Billing and Posting Clerks Salary

It’s a stretch — at the median salary of $51K, rent takes 34.7% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,187/month. The 30% guideline puts the comfortable ceiling at roughly $1,000/month in rent — so roommates or a 1-bedroom would ease the math significantly.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new billing and posting clerks typically earn — is $43K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $2,569/month.

Pay here is roughly in line with the national average — $51K locally vs. $49K nationally, a 6% difference.

Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area pays $51K median vs. the U.S. average of $49K — that’s +6%.

The median is $51,310 a year, that works out to about $25 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $42,810, and experienced billing and posting clerks can clear $66,760. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $3,417/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,187/month, which eats 34.7% of your paycheck. That's above the 30% rule of thumb, housing will be a stretch at the median salary, though you can manage with roommates or a smaller place.

Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area has a Regional Price Parity of 100 (100 is the national average). That's right at the national average. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median billing and posting clerks salary is worth about $51,310 in national-average purchasing power.

The table above ranks every state by median pay for this role. Keep in mind that the highest-paying states tend to have the highest costs of living, so the top salary doesn't always mean the most money in your pocket.