How much do bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks make in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL?

What the Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks median says in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL

The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks median in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL at $38,810 per year. Median means the middle of the published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. It is not a job offer. The row is tied to SOC 43-3031 and BLS area 22520.

BLS lists 580 wage and salary jobs for this exact role-place row. That is a survey estimate. It is not a count of open posts. The local mean is $41,250 per year. Mean uses all wage values behind the estimate, so high or low values can move it away from the median.

Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL's Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks median is 23.4% below the U.S. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks median of $50,670 on the same published median. Both values use the same job code and source date. They do not account for prices, taxes, benefits, hours, or your work history.

Read source key 43-3031 with area 22520

This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 43-3031 and area 22520. SOC 43-3031 names Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. Area 22520 names Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.

The 43-3031/22520 row has 580 wage and salary jobs. There are 10.36 for each 1,000 local jobs. The location quotient is 1.17. Each value stays under the same job and area codes.

For 43-3031/22520, the annual median is $38,810 per year, while the matching mean is $41,250 per year. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.

• 43-3031/22520 10th percentile: $27,120 per year.
• 43-3031/22520 25th percentile: $35,090 per year.
• 43-3031/22520 median: $38,810 per year.
• 43-3031/22520 75th percentile: $47,750 per year.
• 43-3031/22520 90th percentile: $56,190 per year.
• 43-3031/22520 employment RSE: 7.1%. Mean-wage RSE: 1.7%.
• 43-3031/22520 has no suppression mark in the fields shown on this page.

BLS area 22520 facts behind this Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks page

Area 22520 reports 56,100 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $50,400. Its annual median is $39,740. The employment RSE is 0.1%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.6%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 43-3031 row.

The all-jobs wage ladder in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL runs from $23,060 at the 10th percentile to $83,050 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $29,530. The median is $39,740. The 75th percentile is $60,290. This is a place check, not a pay range for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks.

The source rows below are the six largest detailed roles in the bounded area file. Each keeps its own SOC code. They help a reader spot-check area 22520. They do not show related skills or a path into Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks.

• 1. Retail Salespersons. Area: 22520. SOC: 41-2031. Jobs: 2,080. Yearly median: $28,980. Jobs per 1,000: 37.16. Location quotient: 1.48.
• 2. Cashiers. Area: 22520. SOC: 41-2011. Jobs: 1,580. Yearly median: $27,310. Jobs per 1,000: 28.11. Location quotient: 1.41.
• 3. Registered Nurses. Area: 22520. SOC: 29-1141. Jobs: 1,320. Yearly median: $66,360. Jobs per 1,000: 23.52. Location quotient: 1.08.
• 4. Fast Food and Counter Workers. Area: 22520. SOC: 35-3023. Jobs: 1,310. Yearly median: $22,590. Jobs per 1,000: 23.32. Location quotient: 0.94.
• 5. Stockers and Order Fillers. Area: 22520. SOC: 53-7065. Jobs: 1,190. Yearly median: $30,570. Jobs per 1,000: 21.17. Location quotient: 1.16.
• 6. Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive. Area: 22520. SOC: 43-6014. Jobs: 1,160. Yearly median: $38,850. Jobs per 1,000: 20.75. Location quotient: 1.89.

Read the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL wage ladder for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks

The 10th percentile is $27,120 per year. The 25th percentile is $35,090 per year. The median is $38,810 per year. The 75th percentile is $47,750 per year. The 90th percentile is $56,190 per year.

A percentile is a rank point, not a career stage. The 10th percentile does not mean new-worker pay. The 90th percentile does not mean a wage that comes after a set number of years. The points show how the wage values spread in the source. They do not say why one job sits at one point.

The middle half runs from $35,090 per year to $47,750 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is $29,070. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.

Compare Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL with its state and the U.S.

Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL has a annual median of $38,810 per year. Alabama has $44,640 per year. The U.S. row has $50,670 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.

Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL is 13.1% below Alabama on the same published median. Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL is 23.4% below the United States on the same published median. A gap can reflect many things that are not in this row. WageScope reports the gap but does not name a cause.

The state and U.S. rows are benchmarks, not replacements. They do not fill missing local facts. A state can hold many local labor markets. A national row can hold many states. Read the local row first, then use the broader rows to see scale.

Where Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL sits for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks

Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL ranks 386 of 393 among metro areas with a published annual median for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. The list keeps one SOC code, one map type, one wage metric, and one BLS release. It skips rows without the matching median.

Rank 386 of 393 is not a place score. A small wage gap can move a row several spots. The rank does not add local prices, job count, concentration, commute, taxes, or work rules. Use it only to find where the published median falls inside this like-for-like set.

The nearby rows below are the closest ranks, not chosen cities. Their pay, job counts, and local shares can differ. Open a peer page before making a deeper comparison. A title and one number are not enough for a move or pay choice.

• 383. Hattiesburg, MS. The Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks median is $40,230 per year. BLS estimates 630 jobs. The location quotient is 1.16.
• 384. Laredo, TX. The Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks median is $39,710 per year. BLS estimates 1,070 jobs. The location quotient is 1.11.
• 385. Lafayette, LA. The Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks median is $38,910 per year. BLS estimates 2,130 jobs. The location quotient is 1.34.
• 387. Hot Springs, AR. The Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks median is $38,450 per year. BLS estimates 360 jobs. The location quotient is 1.07.
• 388. San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR. The Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks median is $29,410 per year. BLS estimates 5,110 jobs. The location quotient is 0.84.
• 389. Guayama, PR. The Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks median is $27,180 per year. BLS estimates 60 jobs. The location quotient is 0.52.

Where Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks medians lead among metro areas

The rows below use the same SOC 43-3031, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same metro map type. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has the highest published median in this set, at $66,130 per year. Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL sits at $38,810 per year.

A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks is in the local mix. It also does not add local prices. The bullets keep the median, job count, and location quotient together so a high wage is not read as a full market score.

Use this list to choose a deeper pair, not to choose a place. Open the two local pages. Check the full wage ladder, the job scale, the survey limits, and the exact BEA price row when present. A missing median stays out of this rank instead of becoming zero.

• 1. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has a Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks median of $66,130 per year, or $27,320 above Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. BLS lists 7,590 jobs there, compared with 580 in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. The location quotient is 0.76.
• 2. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA has a Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks median of $65,530 per year, or $26,720 above Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. BLS lists 18,100 jobs there, compared with 580 in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. The location quotient is 0.86.
• 3. New Haven, CT has a Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks median of $62,890 per year, or $24,080 above Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. BLS lists 2,900 jobs there, compared with 580 in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. The location quotient is 1.17.
• 4. Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA has a Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks median of $61,960 per year, or $23,150 above Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. BLS lists 1,120 jobs there, compared with 580 in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. The location quotient is 1.29.
• 5. Napa, CA has a Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks median of $61,710 per year, or $22,900 above Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. BLS lists 700 jobs there, compared with 580 in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. The location quotient is 1.02.
• 6. Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT has a Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks median of $61,390 per year, or $22,580 above Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. BLS lists 3,710 jobs there, compared with 580 in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. The location quotient is 1.04.
• 7. Vallejo, CA has a Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks median of $61,180 per year, or $22,370 above Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. BLS lists 1,040 jobs there, compared with 580 in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. The location quotient is 0.82.
• 8. Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA has a Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks median of $61,140 per year, or $22,330 above Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. BLS lists 2,040 jobs there, compared with 580 in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. The location quotient is 1.13.

Where BLS counts the most Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks jobs

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has the largest published metro job estimate for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in this same-source set, at 77,010 jobs. Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL has 580. The count shows covered job scale, not open posts.

A large job base can have a lower median than a smaller one. It can also have a location quotient near or below 1. That is why WageScope does not blend job count, pay, and local share. Each field keeps its name and unit. The rows below let you compare all three without making one score.

Current MeritLog listings can add a dated view of employer-title matches. They do not change this May 2025 order. A place with few current cards can still have a large BLS job estimate. A place with several cards can still have a smaller estimate. The sources use different clocks and scopes.

• 1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has 77,010 estimated Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks jobs, a gap of 76,430 jobs from Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. Its median is $60,640 per year, or $21,830 above Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. Its location quotient is 0.92.
• 2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA has 53,910 estimated Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks jobs, a gap of 53,330 jobs from Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. Its median is $58,590 per year, or $19,780 above Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. Its location quotient is 0.97.
• 3. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN has 35,660 estimated Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks jobs, a gap of 35,080 jobs from Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. Its median is $51,440 per year, or $12,630 above Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. Its location quotient is 0.89.
• 4. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX has 34,930 estimated Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks jobs, a gap of 34,350 jobs from Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. Its median is $51,720 per year, or $12,910 above Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. Its location quotient is 0.98.
• 5. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX has 26,090 estimated Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks jobs, a gap of 25,510 jobs from Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. Its median is $49,460 per year, or $10,650 above Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. Its location quotient is 0.9.
• 6. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL has 25,910 estimated Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks jobs, a gap of 25,330 jobs from Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. Its median is $50,300 per year, or $11,490 above Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. Its location quotient is 1.04.
• 7. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD has 22,660 estimated Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks jobs, a gap of 22,080 jobs from Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. Its median is $52,710 per year, or $13,900 above Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. Its location quotient is 0.89.
• 8. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA has 22,480 estimated Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks jobs, a gap of 21,900 jobs from Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. Its median is $51,170 per year, or $12,360 above Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. Its location quotient is 0.88.

Where Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks takes the largest share of local jobs

Rapid City, SD has the highest published location quotient in this metro set, at 2.64. Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL has 1.17. A value above 1 means the role's local job share is larger than its national share.

A high quotient can come from a small local job base. It does not prove more jobs, more posts, faster growth, or higher pay. The bullets keep each quotient beside its BLS job count and median. This lets a reader see when the three measures point in different ways.

Use this list to ask where Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks is a large part of the local mix. Use the employment list to ask where BLS counts the most jobs. Use the pay list to ask where the median is highest. None of those lists decides where a person should work.

• 1. Rapid City, SD has a location quotient of 2.64, a gap of 1.47 from Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. BLS lists 1,720 Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks jobs and a median of $46,810 per year, or $8,000 above Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL.
• 2. Sioux Falls, SD-MN has a location quotient of 2.15, a gap of 0.98 from Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. BLS lists 3,390 Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks jobs and a median of $46,910 per year, or $8,100 above Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL.
• 3. Carson City, NV has a location quotient of 1.95, a gap of 0.78 from Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. BLS lists 550 Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks jobs and a median of $48,240 per year, or $9,430 above Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL.
• 4. Medford, OR has a location quotient of 1.7, a gap of 0.53 from Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. BLS lists 1,340 Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks jobs and a median of $49,270 per year, or $10,460 above Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL.
• 5. Utica-Rome, NY has a location quotient of 1.7, a gap of 0.53 from Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. BLS lists 1,770 Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks jobs and a median of $49,280 per year, or $10,470 above Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL.
• 6. Helena, MT has a location quotient of 1.65, a gap of 0.48 from Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. BLS lists 650 Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks jobs and a median of $45,870 per year, or $7,060 above Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL.
• 7. Bend, OR has a location quotient of 1.48, a gap of 0.31 from Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. BLS lists 1,420 Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks jobs and a median of $54,900 per year, or $16,090 above Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL.
• 8. Traverse City, MI has a location quotient of 1.48, a gap of 0.31 from Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. BLS lists 890 Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks jobs and a median of $46,350 per year, or $7,540 above Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL.

How common Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks is in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL

BLS lists 580 Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks jobs in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. It also lists 10.36 jobs per 1,000 local jobs. Jobs per 1,000 turns the count into a rate. It helps compare places of different size. It does not show open posts or hiring speed.

The location quotient is 1.17. A value of 1 means Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is higher than 1. The quotient is a share check, not a wage or a growth measure.

Read the three values as separate facts. Employment asks how many covered jobs BLS estimated. Jobs per 1,000 asks how much of the local job base the role takes. Location quotient asks how that share compares with the national share. None of them tells you how many posts are open today.

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks beside other roles in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL

The all-occupations median in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL is $39,740 per year. The Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks median is $38,810 per year. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks is 2.3% below the local all-occupations median on the same published median. This compares one role with the full covered job mix.

The nearby role medians below come from the bounded detailed-role table for Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL. They are close by wage, not by task. A small wage gap does not mean two jobs need the same skill or lead to the same career. Official titles keep their own SOC codes and source rows.

Use the list to spot the local wage mix around Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. Then open the role page you mean. A role can have a similar median and a very different job count or local share. The pay number alone cannot show fit, demand, or a path between jobs.

• 1. Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive, SOC 43-6014, has a Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL median of $38,850 per year. BLS lists 1,160 jobs and a location quotient of 1.89.
• 2. Customer Service Representatives, SOC 43-4051, has a Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL median of $37,520 per year. BLS lists 650 jobs and a location quotient of 0.69.
• 3. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand, SOC 53-7062, has a Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL median of $36,370 per year. BLS lists 1,130 jobs and a location quotient of 1.06.
• 4. Construction Laborers, SOC 47-2061, has a Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL median of $36,260 per year. BLS lists 560 jobs and a location quotient of 1.42.
• 5. First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers, SOC 35-1012, has a Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL median of $35,630 per year. BLS lists 610 jobs and a location quotient of 1.39.
• 6. Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, SOC 43-6013, has a Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL median of $35,470 per year. BLS lists 590 jobs and a location quotient of 1.69.
• 7. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators, SOC 51-2090, has a Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL median of $34,740 per year. BLS lists 610 jobs and a location quotient of 1.2.
• 8. First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers, SOC 41-1011, has a Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL median of $43,960 per year. BLS lists 830 jobs and a location quotient of 2.04.

The largest detailed roles in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL

Retail Salespersons is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL table, at 2,080 jobs. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks has 580 jobs in its exact role-place row. The two counts show where this role sits beside other large parts of the local job base.

The all-occupations job count is 56,100. The detailed list below is only a bounded view of that larger mix. It does not sum to every local job. It does not include a blank role as zero. It helps explain why one role's wage and job count should not stand in for the whole area.

A large role can have a lower median. A smaller role can have a higher one. Job count does not show current posts, job quality, or growth. Use the list to see local scale. Then keep Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.

• 1. Retail Salespersons has 2,080 jobs in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, a gap of 1,500 from Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. Its median is $28,980 per year, or $9,830 below Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. Its location quotient is 1.48.
• 2. Cashiers has 1,580 jobs in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, a gap of 1,000 from Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. Its median is $27,310 per year, or $11,500 below Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. Its location quotient is 1.41.
• 3. Registered Nurses has 1,320 jobs in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, a gap of 740 from Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. Its median is $66,360 per year, or $27,550 above Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. Its location quotient is 1.08.
• 4. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 1,310 jobs in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, a gap of 730 from Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. Its median is $22,590 per year, or $16,220 below Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. Its location quotient is 0.94.
• 5. Stockers and Order Fillers has 1,190 jobs in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, a gap of 610 from Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. Its median is $30,570 per year, or $8,240 below Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. Its location quotient is 1.16.
• 6. Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive has 1,160 jobs in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, a gap of 580 from Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. Its median is $38,850 per year, or $40 above Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. Its location quotient is 1.89.
• 7. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has 1,130 jobs in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, a gap of 550 from Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. Its median is $36,370 per year, or $2,440 below Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. Its location quotient is 1.06.
• 8. Waiters and Waitresses has 1,100 jobs in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, a gap of 520 from Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. Its median is $25,990 per year, or $12,820 below Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. Its location quotient is 1.34.

Published role medians around Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL

General and Operations Managers has the highest published median in the bounded Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL role table, at $97,600 per year. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks has $38,810 per year. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.

The local all-occupations median is $39,740 per year. A role above that mark is not better. A role below it is not worse. The mark only shows where the role's published median sits against the full covered job mix. Job tasks, level, hours, and work setting are separate facts.

The bullets keep each SOC title, job count, median, and local share together. Use them to find a role page worth opening. Do not use a close median as proof that two roles share skills or that one is a path to the other.

• 1. General and Operations Managers has a median of $97,600 per year in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, or $58,790 above Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. BLS lists 740 jobs, compared with 580 for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. Its location quotient is 0.59.
• 2. Registered Nurses has a median of $66,360 per year in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, or $27,550 above Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. BLS lists 1,320 jobs, compared with 580 for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. Its location quotient is 1.08.
• 3. First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers has a median of $62,760 per year in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, or $23,950 above Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. BLS lists 670 jobs, compared with 580 for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. Its location quotient is 2.74.
• 4. Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education has a median of $62,080 per year in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, or $23,270 above Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. BLS lists 620 jobs, compared with 580 for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. Its location quotient is 1.62.
• 5. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a median of $61,490 per year in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, or $22,680 above Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. BLS lists 580 jobs, compared with 580 for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. Its location quotient is 1.3.
• 6. Electricians has a median of $59,770 per year in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, or $20,960 above Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. BLS lists 570 jobs, compared with 580 for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. Its location quotient is 2.08.
• 7. Industrial Machinery Mechanics has a median of $59,370 per year in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, or $20,560 above Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. BLS lists 580 jobs, compared with 580 for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. Its location quotient is 3.64.
• 8. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has a median of $48,140 per year in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, or $9,330 above Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. BLS lists 830 jobs, compared with 580 for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. Its location quotient is 1.12.

Roles with the largest local share in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL

Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary has the highest location quotient in the bounded Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL role table, at 9.19. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks has 1.17. Both values compare a local job share with the matching national share.

A quotient above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs than it does across the nation. It does not mean more jobs than every other role. It does not mean open posts, growth, or high pay. The job count and median beside each row answer those other narrow questions.

The local role-share mix can differ a lot from the pay mix. Read both lists. Then compare Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks with the same SOC code in another place. This keeps a broad area pattern from replacing the exact role-place row.

• 1. Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary has a location quotient of 9.19 in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, a gap of 8.02 from Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. BLS lists 540 jobs and a median of $19,550 per year, or $19,260 below Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks.
• 2. Cooks, Fast Food has a location quotient of 3.87 in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, a gap of 2.70 from Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. BLS lists 900 jobs and a median of $26,820 per year, or $11,990 below Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks.
• 3. Industrial Machinery Mechanics has a location quotient of 3.64 in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, a gap of 2.47 from Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. BLS lists 580 jobs and a median of $59,370 per year, or $20,560 above Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks.
• 4. First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers has a location quotient of 2.74 in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, a gap of 1.57 from Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. BLS lists 670 jobs and a median of $62,760 per year, or $23,950 above Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks.
• 5. Electricians has a location quotient of 2.08 in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, a gap of 0.91 from Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. BLS lists 570 jobs and a median of $59,770 per year, or $20,960 above Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks.
• 6. First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers has a location quotient of 2.04 in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, a gap of 0.87 from Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. BLS lists 830 jobs and a median of $43,960 per year, or $5,150 above Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks.
• 7. Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive has a location quotient of 1.89 in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, a gap of 0.72 from Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. BLS lists 1,160 jobs and a median of $38,850 per year, or $40 above Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks.
• 8. Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants has a location quotient of 1.69 in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, a gap of 0.52 from Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. BLS lists 590 jobs and a median of $35,470 per year, or $3,340 below Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks.

What $38,810 may mean after the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL price level

BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL is 84.8. The U.S. level is 100. The local level is 15.2% below that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.

WageScope divides the $38,810 Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks median by 84.8 divided by 100. The result is $45,757 in national-price dollars per year. This proxy keeps the math clear. It is not take-home pay and does not set a move target.

Housing is 47.7. Goods are 96.4. Utilities are 85.8. Other services are 96.7. The parts do not move as one. WageScope uses BEA's all-items index for the proxy and does not make its own basket.

How much care to use with the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL row

The employment RSE for this Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks row is 7.1%. The mean-wage RSE is 1.7%. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not the chance that one person's pay is right or wrong.

The employment RSE belongs to the 580 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the $41,250 mean. BLS does not give the same RSE field for the median or every percentile. WageScope does not move an RSE from one field to another.

A local row can change in a new release. A small role-place sample can also have more survey uncertainty than a broad national row. Keep the May 2025 date next to the value. Do not mix a newer job post with the BLS date as if both facts came from one clock.

Use Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL wage data before you tailor

The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. It uses a Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL place filter only when the public place list has an exact approved match. If that match is not safe, the page says the jobs are not narrowed to this place. A false negative is safer than showing a different role.

Each card keeps its employer, place, source, and seen date. Listings can change between visits while the survey figures stay tied to their release date. A listing range does not replace the $38,810 BLS median. The listing and survey answer different questions.

Open one listing. Check its level, work place, pay range, and needs. Then tailor with work facts you can support. Do not turn a wage, job count, rank, or price proxy into a résumé claim. The public page is read only. It does not save a job or start a draft on load.

What the Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks row for Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL does not claim

The row does not say what one person earns. It does not promise a job, offer, raise, or move result. It does not say why the local median differs from the U.S. row. It does not add tips, bonus pay, stock, benefits, taxes, or work hours unless those items are in the BLS wage measure.

The 580 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 1.17 is not a growth score. Rank 386 of 393 is not a place score. The 84.8 price index is not a personal budget.

Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 43-3031 in BLS area 22520. Compare the same metric with the state and U.S. rows. Add the separate 2024 price level when present. Inspect a dated job match. Then use confirmed work facts for a résumé.