Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks Salary in Jackson, MS

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks pay range in Jackson

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $27,170 a year or less, while the top 10% make $65,650 or more. The middle half of bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks in Jackson earn between $35,750 and $54,450.

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

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks pay in Jackson vs. Mississippi and the U.S.

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks in Jackson earn 3% more than the Mississippi average ($44,480) and 14% less than the U.S. average ($53,560). At the median the gap is -13% 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 Jackson

On the average salary of $46,020, a single filer in Jackson takes home about $38,048 a year, or $3,171 a month and $1,463 every two weeks. Taxes take 17% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules).

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

Prices in the Jackson area are 11% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 89.0), so the average $46,020 buys what about $51,680 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.0 times the median wage of all jobs in Jackson ($42,850). A typical home costs $215,136, or 4.7 years of this average salary before tax.

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

Jackson ranks 1st of 3 Mississippi metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

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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$50,050 a year
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• Bill and Account Collectors$43,180 a year
• Tellers$38,260 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$65,480 a year
• Postal Service Mail Carriers$60,540 a year
• Postal Service Clerks$60,340 a year

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