Billing and Posting Clerks
Business, Management and AdministrationO*NET 43-3021.00United States
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.
- Median annual earnings
- $48,259
- Projected change
- +4%
- Typical education
- Some college
- Employment
- 417.82K jobs
50th percentile, United States
2025 to 2035
51.5% of the workforce
Growing to 434.65K by 2035
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The work
What billing and posting clerks do
Tasks reported for this occupation, ordered by how often they come up in the role.
- Verify accuracy of billing data and revise any errors.
- Prepare itemized statements, bills, or invoices and record amounts due for items purchased or services rendered.
- Resolve discrepancies in accounting records.
- Operate typing, adding, calculating, or billing machines.
- Post stop-payment notices to prevent payment of protested checks.
- Verify signatures and required information on checks.
- Keep records of invoices and support documents.
- Perform bookkeeping work, including posting data or keeping other records concerning costs of goods or services or the shipment of goods.
- Contact customers to obtain or relay account information.
- Route statements for mailing or over-the-counter delivery to customers.
- Monitor equipment to ensure proper operation.
- Fix minor problems, such as equipment jams, and notify repair personnel of major equipment problems.
Pay and outlook
What the job pays and where it is heading
Annual earnings range
Reported earnings by percentile, United States
- 10th percentile
- $36,636
- 25th percentile
- $42,396
- 50th percentile
- $48,259
- 75th percentile
- $58,338
- 90th percentile
- $69,161
The gold marker shows the median. Half earn more than $48,259 and half earn less.
Employment outlook
2025 to 2035 projection
+4%average or slower
2025417,822 jobs
2035 projected434,650 jobs
16,828 more positions over the decade, before replacement hiring.
Preparation
Education levels
What people currently working in the career hold. These are not entry requirements.
- Some college
- 51.5%
- High school diploma or less
- 20.7%
- Certificate
- 16.6%
- Associate degree
- 9.2%
- Bachelor's degree
- 2%
Skills
Skills employers ask for
Technical skills appearing most often in job postings for this occupation.
How the work gets done
Core competencies
Broad capabilities associated with strong performance in this occupation.
- Reading Comprehension
- Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
- Mathematics
- Using mathematics to solve problems.
- Active Listening
- Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Critical Thinking
- Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
- Speaking
- Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Time Management
- Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Monitoring
- Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Writing
- Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Service Orientation
- Actively looking for ways to help people.
- Complex Problem Solving
- Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Social Perceptiveness
- Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Active Learning
- Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Coordination
- Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Learning Strategies
- Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Negotiation
- Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
- Systems Evaluation
- Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
- Systems Analysis
- Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
- Instructing
- Teaching others how to do something.
In the market
Job titles and employers
Recent job postings in United StatesCommon job titles
- 01Billing Specialists7,104 postings
- 02Billing Coordinators2,361 postings
- 03Billing Clerks1,998 postings
- 04Accounts Payable Analysts1,620 postings
- 05Accounts Receivable Analysts1,298 postings
- 06Billing Analysts1,249 postings
- 07Legal Billing Specialists923 postings
- 08Collections Representatives729 postings
- 09Revenue Cycle Specialists713 postings
- 10Billing Representatives594 postings
- 11Billing Administrators520 postings
- 12Billing Managers519 postings
- 13Billing Assistants496 postings
- 14Billing Supervisors446 postings
- 15Legal Billing Coordinators424 postings
- 16Pre-Billing Specialists398 postings
- 17Billing Associates376 postings
- 18Insurance Billing Specialists367 postings
- 19Epic Professional Billing Analysts354 postings
- 20Billing and Collections Specialists351 postings
Top employers
- 01Robert Half2,070 postings
- 02DLA Piper481 postings
- 03Accenture456 postings
- 04Aston Carter382 postings
- 05Intermountain Health380 postings
- 06Cardinal Health320 postings
- 07Creative Financial Staffing317 postings
- 08Lee Hecht Harrison268 postings
- 09Walmart268 postings
- 10TEKsystems266 postings
- 11Maximus264 postings
- 12CVS Health216 postings
- 13Insurance Office Of America214 postings
- 14Trustmark National Bank204 postings
- 15Sedgwick203 postings
- 16Insight Global200 postings
- 17Beacon Hill Staffing Group194 postings
- 18Segra174 postings
- 19Vaco173 postings
- 20Ryder172 postings
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