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Tax Preparers vs Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks

Side-by-side · O*NET · BLS · AI-exposure research · Anthropic Economic Index

A factual, source-backed comparison of Tax Preparers and Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks on the dimensions both occupations carry. Every figure is a position within an independent published dataset — not a verdict on which job is better, safer, or more “future-proof.”

Tax Preparers Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$50,560
$49,210
Employment · BLS OEWS
73,570
1,455,770
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
90th pct
78th pct

At a glance

Dimension Tax Preparers Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
Median pay $50,560 $49,210
Employment 73,570 1,455,770
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection About average (+4.5%) Declining (-5.8%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 10,400 170,000
Typical education · O*NET Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree. Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
AI exposure · published exposure studies High · 90th pct High · 78th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 89th pct · 51% of tasks 94th pct · 56% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index Augmentation-leaning (79.5%) Automation-leaning (49.6%)
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman No Yes

Pay and employment are BLS OEWS estimates; outlook and openings are BLS 2024–2034 projections; AI exposure and observed-use figures come from separate research and reflect exposure and usage, not predictions that either job will disappear. Compare like with like.

Skills

Shared: Reading Comprehension, Oral Comprehension, Economics and Accounting, Active Listening, Written Comprehension, Oral Expression, Near Vision, English Language, Deductive Reasoning, Customer and Personal Service, Mathematics, Critical Thinking, Computers and Electronics, Inductive Reasoning, Information Ordering, Number Facility, Administrative, Speaking, Active Learning, Time Management, Category Flexibility, Speech Clarity, Writing, Mathematics, Monitoring, Service Orientation, Judgment and Decision Making, Written Expression, Problem Sensitivity, Mathematical Reasoning, Flexibility of Closure, Perceptual Speed, Selective Attention, Speech Recognition, Social Perceptiveness, Complex Problem Solving, Coordination.

Specific to Tax Preparers

  • Law and Government
  • Fluency of Ideas
  • Learning Strategies

Specific to Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks

  • Administration and Management
  • Education and Training
  • Far Vision

Knowledge, skills & abilities O*NET rates as important for each occupation. “Shared” are common to both; the columns list what is distinctive to each (top by the order O*NET surfaces).

Tools & technology

Shared: Spreadsheet software , Office suite software , Accounting software , Data base user interface and query software , Electronic mail software , Word processing software , Project management software , Financial analysis software , Human resources software , Document management software .

Specific to Tax Preparers

Specific to Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks

Full profiles

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Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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Singulariki. "Tax Preparers vs Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/compare/tax-preparers-vs-bookkeeping-accounting-and-auditing-clerks

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Singulariki. (2026). Tax Preparers vs Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/tax-preparers-vs-bookkeeping-accounting-and-auditing-clerks

BibTeX 
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  title  = {Tax Preparers vs Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks},
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