Brokerage Clerks
Finance · Securities & Investments
Pay and outlook shown for
New workers start near $47,470; experienced workers reach $80,820. About 1,300 people do this job in Texas.
Job outlook
Alamo region (San Antonio and 12 surrounding counties), Texas Workforce Commission projection 2024 to 2034; U.S. figures from the BLS.
- Employment change
- -0.9%
- Openings a year
- 25
- Employed in 2024
- 216
Typical entry education: High school diploma or equivalent · Training: Moderate-term on-the-job training
Alamo Colleges programs that lead here
2 programs, with the college that teaches each.
Skills this career uses
The skills O*NET rates most important for the job, with how much of each the work needs on a 1 to 7 scale.
- Active Listening3.9
- Speaking3.6
- Reading Comprehension3.8
- Time Management3.1
- Critical Thinking3.6
- Writing3.5
- Monitoring3.0
- Mathematics3.5
What the work is
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.
- Correspond with customers and confer with coworkers to answer inquiries, discuss market fluctuations, or resolve account problems.
- Prepare forms, such as receipts, withdrawal orders, transmittal papers, or transfer confirmations, based on transaction requests from stockholders.
- File, type, or operate standard office machines.
- Document security transactions, such as purchases, sales, conversions, redemptions, or payments, using computers, accounting ledgers, or certificate records.
- Perform clerical tasks, such as answering phones or distributing mail.
Education people in this job have
Share of workers by highest education, from O*NET surveys. It shows what others did, not what you must do.
- High school or less29%
- Some college20%
- Associate degree13%
- Bachelor's degree38%
Job zone 3, medium preparation: Training, an associate degree, or a few years of related experience.
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