Voucher examiner vs accounting clerk

The differences between voucher examiners and accounting 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 voucher examiner and an accounting clerk. Additionally, a voucher examiner has an average salary of $45,925, which is higher than the $38,683 average annual salary of an accounting clerk.

The top three skills for a voucher examiner include travel vouchers, customer service and financial data. The most important skills for an accounting clerk are data entry, customer service, and purchase orders.

Voucher examiner vs accounting clerk overview

	Voucher Examiner	Accounting Clerk
Yearly salary	$45,925	$38,683
Hourly rate	$22.08	$18.60
Growth rate	-5%	-5%
Number of jobs	2,154	106,969
Job satisfaction	5	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 50%	Bachelor's Degree, 49%
Average age	51	51
Years of experience	6	6

Voucher examiner vs accounting clerk salary

Voucher examiners and accounting clerks have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Voucher Examiner	Accounting Clerk
Average salary	$45,925	$38,683
Salary range	Between $32,000 And $65,000	Between $29,000 And $51,000
Highest paying City	Vancouver, WA	Washington, DC
Highest paying state	Alaska	New York
Best paying company	Defense Finance and Accounting Service	Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker Llp
Best paying industry	Government	Government

Differences between voucher examiner and accounting clerk education

There are a few differences between a voucher examiner and an accounting clerk in terms of educational background:

	Voucher Examiner	Accounting Clerk
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 50%	Bachelor's Degree, 49%
Most common major	Accounting	Accounting
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Voucher examiner vs accounting clerk demographics

Here are the differences between voucher examiners' and accounting clerks' demographics:

	Voucher Examiner	Accounting Clerk
Average age	51	51
Gender ratio	Male, 29.9% Female, 70.1%	Male, 20.0% Female, 80.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 6.9% Unknown, 4.0% Hispanic or Latino, 14.6% Asian, 6.6% White, 67.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%	Black or African American, 6.9% Unknown, 4.0% Hispanic or Latino, 14.6% Asian, 6.6% White, 67.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%
LGBT Percentage	7%	7%

Differences between voucher examiner and accounting clerk duties and responsibilities

Voucher examiner example responsibilities.

Manage day-to-day activities during system operations, coordinates traveler profiles, organizational data and document flow procedures in DTS.
Provide full assistance to individuals planning travel itineraries including hotel reservations and other local service information.
Refer to DTR, JTR and JFTR to ensure proper authorizations.
Process a variety of complex permanent change of station (PCS) claims for civilian and military personnel.
Assist travelers with creating their initial orders in DTS as well as their voucher upon return from travel.
Provide local training for incoming finance personnel as well as traveled to other bases to provide civilian PCS training.

Accounting clerk example responsibilities.

Manage revenue ledger including other subsidiary ledgers and responsible for the reconciliation of various income accounts to ensure accuracy of postings.
Perform balance sheet reconciliations and resolve open items by notifying employees and vendors of transaction discrepancies.
Assist in monthly financial close process by analyzing preliminary departmental expense reports and making necessary adjustments and accruals.
Develop a spreadsheet that pulls all data relate to project hours by operation from the ERP system.
Process all incoming payments receive via ACH, EFT, or the web; ensure accounts are accurately balance and reconcile.
Digitize proof of delivery receipts into ERP system (AS400) serving as an easy backup for employees to verify occurrence.

Voucher examiner vs accounting clerk skills

Common voucher examiner skills

Travel Vouchers, 18%
Customer Service, 10%
Financial Data, 10%
Vendor Payments, 9%
Veterans, 6%
Process Claims, 5%

Common accounting clerk skills

Data Entry, 15%
Customer Service, 10%
Purchase Orders, 9%
Reconciliations, 6%
Vendor Invoices, 6%
QuickBooks, 3%