Office and administrative support
Brokerage clerk
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.
Median pay
$65,750
Growth to 2035
−8%
declining
Openings a year
3,400
Time to qualify*
6 months
* From a bachelor's degree in an unrelated field.
Pay
Brokerage clerk
Getting in
- Typical entry education
- High school diploma or equivalent
- On-the-job training
- Moderate-term on-the-job training
- Prior experience
- None
What the work is like
Dealing with the public
Unpleasant or angry people
Time pressure
Cost of a mistake
Freedom to make decisions
Repeating the same tasks
Time sitting
Time standing
Brokerage clerk: 21% usually work over 40 hours a week
Core tasks
- Correspond with customers and confer with coworkers to answer inquiries, discuss market fluctuations, or resolve account problems.
- Document security transactions, such as purchases, sales, conversions, redemptions, or payments, using computers, accounting ledgers, or certificate records.
- File, type, or operate standard office machines.
- Perform clerical tasks, such as answering phones or distributing mail.
- Prepare forms, such as receipts, withdrawal orders, transmittal papers, or transfer confirmations, based on transaction requests from stockholders.
Also called: Account Administrator · Client Associate · Client Service Associate · Operations Clerk · Operations Coordinator · Registered Account Administrator · Registered Sales Assistant · Sales Assistant
Outlook and AI
Brokerage clerks held 36,900 jobs in 2025. BLS projects 34,100 by 2035 (−8%, declining; all jobs: +3.5%).
Productivity change - share decreases as technology automates many tasks formerly performed by these workers, including document processing and data entry.
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