OES Code: 553380 SAN DIEGO 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
17,180 18,060 5% 880 1,870 2,750


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HOW TO FIND BUSINESSES MOST LIKELY TO HIRE BOOKKEEPING, ACCOUNTING, & AUDITING CLERKS, INCLUDING BOOKKEEPERS IN SAN DIEGO 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          
9010 Federal government
8721 Accounting, auditing & bookkeeping services
5812 Eating places
8111 Legal services
6531 Real estate agents & managers
8222 Junior colleges & technical institutes
9030 Local government, except education
5511 Motor vehicle dealers (new & used)
8011 Offices & clinics of doctors of medicine
7363 Temporary help agencies
8211 Elementary & secondary schools
7011 Hotels, motels, & tourist courts
5411 Grocery stores
1711 Plumbing, heating & air conditioning contractors
1731 Electrical work contractors
8661 Religious organizations
1521 General contractors--single-family houses
8711 Engineering services
6411 Insurance agents, brokers & services

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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