# 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.

- Edition: Data verified Nov 2026 · CollegesRef 2026–27 edition
- Page: https://www.collegesref.com/careers/billing-and-posting-clerks
- SOC code: 43-3021.00
- Career family: Office and administrative support
- Median annual pay: $48,500 (10th percentile $37,290, 90th percentile $67,710)
- Projected growth: Little or no change, -0.1%
- Openings a year: 37,000
- Typical entry education: High school diploma
- Bright outlook: no
- Data years: BLS 2025 wages · 2025–35 projections

## Interest profile (code CRE)

| Interest area | Score (0–100) |
| --- | ---: |
| Realistic (R) | 31 |
| Investigative (I) | 10 |
| Artistic (A) | 0 |
| Social (S) | 8 |
| Enterprising (E) | 29 |
| Conventional (C) | 100 |

## What you'd do

- Working with Computers (importance 89/100)
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates (importance 80/100)
- Getting Information (importance 79/100)
- Processing Information (importance 77/100)
- Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships (importance 74/100)
- Documenting/Recording Information (importance 64/100)
- Performing Administrative Activities (importance 63/100)
- Analyzing Data or Information (importance 61/100)
- Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge (importance 60/100)
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems (importance 59/100)

## Skills

Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Mathematics, Monitoring, Writing, Time Management, Social Perceptiveness, Active Learning

## Knowledge

English Language, Mathematics, Administration and Management, Economics and Accounting, Administrative, Customer and Personal Service, Education and Training, Computers and Electronics, Communications and Media, Personnel and Human Resources

## Also called

Account Clerk, Account Services Representative (Accounts Services Rep), Accounts Adjustable Clerk, Accounts Analyst, Accounts Clerk, Accounts Payable Associate, Accounts Payable Clerk, Accounts Receivable Clerk (AR Clerk), Accounts Receivable Coordinator (AR Coordinator), Accounts Service Representative (Accounts Service Rep)

## Related careers

- [Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/bookkeeping-accounting-and-auditing-clerks): $50,670 median pay
- [Customer Service Representatives](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/customer-service-representatives): $44,770 median pay
- [Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/insurance-claims-and-policy-processing-clerks): $49,230 median pay
- [Office Clerks, General](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/office-clerks-general): $45,010 median pay
- [Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/credit-authorizers-checkers-and-clerks): $50,080 median pay
- [Brokerage Clerks](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/brokerage-clerks): $65,750 median pay

## Sources

- [O*NET Database](https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html), version 31.0 (CC BY 4.0)
- [BLS Employment Projections](https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables.htm), version 2025-35, data year 2025 (Public domain (U.S. government work))
- [BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics](https://www.bls.gov/oes/tables.htm), version 2025, data year 2025 (Public domain (U.S. government work))
- [NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk](https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode/resources.aspx?y=56), version 2020, data year 2020 (Public domain (U.S. government work))

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