Every occupation the official NCES/BLS crosswalk connects to accounting programs, with BLS pay, the education each job usually needs, what the work involves, and where to go next.
Accounting · CIP 52.03 series · 5 codes · 14 careers · Check one exact major, e.g. 52.0301 Accounting, in the major to career finder
The official NCES/BLS crosswalk maps accounting programs to 14 occupations that such programs typically prepare people for, including Accountant, Budget Analyst and Credit Analyst. BLS median pay across them runs from $50,330 (Statistical Assistant) to $166,570 (Financial Manager) in May 2025. The crosswalk describes preparation, not what graduates actually go on to do.
Data Program → related occupations: these are jobs accounting programs typically prepare people for (NCES/BLS crosswalk). Not a guaranteed outcome, and not a record of what graduates do.
Data Filter by the education the job usually needs or its preparation level; sort by pay or by number employed.
| Occupation | Most common education | Job Zone | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accountant | $83,680 | 1,449,500 | n/a | 4 |
| Bookkeeper | $50,670 | 1,373,680 | High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) | 3 |
| Financial Manager | $166,570 | 841,710 | Bachelor's Degree | 4 |
| Financial Analyst | $102,740 | 361,980 | n/a | 4 |
| Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks | $58,260 | 153,140 | Bachelor's Degree | 3 |
| Business Teachers, PostsecondaryPostsecondary teaching | $99,080 | 82,150 | Doctoral Degree | 5 |
| Tax Preparer | $54,920 | 76,480 | High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) | 3 |
| Financial Examiner | $94,160 | 67,830 | Bachelor's Degree | 4 |
| Credit Analyst | $83,510 | 64,390 | Bachelor's Degree | 4 |
| Financial Risk Specialist | $117,330 | 63,850 | n/a | 4 |
| Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents | $62,370 | 56,610 | Bachelor's Degree | 3 |
| Budget Analyst | $91,640 | 47,160 | Bachelor's Degree | 4 |
| Brokerage Clerk | $65,750 | 35,940 | Bachelor's Degree | 3 |
| Statistical Assistant | $50,330 | 4,710 | n/a | 4 |
No occupations match these filters.
Data The education column shows a typical entry level only where O*NET data supports one answer. Check the typical education for Budget Analyst, one of the accounting jobs above.
Data BLS national median annual wage, May 2025. These are pay levels of the occupations, not earnings of graduates.
Data The largest related occupations by employment (postsecondary teaching shown in the explorer).
Prepare, examine, or analyze accounting records, financial statements, or other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.
Process invoices for payment.
Reading Comprehension · Complex Problem Solving · Judgment and Decision Making
Career guide Salary How to become
Mapped from CIP 52.0301, 52.0303Analyze monthly department budgeting and accounting reports to maintain expenditure controls.
Provide advice and technical assistance with cost analysis, fiscal allocation, and budget preparation.
Mathematics · Critical Thinking · Complex Problem Solving
Mapped from CIP 52.0301, 52.0304Analyze credit data and financial statements to determine the degree of risk involved in extending credit or lending money.
Complete loan applications, including credit analyses and summaries of loan requests, and submit to loan committees for approval.
Critical Thinking · Reading Comprehension · Speaking
Mapped from CIP 52.0301Direct and participate in formal and informal meetings with bank directors, trustees, senior management, counsels, outside accountants, and consultants to gather information and discuss findings.
Recommend actions to ensure compliance with laws and regulations, or to protect solvency of institutions.
Reading Comprehension · Critical Thinking · Active Listening
Mapped from CIP 52.0301, 52.0303Send notices to taxpayers when accounts are delinquent.
Confer with taxpayers or their representatives to discuss the issues, laws, and regulations involved in returns, and to resolve problems with returns.
Reading Comprehension · Active Listening · Speaking
Mapped from CIP 52.0301Data Related occupations grouped by government career field, with their pay range.
Data Other programs whose crosswalk occupations overlap with these.
Data A national median for federal-aid graduates of this field: a separate measure from the BLS job pay above.
See earnings by degree level, college spread and federal debt.
The NCES/BLS crosswalk relates instructional programs (CIP 2020) to occupations (SOC 2018) when programs in the CIP category typically prepare individuals directly for jobs in the occupation. This page uses the CIP program series below and shows every non-residual occupation mapped to them that has BLS wages and O*NET data; each occupation lists the CIP codes that map to it.
Searches this page answers include “what can you do with an accounting degree”, “accounting degree jobs”, “jobs for accounting majors” (Ahrefs, U.S.).
