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ANZSCO 551112Updated 2026-01-29
Cost Clerk
National shortage level: Low
Snapshot
Median pay: AUD 68k
Weekly earnings: AUD 1310
Salary range: AUD 61k-AUD 75k
Job ads trend: Not listed
Time to hire: Varies
Visa pathways: Check eligibility
State distribution
26.2%
NSW
24.5%
VIC
22.9%
QLD
Education mix
31.4%
certificate iii/ iv
23.5%
bachelor degree
13.3%
year 12
Role overview
Cost Clerks calculate and investigate the cost of wages, materials, overheads and other operating expenses.
What you do
- • Calculates, analyses and investigates the costs of proposed expenditure, wages and standard costs.
- • Prepares bank reconciliations.
- • Allocates expenditure to specified budget accounts.
Core skills
Credentials & pathway
- Recommended level: certificate iii/ iv (31.4%)
Recent job ads
No ads listed yet.
Tasks
- • Allocates expenditure to specified budget accounts.
- • Calculates, analyses and investigates the costs of proposed expenditure, wages and standard costs.
- • Compiles cost data for preparation of operating budgets, and profit and loss calculations.
Earnings
Weekly median: AUD 1310
Annual median: AUD 68k
Range: AUD 61k-AUD 75k