Budget technician vs accounts payable clerk

The differences between budget technicians and accounts payable clerks can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 4-6 years to become both a budget technician and an accounts payable clerk. Additionally, a budget technician has an average salary of $42,506, which is higher than the $38,333 average annual salary of an accounts payable clerk.

The top three skills for a budget technician include financial management, financial data and financial reports. The most important skills for an accounts payable clerk are customer service, data entry, and purchase orders.

Budget technician vs accounts payable clerk overview

	Budget Technician	Accounts Payable Clerk
Yearly salary	$42,506	$38,333
Hourly rate	$20.44	$18.43
Growth rate	-5%	-5%
Number of jobs	7,432	89,564
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 51%	Bachelor's Degree, 46%
Average age	51	51
Years of experience	6	6

Budget technician vs accounts payable clerk salary

Budget technicians and accounts payable clerks have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Budget Technician	Accounts Payable Clerk
Average salary	$42,506	$38,333
Salary range	Between $31,000 And $56,000	Between $30,000 And $48,000
Highest paying City	Santa Rosa, CA	Washington, DC
Highest paying state	Alaska	Massachusetts
Best paying company	University of Southern California	Jane Street
Best paying industry	Education	Technology

Differences between budget technician and accounts payable clerk education

There are a few differences between a budget technician and an accounts payable clerk in terms of educational background:

	Budget Technician	Accounts Payable Clerk
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 51%	Bachelor's Degree, 46%
Most common major	Business	Accounting
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Budget technician vs accounts payable clerk demographics

Here are the differences between budget technicians' and accounts payable clerks' demographics:

	Budget Technician	Accounts Payable Clerk
Average age	51	51
Gender ratio	Male, 28.5% Female, 71.5%	Male, 17.2% Female, 82.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 6.7% Unknown, 4.0% Hispanic or Latino, 14.3% Asian, 6.5% White, 67.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%	Black or African American, 6.9% Unknown, 4.0% Hispanic or Latino, 14.7% Asian, 6.6% White, 67.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%
LGBT Percentage	7%	7%

Differences between budget technician and accounts payable clerk duties and responsibilities

Budget technician example responsibilities.

Develop expertise in use of PeopleSoft system to manage balance accounts for quarterly investment portfolio.
Supervise unit logistics team by planning logistics functions and allocating manpower to fulfill logistics requirements of the organization.
Verify with division that FTE levels, funding sources, account codes are correct and balance to control numbers.
Utilize agency allocation letters, spending plans and FTE utilization are develop within funding resources.

Accounts payable clerk example responsibilities.

Manage revenue ledger including other subsidiary ledgers and responsible for the reconciliation of various income accounts to ensure accuracy of postings.
Match, code, and process vendor payments via MAS90 accounting system - including check runs and ACH payments.
Perform duties in compliance with GAAP, company and department policies and procedures, internal controls, and Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.
Process division payroll in coordination with ADP payroll systems for semi-monthly and weekly union contract employees.
Scan and store documents daily, retrieve W2 and W9 information along with service provider agreements when or if need.
Print, review, research, edit, code and batch invoices for processing via the various ERP financial systems.

Budget technician vs accounts payable clerk skills

Common budget technician skills

Financial Management, 12%
Financial Data, 7%
Financial Reports, 7%
Status Updates, 7%
Budget Reports, 4%
Budget Analysis, 4%

Common accounts payable clerk skills

Customer Service, 13%
Data Entry, 10%
Purchase Orders, 8%
Expense Reports, 6%
Vendor Invoices, 6%
Vendor Statements, 5%

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