Accounting Assistant
Impact: Indirect
Assists accountants with financial record-keeping, data entry, reconciliation, and report preparation. Handles invoices, payroll, and expense reports, ensuring accuracy and compliance with financial regulations.
What the day looks like
- People interaction
- Moderate
- Team vs solo
- Team-oriented with individual tasks
- Client facing
- Never
- Impact visibility
- Low
- Travel
- None
- Schedule flexibility
- Structured
- Remote work
- Hybrid
- Typical work hours
- 9 AM - 5 PM
- Stress level
- Moderate
At a glance
- Median salary
- $45,000
- Entry-level
- $35,000
- Senior
- $58,000
- Growth by 2033
- 2%
- Demand
- Stable
- Freelance potential
- Low
- Salary growth potential
- Moderate
- Typical student debt
- $15,000 - $30,000
Skills you'll use
Hard skills
- Bookkeeping
- Microsoft Excel
- Data Entry
- Financial Software
Soft skills
- Attention to Detail
- Organization
- Problem-Solving
Technical complexity: Moderate
How to get there
- Minimum education
- High School Diploma or Associate's Degree
- Licensing
- No
- Years to mid-career
- 3
- Years to senior
- 7
- Career switching
- Moderate
Where this career leads
How people arrive here
Where you can go from here
Typical progression
- Accounting Assistant
- Staff Accountant
- Senior Accountant
Future outlook
- Automation probability
- High
- AI disruption risk
- Moderate
- Demand trend
- Stable
How people feel about it
- Overall satisfaction
- 3.5/10
- Meaning
- 3/10
- Work-life balance
- 3.5/10
- Prestige
- 5/10
- Social perception
- Moderate