ANZSCO 5511

Accounting Clerks

Overview

EMPLOYED

147,400

PART-TIME SHARE

31%

FEMALE SHARE

79%

MEDIAN WEEKLY EARNINGS

$1,392

MEDIAN AGE

44

ANNUAL EMPLOYMENT GROWTH

5,100

About this data

Summary

Accounting Clerks monitor creditor and debtor accounts, undertake related routine documentation, and calculate and investigate the cost of wages, materials, overheads and other operating costs.

Tasks

  • Preparing and processing documentation related to accounts payable and receivable
  • Reconciling invoices and despatching payments
  • Calculating, analysing and investigating the costs of proposed expenditure, wages and standard costs
  • Preparing bank reconciliations
  • Allocating expenditure to specified budget accounts
  • Summarising expenditure and receipts
  • Preparing records of standard costs and values for items such as raw materials and packaging supplies
  • Recording cost variations and contract price movements
  • Compiling cost data for preparation of operating budgets, and profit and loss calculations
  • Investigating the costs of proposed expenditures, quotations and estimates
  • Preparing reports of total costs, inventory adjustments, selling prices and profits
  • May work in a call centre

ANZSCO Classification

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    Earnings and Hours

    Weekly Earnings (Before Tax)
    Source: Share of workers who work full-time hours: ABS, Labour Force Survey, 2023, four-quarter average, customised report.
    Average full-time hours worked per week: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
    Median full-time earnings per week and Median hourly earnings: ABS, Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours, May 2023, customised report.
    Note: median earnings data have not been produced for some occupations where there is a high standard error, and are published with "N/A" values.
    Earnings and Hours Accounting Clerks All Occupations
    Share of workers who work full-time hours 69% 70%
    Average full-time hours worked per week 40 hours 44 hours
    Median full-time earnings per week $1,392 $1,697
    Median hourly earnings $37 $43

    Industries

    Accounting Clerks work in industries like:

    Source: Ranked using ABS, Labour Force Survey, 2023, four-quarter average data, custom report.
    Note: industries that comprise less than 5% of an occupation have been suppressed.

    States and territories

    New South Wales

    32.4%

    Victoria

    24.9%

    Queensland

    20.9%

    South Australia

    5.9%

    Tasmania

    1.6%

    Northern Territory

    1.0%

    Australian Capital Territory

    2.0%

    Source: ABS Labour Force Survey, Detailed, August 2024, Jobs and Skills Australia trend data.

    Age and gender

    Age and Gender Profile
    Source: ABS, Labour Force Survey, 2023, four-quarter average, customised report.
    Age and Gender Accounting Clerks All Occupations
    Median age 44 years 39 years
    Female share of employment 79% 48%
    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
    Age Profile (% Share) All Occupations Accounting Clerks
    15–19 5.2 0.6
    20–24 9.1 4.7
    25–34 22.7 18.4
    35–44 22.3 24.7
    45–54 20.4 25.7
    55–59 8.8 11.6
    60–64 6.5 8.4
    65 and Over 4.9 5.9

    Education

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    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
    Highest Level of Educational Attainment (% Share) All Occupations Accounting Clerks
    Post Graduate/Graduate Diploma or Graduate Certificate 12.2 8.7
    Bachelor degree 23.2 21.1
    Advanced Diploma/Diploma 11.1 14.9
    Certificate III/IV 19.5 17.4
    Year 12 15.9 19.0
    Year 11 4.0 5.0
    Year 10 and below 9.7 9.1
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      Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations

      Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO) is the skill-based classification system used to categorise occupations in the Australian and New Zealand labour markets. ANZSCO provides a basis for the standardised collection, analysis and dissemination of occupation data. Visit the ABS website to learn how ANZSCO works. Jobs and Skills Australia displays data for occupations that are defined by ANZSCO 2013 Version 1.3.