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What bookkeepers make
Median
$50,670
Entry clerk
$36,000
Full-charge or senior
$74,550
The federal wage survey counts bookkeeping, accounting and auditing clerks as one group. The national median is $50,670 a year and the bottom tenth earn about $36,000. A full-charge bookkeeper who runs a whole company's books sits at the top of that spread.