Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks Salary in Waterbury, CT

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks pay range in Waterbury

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $41,620 a year or less, while the top 10% make $77,140 or more. The middle half of bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks in Waterbury earn between $49,080 and $63,570.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year. Hourly to annual salary.

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks pay in Waterbury vs. Connecticut and the U.S.

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks in Waterbury earn 5% less than the Connecticut average ($61,690) and 9% more than the U.S. average ($53,560). At the median the gap is +11% against the U.S. median of $50,670.

State and U.S. rows: BLS statewide and national estimates, May 2025, which include rural areas.

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks salary after taxes in Waterbury

On the average salary of $58,520, a single filer in Waterbury takes home about $46,957 a year, or $3,913 a month and $1,806 every two weeks. Taxes take 20% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules). Connecticut tax is computed with the Department of Revenue Services' 2026 withholding rules (exemption, credit and recapture tables).

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Is Waterbury a good place for bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Waterbury area are in line with the U.S. average (BEA price parity 99.8), so the average $58,520 buys what about $58,650 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.1 times the median wage of all jobs in Waterbury ($51,440). A typical home costs $290,800, or 5.0 years of this average salary before tax.

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Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks salary in other Connecticut cities

Waterbury ranks 4th of 5 Connecticut metro areas for this job; Bridgeport pays the most ($64,990).

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San Jose, CA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($70,090).

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• Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$61,710 a year
• Financial Clerks, All Other$55,780 a year
• Billing and Posting Clerks$52,380 a year
• Bill and Account Collectors$50,600 a year
• Tellers$46,450 a year
• Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$84,960 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$76,330 a year
• Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$66,700 a year

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