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# Market evidence report — bookkeeper
Source: **36 real job ads** (JSearch API, countries: us 36), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-09.
This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is
reproduced (copyright / platform terms).
## Seniority distribution
| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 33 | 92 % |
| n/a | 1 | 3 % |
| senior | 1 | 3 % |
| junior | 1 | 3 % |
## Tools — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | QuickBooks | 15 | 42 % |
| 2 | Microsoft Excel | 14 | 39 % |
| 3 | QuickBooks Online | 5 | 14 % |
| 4 | Xero | 5 | 14 % |
| 5 | QuickBooks Desktop | 4 | 11 % |
| 6 | QuickBooks Enterprise | 3 | 8 % |
## Hard skills — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bank reconciliation | 20 | 56 % |
| 2 | financial reporting | 16 | 44 % |
| 3 | accounts receivable | 14 | 39 % |
| 4 | accounts payable | 13 | 36 % |
| 5 | bookkeeping | 13 | 36 % |
| 6 | payroll processing | 12 | 33 % |
| 7 | financial record maintenance | 8 | 22 % |
| 8 | general ledger maintenance | 7 | 19 % |
| 9 | account reconciliation | 6 | 17 % |
| 10 | accounts payable processing | 6 | 17 % |
| 11 | accounts receivable management | 6 | 17 % |
| 12 | accounts receivable processing | 5 | 14 % |
| 13 | financial statement preparation | 5 | 14 % |
| 14 | invoice processing | 5 | 14 % |
| 15 | accounts payable management | 4 | 11 % |
| 16 | budget tracking | 4 | 11 % |
| 17 | tax preparation | 4 | 11 % |
| 18 | tax return preparation | 4 | 11 % |
| 19 | billing | 3 | 8 % |
| 20 | cash flow monitoring | 3 | 8 % |
| 21 | financial record management | 3 | 8 % |
| 22 | general ledger accounting | 3 | 8 % |
| 23 | tax document preparation | 3 | 8 % |
| 24 | tax filing | 3 | 8 % |
## Methods — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
## Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | payroll processing | 8 | 22 % |
| 2 | client communication | 6 | 17 % |
| 3 | account reconciliation | 5 | 14 % |
| 4 | discrepancy resolution | 4 | 11 % |
| 5 | financial record maintenance | 4 | 11 % |
| 6 | financial transaction recording | 4 | 11 % |
| 7 | tax return preparation | 4 | 11 % |
| 8 | vendor invoice processing | 4 | 11 % |
| 9 | expense tracking | 3 | 8 % |
| 10 | filing system maintenance | 3 | 8 % |
| 11 | financial report preparation | 3 | 8 % |
| 12 | financial statement preparation | 3 | 8 % |
| 13 | invoice and payment processing | 3 | 8 % |
| 14 | order confirmation creation | 3 | 8 % |
| 15 | purchase order processing | 3 | 8 % |
| 16 | sales order processing | 3 | 8 % |
| 17 | transaction recording | 3 | 8 % |
## Regional breakdown
> **Corpus note:** 36 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.
### US (us)
36 ads.
**Top hard skills:**
- bank reconciliation — 56 % (20 ads)
- financial reporting — 44 % (16 ads)
- accounts receivable — 39 % (14 ads)
- accounts payable — 36 % (13 ads)
- bookkeeping — 36 % (13 ads)
- payroll processing — 33 % (12 ads)
- financial record maintenance — 22 % (8 ads)
- general ledger maintenance — 19 % (7 ads)
- account reconciliation — 17 % (6 ads)
- accounts payable processing — 17 % (6 ads)
**Top tools:**
- QuickBooks — 42 % (15 ads)
- Microsoft Excel — 39 % (14 ads)
- QuickBooks Online — 14 % (5 ads)
- Xero — 14 % (5 ads)
- QuickBooks Desktop — 11 % (4 ads)
- QuickBooks Enterprise — 8 % (3 ads)
- ADP — 6 % (2 ads)
- Bill.com — 6 % (2 ads)
- Google Workspace — 6 % (2 ads)
- Microsoft Outlook — 6 % (2 ads)
**Seniority:** mid 92 % · n/a 3 % · senior 3 % · junior 3 %
### UK (gb)
**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
### EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)
**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
## Job title variants in the market
| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Bookkeeper | 10 |
| Accountant Bookkeeper | 4 |
| Full Charge Bookkeeper | 2 |
| Accountant Full Charge Bookkeeper | 1 |
| Accounting/Bookkeeping | 1 |
| Administrative/Bookkeeper | 1 |
| BOOKKEEPER ADMINISTRATOR (PART TIME) | 1 |
| Bookkeeper and Assistant to Comptroller | 1 |
| Bookkeeper and Staff Accountant | 1 |
| Bookkeeper and tax Preparer | 1 |
| Bookkeeper/Accountant | 1 |
| Bookkeeper/Accounts Receivable Processor | 1 |
| Bookkeeping / Staff Accounting Professionals | 1 |
| Contract Bookkeeper (Nonprofit) Part-Time | 1 |
| Full-Charge Bookkeeper | 1 |
| General Accounting/Bookkeeper | 1 |
| Outsourced Accounting Professional | 1 |
| Senior Accountant / Senior Bookkeeper | 1 |
| Senior Bookkeeper (Remote) | 1 |
| Staff Accountant & Bookkeeper — QuickBooks + Tax | 1 |
| Staff Accountant / Bookkeeper | 1 |
| Staff Accountant/Bookkeeper | 1 |
| Temp to Hire Bookkeeper | 1 |
Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.