OES Code: 553380

ALAMEDA COUNTY

JOB KEY FOR BOOKKEEPING, ACCOUNTING, & AUDITING CLERKS, INCLUDING BOOKKEEPERS

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks, including Bookkeepers, compute, classify, and record numerical data to keep sets of financial records complete. They perform any combination of routine calculating, posting, and verifying duties to obtain primary financial data for use in maintaining accounting records. They may also check the accuracy of figures, calculations, and postings pertaining to business transactions recorded by other workers. Does not include individuals whose primary duty is operating special office machines.

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PROJECTED ESTIMATES OF EMPLOYMENT (excluding self-employed)

Number Working in this Occupation --- Year --- 1995 2002		Percent Change	Increase/ Decrease	Additional Openings Due to People Chang- ing Occupations or Retiring	Sum of Increase/Decrease and Additional Openings
10,450	10,240	-2%	-210	1,100	890

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HOW TO FIND BUSINESSES MOST LIKELY TO HIRE BOOKKEEPING, ACCOUNTING, & AUDITING CLERKS, INCLUDING BOOKKEEPERS IN ALAMEDA COUNTY

The following are the types of firms that employ the most workers in this occupation within this county. They are listed in order from largest to smallest.

Industry Code (SIC)	Industry Title
8221	Colleges, universities & professional schools
9030	Local government, except education
8721	Accounting, auditing & bookkeeping services
9010	Federal government
7363	Temporary help agencies
8111	Legal services
8211	Elementary & secondary schools
5812	Eating places
5511	Motor vehicle dealers (new & used)
8011	Offices & clinics of doctors of medicine
5411	Grocery stores
6531	Real estate agents & managers
8711	Engineering services
1711	Plumbing, heating & air conditioning contractors
6022	State commercial banks
1521	General contractors--single-family houses
5045	Computer equipment & software, wholesale
7361	Employment agencies

Look in the yellow pages of the phone book under the above or similar industry titles, or look in employer directories in libraries. Directories such as Business Prospector, California Services Register and those by chambers of commerce often list firms by Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code.

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