Billing and Posting Clerks in Louisiana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,958
after federal, FICA and Louisiana tax
Tax takes
$7,212
16.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,702
Louisiana costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Louisiana — 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
$43,170
Kept after tax
$35,958
Worth in national money
$40,702
State rank
47
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Louisiana is among the lower-paying states for billing and posting clerks. The middle earner takes $43,170, ranking 47 of 51 states — about 10.99% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Against other work in Louisiana, this sits in the middle: 338 of 484 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Louisiana is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $43,170 the take-home is $35,958; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $40,702 would nationally. The average comes to $44,310, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Louisiana ranks 47 of 51 for billing and posting clerks, with a median of $43,170 — about 10.99% 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.
- Billing and posting clerks ranks 338 of 484 occupations in Louisiana 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.
- Post-tax income for billing and posting clerks in Louisiana, on $43,170, is $35,958 — equivalent to $40,702 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 $44,310 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 | $30,950 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $43,170 |
| Top tenth earn over | $59,970 |
| This salary | $43,170 |
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 Louisiana | $35,958 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $36,867 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,763 |
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 | $42,039 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,342 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 88 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of billing and posting clerks in Louisiana earn under $43,170 and half over. The published range runs $30,950 at the tenth percentile to $59,970 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Louisiana the take-home figure of $35,958, from $43,170, 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 338 of 484 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $40,702, the adjusted value of that $43,170 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Louisiana. 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 338 of 484 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for billing and posting clerks in Louisiana, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $30,950 to $59,970; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for Louisiana is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $35,958 from $43,170. 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 338 of 484 locally.
- This $40,702 adjusted figure, worked from $43,170, 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 338 of 484 in the state. The occupation ranks 338 of 484 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $30,950 and the top tenth $59,970, so most people doing this work in Louisiana sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Louisiana sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $40,702 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Louisiana then takes its own share, leaving $35,958.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($30,950 to $59,970) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Louisiana rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Louisiana'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 $40,702 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 $35,958 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Louisiana 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.