Lansing Community College (LCC) - Bookkeeping

Job Description

Prepare tax returns for individuals or small businesses. Read more about working environment, educational requirements, and potential salary of tax preparers in our career profile section.

Salary and Wages

• Total Employment: 70
• Average Annual Salary: $43,900
• Average Hourly Rate: $21.10
• Number of Employed Per 1,000 Jobs in The Area: 20.3
• Percentage of the Share of Total Employment Compared to the National Share: 74%

Projections

• Total Employment (2010): 81,500
• Total Employment Projected (2020): 89,500
• Percent Job Growth: 9.80%
• Percent of Statistical Assistants That Are Self-Employed: (2010): 26%

Job Description

Prepare and distribute bank statements to customers, answer inquiries, and reconcile discrepancies in records and accounts. Read more about working environment, educational requirements, and potential salary of statement clerks in our career profile section.

Salary and Wages

• Total Employment: 700
• Average Annual Salary: $33,980
• Average Hourly Rate: $16.33
• Number of Employed Per 1,000 Jobs in The Area: 24
• Percentage of the Share of Total Employment Compared to the National Share: 94%

Projections

• Total Employment (2010): 504,800
• Total Employment Projected (2020): 604,400
• Percent Job Growth: 19.70%
• Percent of Statistical Assistants That Are Self-Employed: (2010): 2%

Job Description

Compile data, compute fees and charges, and prepare invoices for billing purposes. Duties include computing costs and calculating rates for goods, services, and shipment of goods; posting data; and keeping other relevant records. May involve use of computer or typewriter, calculator, and adding and bookkeeping machines. Read more about working environment, educational requirements, and potential salary of billing, cost, and rate clerks in our career profile section.

Salary and Wages

• Total Employment: 700
• Average Annual Salary: $33,980
• Average Hourly Rate: $16.33
• Number of Employed Per 1,000 Jobs in The Area: 24
• Percentage of the Share of Total Employment Compared to the National Share: 94%

Projections

• Total Employment (2010): 504,800
• Total Employment Projected (2020): 604,400
• Percent Job Growth: 19.70%
• Percent of Statistical Assistants That Are Self-Employed: (2010): 2%

Salary and Wages

• Total Employment: 700
• Average Annual Salary: $33,980
• Average Hourly Rate: $16.33
• Number of Employed Per 1,000 Jobs in The Area: 24
• Percentage of the Share of Total Employment Compared to the National Share: 94%

Projections

• Total Employment (2010): 504,800
• Total Employment Projected (2020): 604,400
• Percent Job Growth: 19.70%
• Percent of Statistical Assistants That Are Self-Employed: (2010): 2%

Job Description

Compute, classify, and record numerical data to keep financial records complete. Perform any combination of routine calculating, posting, and verifying duties to obtain primary financial data for use in maintaining accounting records. May also check the accuracy of figures, calculations, and postings pertaining to business transactions recorded by other workers. Read more about working environment, educational requirements, and potential salary of bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks in our career profile section.

Salary and Wages

• Total Employment: 2,390
• Average Annual Salary: $37,130
• Average Hourly Rate: $17.85
• Number of Employed Per 1,000 Jobs in The Area: 212
• Percentage of the Share of Total Employment Compared to the National Share: 95%

Projections

• Total Employment (2010): 1,898,300
• Total Employment Projected (2020): 2,157,400
• Percent Job Growth: 13.60%
• Percent of Statistical Assistants That Are Self-Employed: (2010): 6%

Job Description

In a gaming establishment, conduct financial transactions for patrons. May reconcile daily summaries of transactions to balance books. May accept patron's credit application and verify credit references to provide check-cashing authorization or to establish house credit accounts. May sell gambling chips, tokens, or tickets to patrons, or to other workers for resale to patrons. May convert gaming chips, tokens, or tickets to currency upon patron's request. May use a cash register or computer to record transaction. Read more about working environment, educational requirements, and potential salary of gaming cage workers in our career profile section.

Projections

• Total Employment (2010): 15,900
• Total Employment Projected (2020): 13,900
• Percent Job Growth: -12.7%

Job Description

Compile and record employee time and payroll data. May compute employees' time worked, production, and commission. May compute and post wages and deductions, or prepare paychecks. Read more about working environment, educational requirements, and potential salary of payroll and timekeeping clerks in our career profile section.

Salary and Wages

• Total Employment: 190
• Average Annual Salary: $37,930
• Average Hourly Rate: $18.23
• Number of Employed Per 1,000 Jobs in The Area: 21.0
• Percentage of the Share of Total Employment Compared to the National Share: 70%

Projections

• Total Employment (2010): 187,000
• Total Employment Projected (2020): 214,300
• Percent Job Growth: 14.60%
• Percent of Statistical Assistants That Are Self-Employed: (2010): 1%

Job Description

Perform duties related to the purchase, sale or holding of securities. Duties include writing orders for stock purchases or sales, computing transfer taxes, verifying stock transactions, accepting and delivering securities, tracking stock price fluctuations, computing equity, distributing dividends, and keeping records of daily transactions and holdings. Read more about working environment, educational requirements, and potential salary of brokerage clerks in our career profile section.

Projections

• Total Employment (2010): 58,000
• Total Employment Projected (2020): 61,400
• Percent Job Growth: 5.90%

Job Description

Compile and compute data according to statistical formulas for use in statistical studies. May perform actuarial computations and compile charts and graphs for use by actuaries. Includes actuarial clerks. Read more about working environment, educational requirements, and potential salary of statistical assistants in our career profile section.

Projections

• Total Employment (2010): 16,600
• Total Employment Projected (2020): 17,600
• Percent Job Growth: 6.00%