Billing and Posting Clerks in Michigan
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,114
after federal, FICA and Michigan tax
Tax takes
$8,776
18.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,468
Michigan costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Michigan — 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
$46,890
Kept after tax
$38,114
Worth in national money
$40,468
State rank
29
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Michigan pays billing and posting clerks around $46,890 at the midpoint, 29 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Billing and posting clerks ranks 337 among 493 occupations Michigan publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $46,890 you keep $38,114 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $40,468 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $48,180, since top earners drag the number up.
- For billing and posting clerks the Michigan median is $46,890, ranking 29 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Position 337 of 493 in Michigan 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 Michigan is $38,114 after the full tax stack, from $46,890. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $40,468 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $48,180 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 | $37,400 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,890 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,870 |
| This salary | $46,890 |
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 Michigan | $38,114 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,856 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$547 |
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 | $44,722 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$662 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 94 |
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 Michigan earn under $46,890 and half over. The published range runs $37,400 at the tenth percentile to $60,870 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $38,114 take-home in Michigan comes from $46,890. 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 337 of 493.
- Two cautions on $40,468, the adjusted value of that $46,890 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Michigan. 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 337 of 493 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for billing and posting clerks in Michigan, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $37,400 to $60,870; 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.
- Retained pay of $38,114, from $46,890, assumes a single Michigan 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 337 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 29 of 51 for it.
- This $40,468 adjusted figure, worked from $46,890, 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 337 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 337 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $37,400 at the tenth percentile, $60,870 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Michigan sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $40,468 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 Michigan's own levy, $38,114 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 ($37,400 to $60,870) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Michigan rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Michigan'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 $40,468 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 $38,114 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Michigan 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.