Billing and Posting Clerks in Idaho
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,887
after federal, FICA and Idaho tax
Tax takes
$8,553
18.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,440
Idaho costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Idaho — 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
$46,440
Kept after tax
$37,887
Worth in national money
$41,440
State rank
35
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for billing and posting clerks is on the low side in Idaho. The middle earner gets $46,440. That is 35 of 51 states, and about 4.25% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Billing and posting clerks ranks 326 among 476 occupations Idaho publishes pay for.
- Idaho is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $46,440 the take-home is $37,887; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $41,440 would nationally. The average comes to $46,680, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For billing and posting clerks, Idaho sits in the lower band at $46,440, ranking 35 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 4.25%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 326 of 476 in Idaho places billing and posting clerks in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Post-tax income for billing and posting clerks in Idaho, on $46,440, is $37,887 — equivalent to $41,440 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $46,680 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 | $34,940 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,440 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,330 |
| This salary | $46,440 |
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 Idaho | $37,887 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,495 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$797 |
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 | $44,439 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$964 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $46,440 as a midpoint for Idaho, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $34,940 and the ninetieth is $60,330 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Idaho the take-home figure of $37,887, from $46,440, 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 326 of 476 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $41,440 uses one figure for the whole of Idaho. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 476 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 326.
- The Idaho median of $46,440 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $34,940 to $60,330. 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 Idaho is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $37,887 from $46,440. 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 326 of 476 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $41,440, worked from $46,440, 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 Idaho address, on work sitting at 326 of 476 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $34,940 and the top tenth $60,330, so most people doing this work in Idaho sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Idaho is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $41,440 in national terms.
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 Idaho's own levy, $37,887 remains.
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($34,940 to $60,330) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Idaho rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Idaho's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $41,440 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $37,887 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Idaho 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.