Accounts Clerk salary in Australia
ANZSCO occupation: Accounting Clerks
Last reviewed July 2026
Source: Jobs and Skills Australia — Occupation Profiles (ABS Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours, May 2025) · 2025 data. Annual figure derived from median weekly earnings × 52.
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- People employed
- 139,500
- Annual employment growth
- -200/yr
- 5-yr projected growth
- +1.3%
- Skills shortage rating
- No national shortage
- Main industry
- Construction
- Works full-time
- 70%
- Avg full-time hours
- 40 hrs/wk
- Works part-time
- 30%
- Female share
- 80%
- Median age
- 45 yrs
Source: Jobs and Skills Australia — Occupation Profiles (ABS Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours, May 2025) (2025) · Jobs and Skills Australia — Employment Projections (May 2025 to May 2030), produced with Victoria University (2025) · Jobs and Skills Australia — 2025 Occupation Shortage List (unit-group level) (2025)
What does a accounts clerk do?
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.
- 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
How to become a accounts clerk
Typical education for this occupation, and courses that lead to it.
Education held by people in this role
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Where accounts clerks are employed
Share of workers by state and territory (employment distribution, not pay).
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Frequently asked questions
How much does a accounts clerk earn in Australia?
The median accounts clerk earns $74,984 per year ($1,442 per week, or about $38/hour), based on Jobs and Skills Australia — Occupation Profiles (ABS Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours, May 2025) (2025).
What qualifications do you need to be a accounts clerk?
Most accounts clerks hold a bachelor degree (21.1% of workers). Pathways vary — see typical courses above.
Is accounts clerk a job in demand in Australia?
Around 139,500 accounts clerks are employed in Australia. Employment is changing by about -200 workers per year.
Earnings, employment and education data: Jobs and Skills Australia — Occupation Profiles (ABS Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours, May 2025) (2025). Used under CC BY 4.0.
Employment projections: Jobs and Skills Australia — Employment Projections (May 2025 to May 2030), produced with Victoria University (2025). Used under CC BY 4.0.
Skills shortage ratings: Jobs and Skills Australia — 2025 Occupation Shortage List (unit-group level) (2025). Used under CC BY 4.0.
The ABS median refers to full-time non-managerial employees paid at the adult rate; individual pay varies. Annual figures derived from median weekly earnings × 52. Figures are estimates for guidance only.