Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks: demand is thinning in the US and giving mixed signals in Canada. The evidence, updated weekly.
United States: Thinning
Basis: weekly + outlook agree. Accounting job postings -4.4% year on year (Indeed Hiring Lab, data to Oct 30, 2026). BLS projected employment growth 2025–35: -5.6%. Median pay: US$50,670. Live roles in our job-board sample: 31 at 25 companies.
Canada: Signals disagree
Basis: weekly thinning, outlook rising. Accounting job postings -4.6% year on year (Indeed Hiring Lab, data to Oct 30, 2026). Job Bank outlook score: +0.56 on a scale of −2 to +2.
US SOC 43-3031. Canada NOC 12200; 14200. Issue 1 (data to Oct 30, 2026). Sources: Indeed Hiring Lab job postings tracker (CC BY 4.0), BLS Employment Projections and OEWS, ESDC Job Bank, public company job boards. How ratings are built: method. Data files: /data.