Billing and Posting Clerks in Indiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,123
after federal, FICA and Indiana tax
Tax takes
$8,277
17.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,355
Indiana costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Indiana — 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
$46,400
Kept after tax
$38,123
Worth in national money
$41,355
State rank
37
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Indiana is among the lower-paying states for billing and posting clerks. The middle earner takes $46,400, ranking 37 of 51 states — about 4.33% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Billing and posting clerks ranks 353 among 493 occupations Indiana publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $46,400 you keep $38,123 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $41,355 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $47,730, since top earners drag the number up.
- Indiana ranks 37 of 51 for billing and posting clerks, with a median of $46,400 — about 4.33% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Position 353 of 493 in Indiana 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.
- Retained pay in Indiana is $38,123 after the full tax stack, from $46,400. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $41,355 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $47,730 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 | $36,970 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,400 |
| Top tenth earn over | $61,430 |
| This salary | $46,400 |
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 Indiana | $38,123 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,462 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$746 |
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 | $44,733 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$902 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Indiana earn less than $46,400. The published range is $36,970 up to $61,430, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $38,123 take-home in Indiana comes from $46,400. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 353 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Indiana, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $41,355, the adjusted value of that $46,400 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 353 of 493 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for billing and posting clerks in Indiana the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $36,970 to $61,430. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $38,123, from $46,400, assumes a single Indiana filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 353 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 37 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Indiana, so $41,355 — the adjusted value of that $46,400 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 353 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $36,970 at the tenth percentile, $61,430 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $41,355.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Indiana adds its own income tax on top — which is why $38,123 of this wage survives to your account.
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($36,970 to $61,430) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Indiana rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Indiana'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 $41,355 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 $38,123 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Indiana 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.