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Accountants and Auditors
Keeps track of money for businesses, governments and people.
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Accountants prepare and check financial records, taxes and budgets, and help leaders decide where money should go. Nearly every organization needs them.
The guide checks the courses against your plan, with things to try each year. Free account needed.
High school courses that build toward it
- Personal Finance · Career and Technical
Builds economics and accounting, which this job uses.
- Government and Economics · Social Studies
Builds economics and accounting, which this job uses.
- Pre-Algebra · Math
Builds math, which this job uses.
- English 10 · English
Builds reading and writing, which this job uses.
- Computer Science Principles · Computer Science
Builds computers and electronics, which this job uses.
- Physical Education · Health and PE
Builds working with customers and clients, which this job uses.
Ranked by how much the job relies on what each course teaches, from O*NET's knowledge ratings. Your school's own courses and the counselor have the final word.
Accountants and Auditors on O*NET OnLine · O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections 2025.