Table 6.  National employment and wages for the 10 largest occupations in the accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping,
 and payroll services industry, May 2008

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                                                              |            |            |   Median wages   |        
                          Occupation                          |            | Percent of |------------------|  Mean  
                                                              | Employment |  industry  |        |         | hourly 
                                                              |            |  employment| Hourly |  Annual |  Wage  
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    Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll     |            |            |        |         |        
                   services (NAICS 541200)                    |            |            |        |         |        
                                                              |            |            |        |         |        
Accountants and auditors......................................|    286,110 |       32.6 | $29.56 | $61,480 | $34.74 
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks..................|    100,300 |       11.4 |  15.21 |  31,640 |  15.88 
Tax preparers.................................... ............|     61,160 |        7.0 |  14.01 |  29,150 |  16.89 
Office clerks, general......... ..............................|     37,580 |        4.3 |  11.24 |  23,370 |  12.05 
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators..............|     37,160 |        4.2 |  14.57 |  30,300 |  15.35 
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive.............|     33,860 |        3.9 |  13.58 |  28,240 |  13.91 
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants...........|     25,870 |        3.0 |  19.34 |  40,230 |  20.41 
Payroll and timekeeping clerks................................|     24,030 |        2.7 |  16.91 |  35,180 |  17.24 
Bill and account collectors...................................|     19,320 |        2.2 |  15.66 |  32,580 |  16.58 
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative  |            |            |        |         |        
 support workers..............................................|     17,710 |        2.0 |  23.57 |  49,020 |  25.23 
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