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