Billing and Posting Clerks in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$42,450
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$9,300
18.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,987
New Jersey costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in New Jersey — 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
$51,750
Kept after tax
$42,450
Worth in national money
$38,987
State rank
14
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for billing and posting clerks is strong here. New Jersey's middle earner gets $51,750, putting the state 14 of 51 — about 6.7% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 490 occupations New Jersey reports figures for, this is number 347.
- New Jersey is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $51,750 the take-home is $42,450; in national-average money that behaves like $38,987. The average comes to $53,660, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For billing and posting clerks, New Jersey sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $51,750, ranking 14 of 51 and running about 6.7% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- In New Jersey's occupational distribution, billing and posting clerks sits at 347 of 490 — 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.
- Take-home for billing and posting clerks in New Jersey, on $51,750, is $42,450; deflated by the state's price level, $38,987. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $53,660 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 | $39,530 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $51,750 |
| Top tenth earn over | $68,990 |
| This salary | $51,750 |
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 New Jersey | $42,450 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $43,761 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,047 |
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 | $50,118 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,313 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
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 New Jersey earn under $51,750 and half over. The published range runs $39,530 at the tenth percentile to $68,990 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In New Jersey the take-home figure of $42,450, from $51,750, 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 347 of 490 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of New Jersey, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $38,987, the adjusted value of that $51,750 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 347 of 490 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for billing and posting clerks in New Jersey, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $39,530 to $68,990; 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 New Jersey is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $42,450 from $51,750. 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 347 of 490 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Jersey, so $38,987 — the adjusted value of that $51,750 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 347 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $53,660 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $39,530 and the top tenth $68,990, so most people doing this work in New Jersey sit within a fairly tight band.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. New Jersey costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $38,987 rather than its face figure.
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 New Jersey's own levy, $42,450 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.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in New Jersey is $53,660. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($39,530 to $68,990) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to New Jersey rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
New Jersey's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $38,987 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $42,450 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and New Jersey 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.