Billing and Posting Clerks in Kentucky
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,334
after federal, FICA and Kentucky tax
Tax takes
$8,256
18.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,267
Kentucky costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Kentucky — 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
$45,590
Kept after tax
$37,334
Worth in national money
$41,267
State rank
43
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for billing and posting clerks is on the low side in Kentucky. The middle earner gets $45,590. That is 43 of 51 states, and about 6% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 491 occupations Kentucky reports figures for, this is number 343.
- Kentucky is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $45,590 the take-home is $37,334; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $41,267 would nationally. The average comes to $45,900, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For billing and posting clerks, Kentucky sits in the lower band at $45,590, ranking 43 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 6%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- In Kentucky's occupational distribution, billing and posting clerks sits at 343 of 491 — 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.
- Post-tax income for billing and posting clerks in Kentucky, on $45,590, is $37,334 — equivalent to $41,267 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 $45,900 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 | $35,010 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,590 |
| Top tenth earn over | $57,390 |
| This salary | $45,590 |
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 Kentucky | $37,334 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,812 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,327 |
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 | $43,750 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,605 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $45,590 as a midpoint for Kentucky, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $35,010 and the ninetieth is $57,390 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Kentucky the take-home figure of $37,334, from $45,590, 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 343 of 491 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $41,267, the adjusted value of that $45,590 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Kentucky. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 343 of 491 locally.
- The Kentucky median of $45,590 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $35,010 to $57,390. 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 Kentucky is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $37,334 from $45,590. 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 343 of 491 locally.
- This $41,267 adjusted figure, worked from $45,590, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 343 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 343 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $35,010 and the top tenth $57,390, so most people doing this work in Kentucky sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Kentucky is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $41,267 in national terms.
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 Kentucky adds its own income tax on top — which is why $37,334 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 ($35,010 to $57,390) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Kentucky rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Kentucky'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 $41,267 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 $37,334 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Kentucky 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.