Billing and Posting Clerks in Connecticut
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,852
after federal, FICA and Connecticut tax
Tax takes
$10,148
19.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,363
Connecticut costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Connecticut — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$52,000
Kept after tax
$41,852
Worth in national money
$40,363
State rank
12
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for billing and posting clerks is strong here. Connecticut's middle earner gets $52,000, putting the state 12 of 51 — about 7.22% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 482 occupations Connecticut reports figures for, this is number 337.
- Connecticut is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $52,000 the take-home is $41,852; in national-average money that behaves like $40,363. The average comes to $56,570, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For billing and posting clerks, Connecticut sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $52,000, ranking 12 of 51 and running about 7.22% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- In Connecticut's occupational distribution, billing and posting clerks sits at 337 of 482 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Take-home for billing and posting clerks in Connecticut, on $52,000, is $41,852; deflated by the state's price level, $40,363. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $56,570 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Billing and Posting Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,950 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $52,000 |
| Top tenth earn over | $77,940 |
| This salary | $52,000 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Connecticut | $41,852 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $43,962 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,877 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $49,374 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,898 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $52,000 as a midpoint for Connecticut, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $40,950 and the ninetieth is $77,940 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Connecticut the take-home figure of $41,852, from $52,000, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 337 of 482 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $40,363 uses one figure for the whole of Connecticut. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 482 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 337.
- The Connecticut median of $52,000 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $40,950 to $77,940. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Connecticut is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $41,852 from $52,000. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 337 of 482 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $40,363, worked from $52,000, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Connecticut address, on work sitting at 337 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $56,570 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $40,950 at the tenth percentile, $77,940 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Connecticut run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $40,363 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Connecticut's own levy, $41,852 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Connecticut is $56,570. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($40,950 to $77,940) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Connecticut rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Connecticut's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $40,363 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $41,852 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Connecticut income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.