Accounts Payable Clerk
Impact: Operational
Processes invoices, reconciles statements, and ensures timely payments to vendors. Maintains accurate financial records and assists with month-end closing activities.
What the day looks like
- People interaction
- Moderate
- Team vs solo
- Balanced
- Client facing
- Rarely
- Impact visibility
- Low
- Travel
- None
- Schedule flexibility
- Moderate
- Remote work
- Hybrid
- Typical work hours
- 40
- Stress level
- Moderate
At a glance
- Median salary
- $48,000
- Entry-level
- $35,000
- Senior
- $65,000
- Growth by 2033
- -5%
- Demand
- Declining
- Freelance potential
- Low
- Salary growth potential
- 35%
- Typical student debt
- $15,000 - $25,000
Skills you'll use
Hard skills
- Bookkeeping Software
- Microsoft Excel
- Data Entry
- Invoice Processing
- Reconciliation
Soft skills
- Attention to Detail
- Organization
- Communication
- Problem-Solving
- Time Management
Technical complexity: Moderate
How to get there
- Minimum education
- High School Diploma or Equivalent
- 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
- Accounts Payable Specialist
- Senior Accounts Payable Clerk
- Accounting Assistant
- Staff Accountant
Future outlook
- Automation probability
- 90%
- AI disruption risk
- Moderate
- Demand trend
- Declining
How people feel about it
- Overall satisfaction
- 6/10
- Meaning
- 5/10
- Work-life balance
- 7/10
- Prestige
- 4.5/10
- Social perception
- Moderate