Bookkeeper

O*NET: Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks·43-3031.00

The Verdict:AI accounting platforms autonomously manage data entry, reconciliations, calculations, invoicing, and reporting — bookkeeping's core output. Human tasks like exception handling and queries are rapidly automating too. The role faces critical displacement risk as these tools reach full professional parity in the coming years.

Resilience Score

/100

Critical Risk

Score tiers

Highly Resilient81–100

Resilient61–80

Moderate Risk41–60

High Risk21–40

Critical Risk0–20

How is this scored?

Task Resilience

How much of this role's daily work remains beyond AI and robotic automation.

30% of score

Physical Presence

The degree to which this job needs a human present — hands-on, in the field, or in the room.

20% of score

Human Necessity

How important the unique human edge is — for trust, accountability, or judgment.

15% of score

Regulatory Shield

How strong the legal requirement is for a human in this job (by law, licensing, or credentials).

13% of score

Technological Maturity

How far AI remains from performing this role's core functions.

10% of score

Displacement Evidence

The volume of jobs in this field being eliminated by AI or automation right now.

12% of score

Score last updated: February 2026Full methodology

Avg Salary

Median annual wage from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2024 release.

$49k

Job Growth (10yr)

Projected change in total number of jobs (not salary) from 2024–2034. Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections.

-5.8%

AI Exposure

Percentage of this role's analyzed tasks that AI can handle autonomously or nearly so. 19 of 28 tasks are classified as AI-exposed.

68%

High exposure

Task Analysis

A significant share of this role is already automatable.
19 of 28 tasks can be handled by AI. Your value concentrates in the human-essential tasks below. The 32% of tasks that are AI-leverage is where mastering the tools keeps you ahead.

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19exposed

9AI leverage

0human-essential

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AI Can Handle This19 tasks

Tasks AI can do autonomously or nearly so

Operate computers programmed with accounting software to record, store, and analyze information.

Check figures, postings, and documents for correct entry, mathematical accuracy, and proper codes.

Operate 10-key calculators, typewriters, and copy machines to perform calculations and produce documents.

Code documents according to company procedures.

Perform financial calculations, such as amounts due, interest charges, balances, discounts, equity, and principal.

Classify, record, and summarize numerical and financial data to compile and keep financial records, using journals and ledgers or computers.

Debit, credit, and total accounts on computer spreadsheets and databases, using specialized accounting software.

Match order forms with invoices, and record the necessary information.

Prepare and process payroll information.

Calculate and prepare checks for utilities, taxes, and other payments.

Reconcile records of bank transactions.

Compare computer printouts to manually maintained journals to determine if they match.

Transfer details from separate journals to general ledgers or data processing sheets.

Calculate, prepare, and issue bills, invoices, account statements, and other financial statements according to established procedures.

Calculate costs of materials, overhead, and other expenses, based on estimates, quotations and price lists.

Prepare purchase orders and expense reports.

Prepare trial balances of books.

Compile statistical, financial, accounting, or auditing reports and tables pertaining to such matters as cash receipts, expenditures, accounts payable and receivable, and profits and losses.

Maintain inventory records.

AI Leverage9 tasks

Master these tools — humans who do outperform those who don't

Comply with federal, state, and company policies, procedures, and regulations.

Receive, record, and bank cash, checks, and vouchers.

Reconcile or note and report discrepancies found in records.

Perform general office duties, such as filing, answering telephones, and handling routine correspondence.

Access computerized financial information to answer general questions as well as those related to specific accounts.

Prepare bank deposits by compiling data from cashiers, verifying and balancing receipts, and sending cash, checks, or other forms of payment to banks.

Monitor status of loans and accounts to ensure that payments are up to date.

Compile budget data and documents, based on estimated revenues and expenses and previous budgets.

Complete and submit tax forms and returns, workers' compensation forms, pension contribution forms, and other government documents.

Human Advantage0 tasks

Tasks requiring trust, presence, or novel judgment

No resilient tasks identified

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