Bookkeeping assistant vs junior accountant

The differences between bookkeeping assistants and junior accountants can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 4-6 years to become a bookkeeping assistant, becoming a junior accountant takes usually requires 2-4 years. Additionally, a junior accountant has an average salary of $50,444, which is higher than the $38,456 average annual salary of a bookkeeping assistant.

The top three skills for a bookkeeping assistant include data entry, financial reports and credit card statements. The most important skills for a junior accountant are reconciliations, general ledger accounts, and account reconciliations.

Bookkeeping assistant vs junior accountant overview

	Bookkeeping Assistant	Junior Accountant
Yearly salary	$38,456	$50,444
Hourly rate	$18.49	$24.25
Growth rate	-5%	6%
Number of jobs	27,961	57,892
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 46%	Bachelor's Degree, 70%
Average age	51	44
Years of experience	6	4

Bookkeeping assistant vs junior accountant salary

Bookkeeping assistants and junior accountants have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Bookkeeping Assistant	Junior Accountant
Average salary	$38,456	$50,444
Salary range	Between $29,000 And $49,000	Between $38,000 And $66,000
Highest paying City	-	New York, NY
Highest paying state	-	New York
Best paying company	-	Fuhu
Best paying industry	-	Construction

Differences between bookkeeping assistant and junior accountant education

There are a few differences between a bookkeeping assistant and a junior accountant in terms of educational background:

	Bookkeeping Assistant	Junior Accountant
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 46%	Bachelor's Degree, 70%
Most common major	Accounting	Accounting
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Bookkeeping assistant vs junior accountant demographics

Here are the differences between bookkeeping assistants' and junior accountants' demographics:

	Bookkeeping Assistant	Junior Accountant
Average age	51	44
Gender ratio	Male, 15.9% Female, 84.1%	Male, 39.6% Female, 60.4%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 6.7% Unknown, 4.0% Hispanic or Latino, 14.3% Asian, 6.5% White, 67.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%	Black or African American, 7.9% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 10.2% Asian, 16.6% White, 60.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%
LGBT Percentage	7%	7%

Differences between bookkeeping assistant and junior accountant duties and responsibilities

Bookkeeping assistant example responsibilities.

Manage revenue ledger including other subsidiary ledgers and responsible for the reconciliation of various income accounts to ensure accuracy of postings.
Work with all the ACH'S and cash letters.
Manage revenue ledger including other subsidiary ledgers and responsible for the reconciliation of various income accounts to ensure accuracy of postings.
Document, classify and record each transaction in accordance with GAAP standards for review by CPA.
Team with CPA to ensure timely and accurate tax preparation and end of year financial statements.
Utilize PeopleSoft software to enter accounts into a general ledger system and reconciliation software to reconcile general accounts.

Junior accountant example responsibilities.

Manage and monitor accounting procedures for compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley and coordinate and facilitate external audit requirements.
Perform and assist with month-end close procedures, including preparation of monthly balance sheet and income statement account reconciliations.
Identify hundreds of daily transactions from banking statements using QuickBooks and present monthly financial reports
Perform bank and credit card reconciliations and assist with month-end accruals in addition to inter-company reconciliations.
Prepare financial schedules, account reconciliations, and detail financial statements and reports for analysis, financial reporting, and decision-making.
Deposit checks into lockbox and post to funds to proper accounts daily.

Bookkeeping assistant vs junior accountant skills

Common bookkeeping assistant skills

Data Entry, 16%
Financial Reports, 7%
Credit Card Statements, 6%
Bank Deposits, 5%
General Ledger, 5%
Bank Reconciliations, 4%

Common junior accountant skills

Reconciliations, 18%
General Ledger Accounts, 8%
Account Reconciliations, 5%
Data Entry, 5%
QuickBooks, 4%
Payroll Taxes, 4%

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