FNS50222 is the nationally recognised Diploma of Accounting. It prepares you for work as an accounts clerk. It has been the current version on the national register since 2022, when it replaced FNS50217. Employers posted about 1,750 accounts clerk jobs in June 2026, down 6.9% on a year earlier.
The signals behind the Diploma of Accounting are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Enrolments are rising. Job ads in June 2026 were down 6.9% on a year earlier and the official shortage list does not rate its occupations in shortage. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting fewer accounts clerk jobs than a year ago. About 1,750 accounts clerk jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 6.9% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 21,500 job ads, while 4,600 people were training in the qualification nationally (2025). Ads show the market. Enrolments show the pipeline. Neither is a job promise.
Australia's official shortage list rates accounts clerks and cost clerks as not in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Accounts Clerk and Cost Clerk as not in shortage.
Accounts clerk jobs are projected to stay about flat. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 138,663 workers in May 2025, 140,488 by May 2030 (up 1.3%) and 146,884 by May 2035 (up 5.9%).
Diploma of Accounting graduates do worse than is typical at Diploma level. In the 2025 NCVER Student Outcomes survey, 85.5% were employed or in further study after training. The typical Diploma result is 92%, across 34 qualifications. Median income after training was $52,500, against $63,250 typical. 89.5% were satisfied with the training, against 89% typical. Income here is the survey median about six months after training. It includes part-time work, so it is not the full-time award rate.
Enrolments in the Diploma of Accounting are growing. Across Australia, 4,055 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 4,600, up 13.4% in a year. National data for FNS50222 starts in 2022.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for FNS50222 is being verified against official program lists.
Eligibility and student contributions vary by program and provider. The official state listing is the source of truth. In a subsidised place the government pays most of the tuition and you pay a co-contribution set by the program and provider.
The Diploma of Accounting is 11 units: 7 core, plus 4 electives chosen from 21 options on the register. Prerequisites apply to Two of them, marked below.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps FNS50222 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 5511) so the mapping can be checked. Job advertisement counts come from the Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index and count online ads, not vacancies filled. Enrolment counts come from NCVER Total VET Activity and count people in training, not completions. Outcome benchmarks marked “typical” are medians computed by Get Course across all Diplomas in the same NCVER collection; they are derived figures, not official NCVER benchmarks. Funding rows appear only after verification against the official state program list. Source vintages: Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; register training.gov.au, synced 16 September 2026; NCVER Student Outcomes survey 2025 survey; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.