Occupations/43-4011.00
Brokerage Clerks
Perform duties related to the purchase, sale, or holding of securities. Duties include writing orders for stock purchases or sales, computing transfer taxes, verifying stock transactions, accepting and delivering securities, tracking stock price fluctuations, computing equity, distributing dividends, and keeping records of daily transactions and holdings.
Usually a certificate, vocational program, or associate degree — not a bachelor’s.
AI automation risk
84%
Higher automation risk
Human characteristics
38%
Balanced human and task mix
Task orientation
83%
Higher automation risk
A day in this job
- Mostly routine
File, type, or operate standard office machines.
- Mostly routine
Document security transactions, such as purchases, sales, conversions, redemptions, or payments, using computers, accounting ledgers, or certificate records.
- Mostly routine
Prepare forms, such as receipts, withdrawal orders, transmittal papers, or transfer confirmations, based on transaction requests from stockholders.
The tasks we can read here lean routine. That sits next to the AI risk rank — it is not a forecast that the job disappears.
Core tasks
- 01Correspond with customers and confer with coworkers to answer inquiries, discuss market fluctuations, or resolve account problems.
- 02Document security transactions, such as purchases, sales, conversions, redemptions, or payments, using computers, accounting ledgers, or certificate records.
- 03File, type, or operate standard office machines.
- 04Perform clerical tasks, such as answering phones or distributing mail.
- 05Prepare forms, such as receipts, withdrawal orders, transmittal papers, or transfer confirmations, based on transaction requests from stockholders.
Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)
- Repeating same tasks4.51
- Degree of automation3.28
- Time sitting4.11
- Originality (ability)2.62
- Conflict situations3.21
- Hands-on objects/tools3.21
- Outdoors / weather1.00
- Disease exposure1.03
- Decision freedom3.88
Top abilities
- Oral Comprehension4.00
- Oral Expression3.88
- Written Comprehension3.75
- Near Vision3.75
- Written Expression3.62
- Speech Recognition3.62
- Speech Clarity3.62
- Information Ordering3.50
Essential skills
- Reading Comprehension3.75
- Active Listening3.88
- Writing3.12
- Speaking3.88
- Mathematics3.00
- Science1.00
- Critical Thinking3.38
- Active Learning3.00
- Learning Strategies2.62
- Monitoring3.12
CIP matches
Schools offering related programs
12 of 79 shown
Earnings are College Scorecard medians for that program, 1 and 2 years after completion. A dash means the Department suppressed the cell or the campus is not in the field file.
| Institution | Program | Tuition | Admit | Grad 6-yr | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
New York University New York, NY · Private nonprofit | Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping 52.0302 | $60,400 | 12% | 88% | 1 yr $78,172 2 yr $77,297 Master's · CIP 52.03 |
Georgetown University Washington, DC · Private nonprofit | Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping 52.0302 | $65,400 | 12% | 95% | 1 yr $77,966 2 yr $77,715 Bachelor's · CIP 52.03 |
University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA · Public | Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping 52.0302 | $14,800 | 11% | 93% | 1 yr $71,734 2 yr $70,886 Master's · CIP 52.03 |
Northeastern University Boston, MA · Private nonprofit | Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping 52.0302 | $63,200 | 7% | 91% | 1 yr $70,680 2 yr $69,937 Bachelor's · CIP 52.03 |
Howard University Washington, DC · Private nonprofit | Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping 52.0302 | $33,200 | 53% | 65% | 1 yr $69,338 2 yr $69,948 Master's · CIP 52.03 |
University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA · Private nonprofit | Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping 52.0302 | $68,200 | 12% | 92% | 1 yr $67,740 2 yr $66,839 Bachelor's · CIP 52.03 |
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL · Public | Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping 52.0302 | $17,500 | 45% | 85% | 1 yr $66,787 2 yr $64,493 Bachelor's · CIP 52.03 |
Lincoln College of Technology-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN · Private for-profit | Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping 52.0302 | $18,600 | 100% | 64% | 1 yr $65,386 2 yr $62,524 Bachelor's · CIP 52.03 |
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI · Public | Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping 52.0302 | $17,700 | 18% | 93% | 1 yr $64,741 2 yr $65,198 Master's · CIP 52.03 |
University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA · Public | Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping 52.0302 | $17,400 | 64% | 83% | 1 yr $63,522 2 yr $63,646 Bachelor's · CIP 52.03 |
University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI · Public | Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping 52.0302 | $11,200 | 49% | 89% | 1 yr $62,260 2 yr $62,343 Bachelor's · CIP 52.03 |
University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO · Public | Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping 52.0302 | $13,600 | 81% | 72% | 1 yr $61,922 2 yr $61,681 Master's · CIP 52.03 |