Billing and Posting Clerks in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,575
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$6,965
15.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,254
Florida costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Florida — 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
$46,540
Kept after tax
$39,575
Worth in national money
$38,254
State rank
33
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Florida is 33 of 51 states for billing and posting clerks, with a middle wage of $46,540. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Florida, this sits in the middle: 331 of 493 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $46,540, tax leaves $39,575 — and because Florida is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $38,254 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $48,230, since top earners drag the number up.
- Florida ranks 33 of 51 for billing and posting clerks at $46,540. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Billing and posting clerks ranks 331 of 493 occupations in Florida by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- After tax, $39,575 remains from the Florida median of $46,540 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $38,254 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $48,230 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Billing and Posting Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,340 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,540 |
| Top tenth earn over | $61,780 |
| This salary | $46,540 |
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 Florida | $39,575 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,575 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,471 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
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 | $46,540 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,988 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 103 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Florida earn less than $46,540. The published range is $37,340 up to $61,780, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Florida's $39,575, worked from $46,540. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 331 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Florida, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $38,254, the adjusted value of that $46,540 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 331 of 493 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for billing and posting clerks in Florida the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $37,340 to $61,780. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Florida take-home of $39,575, on $46,540 for work ranking 331 of 493 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 331 of 493 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Florida, so $38,254 — the adjusted value of that $46,540 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 331 of 493 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 $48,230 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $37,340 at the bottom tenth to $61,780 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Florida costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $38,254 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $39,575 of this wage reaches your account, because Florida takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 Florida is $48,230. 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 ($37,340 to $61,780) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Florida rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Florida's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $38,254 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Florida levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $39,575 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
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.