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Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2020

43-3021 Billing and Posting Clerks

Compile, compute, and record billing, accounting, statistical, and other numerical data for billing purposes. Prepare billing invoices for services rendered or for delivery or shipment of goods. Excludes "Medical Records Specialists" (29-2072).


National estimates for Billing and Posting Clerks
Industry profile for Billing and Posting Clerks
Geographic profile for Billing and Posting Clerks

National estimates for Billing and Posting Clerks:

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for Billing and Posting Clerks:

Employment (1) Employment
RSE (3)
Mean hourly
wage
Mean annual
wage (2)
Wage RSE (3)
445,160 0.9 % $ 20.01 $ 41,610 0.2 %

Percentile wage estimates for Billing and Posting Clerks:

Percentile 10% 25% 50%
(Median)
75% 90%
Hourly Wage $ 13.61 $ 16.18 $ 19.03 $ 23.41 $ 28.28
Annual Wage (2) $ 28,300 $ 33,650 $ 39,590 $ 48,690 $ 58,820


Industry profile for Billing and Posting Clerks:

Industries with the highest published employment and wages for Billing and Posting Clerks are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in Billing and Posting Clerks, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in Billing and Posting Clerks:

Industry Employment (1) Percent of industry employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Offices of Physicians 84,700 3.27 $ 19.50 $ 40,560
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 39,410 0.70 $ 20.12 $ 41,850
Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services 31,830 3.25 $ 19.20 $ 39,950
Management of Companies and Enterprises 27,490 1.13 $ 20.57 $ 42,780
Offices of Other Health Practitioners 19,890 2.20 $ 18.85 $ 39,200

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in Billing and Posting Clerks:

Industry Employment (1) Percent of industry employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Office Administrative Services 18,290 3.67 $ 20.25 $ 42,110
Offices of Physicians 84,700 3.27 $ 19.50 $ 40,560
Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services 31,830 3.25 $ 19.20 $ 39,950
Offices of Other Health Practitioners 19,890 2.20 $ 18.85 $ 39,200
Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories 5,830 2.14 $ 19.57 $ 40,700

Top paying industries for Billing and Posting Clerks:

Industry Employment (1) Percent of industry employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Personal Care Services (8) (8) $ 27.53 $ 57,270
Natural Gas Distribution 260 0.24 $ 26.69 $ 55,510
Nonscheduled Air Transportation 80 0.18 $ 26.31 $ 54,730
Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution 1,500 0.40 $ 25.75 $ 53,550
Legal Services 7,220 0.63 $ 25.56 $ 53,160


Geographic profile for Billing and Posting Clerks:

States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for Billing and Posting Clerks are provided. For a list of all areas with employment in Billing and Posting Clerks, see the Create Customized Tables function.





States with the highest employment level in Billing and Posting Clerks:

State Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
California 46,810 2.85 0.89 $ 22.36 $ 46,500
Texas 43,200 3.57 1.12 $ 19.13 $ 39,800
New York 31,640 3.64 1.14 $ 22.25 $ 46,270
Florida 27,590 3.27 1.02 $ 18.43 $ 38,330
Pennsylvania 19,600 3.56 1.11 $ 19.69 $ 40,960




States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Billing and Posting Clerks:

State Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Nebraska 4,170 4.42 1.38 $ 18.65 $ 38,780
New Jersey 16,320 4.32 1.35 $ 21.37 $ 44,440
Arizona 11,780 4.16 1.30 $ 19.03 $ 39,590
Rhode Island 1,830 4.13 1.29 $ 21.55 $ 44,810
Utah 6,020 4.04 1.26 $ 19.07 $ 39,660




Top paying states for Billing and Posting Clerks:

State Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
District of Columbia 840 1.23 0.38 $ 30.76 $ 63,980
Massachusetts 9,440 2.82 0.88 $ 24.06 $ 50,040
Alaska 860 2.92 0.91 $ 23.71 $ 49,310
Connecticut 4,720 3.07 0.96 $ 23.14 $ 48,130
Washington 10,210 3.19 1.00 $ 22.56 $ 46,920





Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in Billing and Posting Clerks:

Metropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA 34,560 3.91 1.22 $ 22.72 $ 47,260
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 18,370 3.15 0.99 $ 22.03 $ 45,830
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 15,190 4.23 1.32 $ 19.65 $ 40,880
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI 11,920 2.73 0.85 $ 22.11 $ 45,990
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 10,870 4.03 1.26 $ 21.72 $ 45,170
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA 9,770 3.71 1.16 $ 19.54 $ 40,650
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX 9,770 3.29 1.03 $ 20.65 $ 42,960
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 8,920 4.23 1.32 $ 19.37 $ 40,290
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL 8,680 3.46 1.08 $ 19.31 $ 40,170
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH 7,550 2.90 0.91 $ 24.66 $ 51,280




Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Billing and Posting Clerks:

Metropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA 310 8.04 2.51 $ 16.88 $ 35,120
Logan, UT-ID 470 8.03 2.51 $ 17.84 $ 37,110
Iowa City, IA 650 7.51 2.35 $ 21.97 $ 45,690
Lewiston-Auburn, ME 320 6.68 2.09 $ 18.93 $ 39,370
Flint, MI 760 6.28 1.96 $ 18.04 $ 37,530
Portsmouth, NH-ME 530 5.94 1.86 $ 22.07 $ 45,900
Florence, SC 490 5.88 1.84 $ 15.86 $ 33,000
Syracuse, NY 1,560 5.55 1.73 $ 19.81 $ 41,210
Jackson, MS 1,380 5.51 1.72 $ 17.01 $ 35,380
Corvallis, OR 190 5.43 1.70 $ 19.38 $ 40,300




Top paying metropolitan areas for Billing and Posting Clerks:

Metropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA 5,720 2.45 0.77 $ 27.52 $ 57,240
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 2,310 2.10 0.66 $ 25.58 $ 53,200
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 7,070 2.34 0.73 $ 24.91 $ 51,800
Kankakee, IL 170 3.96 1.24 $ 24.87 $ 51,720
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 1,110 2.94 0.92 $ 24.69 $ 51,360
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH 7,550 2.90 0.91 $ 24.66 $ 51,280
California-Lexington Park, MD 60 1.36 0.43 $ 24.50 $ 50,950
Danbury, CT 180 2.55 0.80 $ 24.40 $ 50,750
Santa Rosa, CA 460 2.36 0.74 $ 23.91 $ 49,740
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 6,500 3.32 1.04 $ 23.88 $ 49,680

Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest employment in Billing and Posting Clerks:

Nonmetropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Kansas nonmetropolitan area 980 2.58 0.81 $ 16.87 $ 35,090
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area 760 6.02 1.88 $ 15.91 $ 33,100
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) 720 2.31 0.72 $ 17.14 $ 35,650
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area 710 4.44 1.39 $ 14.93 $ 31,060
Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area 700 2.86 0.89 $ 17.48 $ 36,350

Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Billing and Posting Clerks:

Nonmetropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area 760 6.02 1.88 $ 15.91 $ 33,100
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area 190 5.14 1.61 $ 17.43 $ 36,240
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area 460 5.00 1.56 $ 18.70 $ 38,900
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area 440 4.76 1.49 $ 16.69 $ 34,720
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area 450 4.69 1.47 $ 14.79 $ 30,750

Top paying nonmetropolitan areas for Billing and Posting Clerks:

Nonmetropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Alaska nonmetropolitan area 210 2.12 0.66 $ 24.54 $ 51,050
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area 200 2.14 0.67 $ 22.81 $ 47,430
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area 150 1.27 0.40 $ 22.75 $ 47,310
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area 300 3.04 0.95 $ 22.05 $ 45,860
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area 290 2.96 0.93 $ 21.77 $ 45,290


About May 2020 National, State, Metropolitan, and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors, all metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, and all states and the District of Columbia. The top employment and wage figures are provided above. The complete list is available in the downloadable XLS files.

The percentile wage estimate is the value of a wage below which a certain percent of workers fall. The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate—50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median. More about percentile wages.


(1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.

(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.

(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.

(8) Estimate not released.

(9) The location quotient is the ratio of the area concentration of occupational employment to the national average concentration. A location quotient greater than one indicates the occupation has a higher share of employment than average, and a location quotient less than one indicates the occupation is less prevalent in the area than average.


Other OEWS estimates and related information:

May 2020 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2020 State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2020 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2020 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2020 Occupation Profiles

Technical Notes

 

Last Modified Date: March 31, 2021