforniaSan Jose0.779,880$42,000
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo1.171,580$33,000
CaliforniaSanta Ana0.9620,980$38,000
CaliforniaSanta Barbara1.012,250$38,000
CaliforniaSanta Cruz1.441,600$42,000
CaliforniaSanta Rosa1.193,090$39,000
CaliforniaStockton1.143,240$34,000
CaliforniaVallejo1.051,700$37,000
CaliforniaVisalia0.961,730$32,000
CaliforniaYuba City1.3640$32,000
ColoradoBoulder1.092,290$35,000
ColoradoColorado Springs0.913,170$32,000
ColoradoDenver1.0117,710$36,000
ColoradoFort Collins1.211,960$33,000
ColoradoGrand Junction1.34960$28,000
ColoradoGreeley1.281,220$30,000
ColoradoPueblo1.32850$28,000
ConnecticutBridgeport1.398,440$41,000
ConnecticutDanbury2.081,830$39,000
ConnecticutHartford0.897,040$39,000
ConnecticutNew Haven1.154,380$38,000
ConnecticutNorwich0.981,570$35,000
ConnecticutWaterbury0.97860$36,000
DelawareDover1.24870$29,000
DelawareWilmington1.084,910$37,000
District of ColumbiaWashington0.7725,130$39,000
FloridaCape Coral1.163,380$31,000
FloridaDeltona1.052,240$31,000
FloridaFort Lauderdale1.1712,260$32,000
FloridaFort Walton Beach1.061,080$30,000
FloridaGainesville1.231,780$29,000
FloridaJacksonville1.119,500$31,000
FloridaLakeland1.123,010$30,000
FloridaMiami1.1315,860$32,000
FloridaNaples1.192,030$33,000
FloridaOcala1.131,410$29,000
FloridaOrlando0.9313,920$30,000
FloridaPalm Bay1.032,770$31,000
FloridaPanama City1.531,340$28,000
FloridaPensacola1.553,230$28,000
FloridaPort St Lucie1.131,970$31,000
FloridaPunta Gorda1.48720$28,000
FloridaSarasota1.134,370$32,000
FloridaSebastian1.28750$33,000
FloridaTallahassee0.982,150$29,000
FloridaTampa0.9917,560$32,000
FloridaWest Palm Beach1.138,880$34,000
GeorgiaAlbany1.13840$27,000
GeorgiaAthens1.441,360$29,000
GeorgiaAtlanta0.9331,480$33,000
GeorgiaAugusta0.942,600$27,000
GeorgiaBrunswick1.36650$29,000
GeorgiaColumbus1.311,900$29,000
GeorgiaDalton0.94930$29,000
GeorgiaGainesville1.2980$30,000
GeorgiaHinesville1.05130$27,000
GeorgiaMacon1.351,740$28,000
GeorgiaRome1.16510$26,000
GeorgiaSavannah12,030$30,000
GeorgiaValdosta1.11670$27,000
GeorgiaWarner Robins0.85510$30,000
HawaiiHonolulu1.096,390$34,000
IdahoBoise1.184,310$30,000
IdahoCoeur Dalene1.11680$27,000
IdahoIdaho Falls1.18680$25,000
IdahoLewiston1.51370$29,000
IdahoPocatello1.21440$26,000
IllinoisBloomington1.591,310$33,000
IllinoisChampaign1.321,470$32,000
IllinoisChicago0.8546,060$36,000
IllinoisDanville1.65470$26,000
IllinoisDecatur1.17660$28,000
IllinoisKankakee1.06490$30,000
IllinoisPeoria1.082,390$30,000
IllinoisRockford0.931,860$32,000
IllinoisSpringfield1.321,750$31,000
IndianaAnderson1.34610$29,000
IndianaBloomington1.261,100$29,000
IndianaColumbus1.11550$30,000
IndianaElkhart0.921,580$31,000
IndianaEvansville1.152,680$30,000
IndianaFort Wayne0.922,690$31,000
IndianaGary0.913,470$33,000
IndianaIndianapolis1.0513,090$34,000
IndianaKokomo0.92500$27,000
IndianaLafayette1.341,260$29,000
IndianaMichigan City1.27660$30,000
IndianaMuncie1.03600$28,000
IndianaSouth Bend1.051,930$31,000
IndianaTerre Haute0.94800$28,000
IowaAmes1.23560$31,000
IowaCedar Rapids0.961,710$29,000
IowaDavenport1.072,580$30,000
IowaDes Moines1.064,660$33,000
IowaDubuque1.12730$26,000
IowaIowa City1.1950$30,000
IowaSioux City1.241,100$29,000
IowaWaterloo1.141,180$28,000
KansasLawrence1.42740$29,000
KansasTopeka1.241,740$29,000
KansasWichita1.094,520$28,000
KentuckyBowling Green0.97660$28,000
KentuckyElizabethtown0.88460$28,000
KentuckyLexington0.983,250$30,000
KentuckyLouisville18,480$31,000
KentuckyOwensboro0.98570$26,000
LouisianaAlexandria1.18850$28,000
LouisianaBaton Rouge0.994,880$31,000
LouisianaHouma0.981,170$29,000
LouisianaLafayette1.152,070$29,000
LouisianaLake Charles1.131,260$29,000
LouisianaMonroe1.581,540$28,000
LouisianaNew Orleans1.097,570$32,000
LouisianaShreveport1.112,500$30,000
MaineBangor0.86690$28,000
MaineLewiston0.88520$30,000
MainePortland0.942,490$33,000
MarylandBaltimore0.814,570$37,000
MarylandBethesda0.765,930$40,000
MarylandCumberland0.77320$28,000
MarylandHagerstown0.81,040$31,000
MarylandSalisbury1.22770$30,000
MassachusettsBarnstable Town1.231,590$36,000
MassachusettsBoston1.126,370$39,000
MassachusettsBrockton1.081,210$38,000
MassachusettsFramingham0.791,660$36,000
MassachusettsHaverhill1.111,100$35,000
MassachusettsLawrence1.451,060$36,000
MassachusettsLeominster1.48910$35,000
MassachusettsLowell1.031,600$37,000
MassachusettsLynn1.291,670$36,000
MassachusettsNew Bedford1.21940$32,000
MassachusettsPittsfield1.37580$34,000
MassachusettsSpringfield1.024,210$35,000
MassachusettsTaunton1.09620$34,000
MassachusettsWorcester0.983,360$36,000
MichiganAnn Arbor0.711,620$36,000
MichiganBattle Creek1.15700$29,000
MichiganBay City1.32520$31,000
MichiganDetroit0.727,430$35,000
MichiganFlint0.841,590$33,000
MichiganGrand Rapids0.854,520$32,000
MichiganHolland0.981,350$30,000
MichiganJackson0.89600$31,000
MichiganKalamazoo1.061,990$33,000
MichiganLansing1.133,040$34,000
MichiganMonroe1470$30,000
MichiganMuskegon0.8620$31,000
MichiganNiles1.15870$33,000
MichiganSaginaw0.92960$32,000
MichiganWarren0.8714,330$35,000
MinnesotaDuluth1.051,760$30,000
MinnesotaMinneapolis0.8722,070$36,000
MinnesotaRochester0.92970$32,000
MinnesotaSt Cloud0.991,260$30,000
MississippiGulfport1.271,720$30,000
MississippiHattiesburg1.14820$32,000
MississippiJackson1.324,530$33,000
MississippiPascagoula1.23640$30,000
MissouriColumbia0.89920$29,000
MissouriJefferson City1.591,390$26,000
MissouriJoplin1.091,080$28,000
MissouriKansas City1.0314,670$32,000
MissouriSpringfield0.992,580$27,000
MissouriSt Joseph1.25730$28,000
MissouriSt Louis0.9317,700$33,000
MontanaBillings1.982,030$29,000
MontanaGreat Falls2.511,010$28,000
MontanaMissoula1.841,210$29,000
NebraskaLincoln1.352,840$29,000
NebraskaOmaha1.237,770$31,000
NevadaCarson City2.05690$35,000
NevadaLas Vegas0.9212,060$32,000
NevadaReno1.073,160$34,000
New HampshireManchester1.061,360$36,000
New HampshireNashua0.931,680$34,000
New HampshirePortsmouth1.27910$36,000
New HampshireRochester1.25840$32,000
New JerseyAtlantic City1.011,860$34,000
New JerseyCamden0.896,620$36,000
New JerseyEdison1.0214,600$37,000
New JerseyNewark0.9913,940$38,000
New JerseyOcean City1.14560$35,000
New JerseyTrenton0.992,920$39,000
New JerseyVineland0.96690$35,000
New MexicoAlbuquerque1.075,700$30,000
New MexicoFarmington1.21760$28,000
New MexicoLas Cruces1.35990$24,000
New MexicoSanta Fe1.48980$34,000
New YorkAlbany1.368,220$33,000
New YorkBinghamton1.221,730$29,000
New YorkBuffalo1.118,200$31,000
New YorkElmira1.12500$29,000
New YorkGlens Falls1.59980$30,000
New YorkIthaca1.42670$33,000
New YorkKingston1.551,150$31,000
New YorkNassau1.1920,860$37,000
New YorkNew York1.0574,430$38,000
New YorkPoughkeepsie1.133,690$34,000
New YorkRochester0.956,600$32,000
New YorkSyracuse1.275,270$32,000
New YorkUtica1.512,520$29,000
North CarolinaAsheville0.892,120$30,000
North CarolinaBurlington1.571,130$28,000
North CarolinaCharlotte112,170$32,000
North CarolinaDurham0.863,100$33,000
North CarolinaFayetteville0.861,340$29,000
North CarolinaGoldsboro1.07510$28,000
North CarolinaGreensboro0.914,700$30,000
North CarolinaGreenville0.92810$31,000
North CarolinaHickory0.841,870$30,000
North CarolinaJacksonville1.33620$27,000
North CarolinaRaleigh1.017,070$33,000
North CarolinaRocky Mount1.08800$31,000
North CarolinaWilmington0.951,800$30,000
North CarolinaWinston Salem12,930$33,000
North DakotaBismarck1.541,050$29,000
North DakotaFargo1.211,810$30,000
North DakotaGrand Forks1.42860$29,000
OhioAkron0.934,330$31,000
OhioCanton0.932,120$30,000
OhioCincinnati0.8912,900$33,000
OhioCleveland0.9814,650$32,000
OhioColumbus0.8911,510$34,000
OhioDayton0.94,920$32,000
OhioLima1.22810$32,000
OhioMansfield0.95610$30,000
OhioSandusky0.89370$29,000
OhioSpringfield1.34790$28,000
OhioToledo0.853,780$32,000
OhioYoungstown0.943,060$28,000
OklahomaLawton1.24530$27,000
OklahomaOklahoma City1.128,810$30,000
OklahomaTulsa1.227,190$29,000
OregonBend1.81,560$32,000
OregonCorvallis1.33470$29,000
OregonEugene1.112,210$31,000
OregonMedford1.331,420$32,000
OregonPortland1.0515,360$35,000
OregonSalem1.082,120$33,000
PennsylvaniaAllentown0.994,530$31,000
PennsylvaniaAltoona1.07810$27,000
PennsylvaniaErie0.861,470$29,000
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg1.044,270$32,000
PennsylvaniaJohnstown1.08770$27,000
PennsylvaniaLancaster0.942,980$31,000
PennsylvaniaLebanon1.1600$29,000
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia0.9625,230$35,000
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh1.0116,130$30,000
PennsylvaniaReading0.942,060$31,000
PennsylvaniaScranton1.093,860$29,000
PennsylvaniaState College1.14840$27,000
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport1.04640$28,000
PennsylvaniaYork0.922,210$29,000
Rhode IslandProvidence1.058,530$35,000
South CarolinaAnderson0.94690$28,000
South CarolinaCharleston0.943,710$30,000
South CarolinaColumbia0.994,720$30,000
South CarolinaFlorence0.86960$28,000
South CarolinaGreenville0.723,020$30,000
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach1.061,650$29,000
South CarolinaSpartanburg1.011,630$29,000
South CarolinaSumter0.96390$26,000
South DakotaRapid City1.831,390$25,000
South DakotaSioux Falls1.532,730$27,000
TennesseeChattanooga0.862,590$30,000
TennesseeClarksville0.86830$28,000
TennesseeCleveland1.01450$28,000
TennesseeJackson0.75500$28,000
TennesseeJohnson City0.86830$26,000
TennesseeKingsport0.931,380$28,000
TennesseeKnoxville0.94,100$31,000
TennesseeMemphis0.817,100$33,000
TennesseeMorristown0.9510$26,000
TennesseeNashville0.899,520$32,000
TexasAbilene1.14850$26,000
TexasAmarillo1.11,410$30,000
TexasAustin0.9610,020$31,000
TexasBeaumont0.992,070$28,000
TexasBrownsville0.831,330$25,000
TexasCollege Station0.97970$27,000
TexasCorpus Christi1.062,430$29,000
TexasDallas1.0731,130$33,000
TexasEl Paso0.983,430$27,000
TexasFort Worth0.9310,860$32,000
TexasHouston0.931,660$33,000
TexasKilleen0.781,170$28,000
TexasLaredo1.221,230$25,000
TexasLongview1.081,260$27,000
TexasLubbock1.121,690$29,000
TexasMcallen0.842,370$25,000
TexasMidland1.451,110$29,000
TexasOdessa1.22810$30,000
TexasSan Angelo1.15530$27,000
TexasSan Antonio0.9110,380$29,000
TexasSherman1.03490$28,000
TexasTexarkana1.4850$28,000
TexasTyler1.251,450$28,000
TexasVictoria1.11630$28,000
TexasWaco1.081,350$28,000
TexasWichita Falls1.2820$29,000
UtahLogan1.17590$26,000
UtahOgden0.912,330$30,000
UtahProvo1.042,350$27,000
UtahSalt Lake City0.927,790$30,000
UtahSt George1.02610$29,000
VermontBurlington1.341,910$34,000
VirginiaBlacksburg1.03710$28,000
VirginiaCharlottesville1.191,440$33,000
VirginiaDanville1.5630$27,000
VirginiaHarrisonburg1.14760$30,000
VirginiaLynchburg1.061,390$29,000
VirginiaRichmond1.210,120$36,000
VirginiaRoanoke0.911,910$28,000
VirginiaVirginia Beach0.828,650$32,000
VirginiaWinchester1.36880$28,000
WashingtonBellingham1.641,640$34,000
WashingtonBremerton1.291,300$36,000
WashingtonKennewick1.071,180$32,000
WashingtonLongview1.36540$30,000
WashingtonMount Vernon1.66860$34,000
WashingtonOlympia1.241,510$33,000
WashingtonSeattle1.1222,530$37,000
WashingtonSpokane1.283,610$32,000
WashingtonTacoma1.023,750$36,000
WashingtonWenatchee1.63790$32,000
WashingtonYakima1.581,620$32,000
West VirginiaCharleston1.192,290$28,000
West VirginiaHuntington0.921,360$27,000
West VirginiaMorgantown1.13700$30,000
West VirginiaParkersburg1.01870$29,000
West VirginiaWeirton0.9440$25,000
West VirginiaWheeling0.87710$27,000
WisconsinAppleton1.071,610$33,000
WisconsinEau Claire1.211,150$31,000
WisconsinFond1.58800$27,000
WisconsinGreen Bay1.312,890$31,000
WisconsinJanesville1.1920$31,000
WisconsinLa Crosse1.31,160$31,000
WisconsinMadison1.054,710$33,000
WisconsinMilwaukee0.9711,650$33,000
WisconsinOshkosh1.11,160$31,000
WisconsinRacine1.161,140$31,000
WisconsinSheboygan0.95670$29,000
WisconsinWausau1.211,030$29,000
WyomingCasper1.88810$31,000
WyomingCheyenne1.68790$28,000

 

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