Voucher examiner vs accounts payable clerk

The differences between voucher examiners 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 voucher examiner and an accounts payable clerk. Additionally, a voucher examiner has an average salary of $45,925, which is higher than the $38,333 average annual salary of an accounts payable clerk.

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

Voucher examiner vs accounts payable clerk overview

	Voucher Examiner	Accounts Payable Clerk
Yearly salary	$45,925	$38,333
Hourly rate	$22.08	$18.43
Growth rate	-5%	-5%
Number of jobs	2,154	89,564
Job satisfaction	5	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 50%	Bachelor's Degree, 46%
Average age	51	51
Years of experience	6	6

Voucher examiner vs accounts payable clerk salary

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

	Voucher Examiner	Accounts Payable Clerk
Average salary	$45,925	$38,333
Salary range	Between $32,000 And $65,000	Between $30,000 And $48,000
Highest paying City	Vancouver, WA	Washington, DC
Highest paying state	Alaska	Massachusetts
Best paying company	Defense Finance and Accounting Service	Jane Street
Best paying industry	Government	Technology

Differences between voucher examiner and accounts payable clerk education

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

	Voucher Examiner	Accounts Payable Clerk
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 50%	Bachelor's Degree, 46%
Most common major	Accounting	Accounting
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Voucher examiner vs accounts payable clerk demographics

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

	Voucher Examiner	Accounts Payable Clerk
Average age	51	51
Gender ratio	Male, 29.9% Female, 70.1%	Male, 17.2% Female, 82.8%
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, 14.7% Asian, 6.6% White, 67.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%
LGBT Percentage	7%	7%

Differences between voucher examiner and accounts payable 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.

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.

Voucher examiner vs accounts payable clerk skills

Common voucher examiner skills

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

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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