Billing and Posting Clerks in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$42,740
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$10,580
19.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,712
New York costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in New York — 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
$53,320
Kept after tax
$42,740
Worth in national money
$39,712
State rank
6
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. New York pays billing and posting clerks a middle wage of $53,320, ranking 6 of 51 states and sitting about 9.94% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations New York reports figures for, this is number 350.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $53,320, tax leaves $42,740 — and because New York is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $39,712 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $56,290, since top earners drag the number up.
- New York's median for billing and posting clerks is $53,320, about 9.94% above the national figure and 6 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- In New York's occupational distribution, billing and posting clerks sits at 350 of 493 — 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.
- After tax, $42,740 remains from the New York median of $53,320 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $39,712 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $56,290 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 | $40,570 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $53,320 |
| Top tenth earn over | $76,210 |
| This salary | $53,320 |
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 York | $42,740 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $45,023 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,620 |
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 | $50,480 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,006 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
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 York earn under $53,320 and half over. The published range runs $40,570 at the tenth percentile to $76,210 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $42,740 take-home in New York comes from $53,320. 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 350 of 493.
- Two cautions on $39,712, the adjusted value of that $53,320 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of New York. 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 350 of 493 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for billing and posting clerks in New York, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $40,570 to $76,210; 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 $42,740, from $53,320, assumes a single New York 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 350 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 6 of 51 for it.
- This $39,712 adjusted figure, worked from $53,320, 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 350 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 350 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $56,290, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $40,570 at the bottom tenth to $76,210 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. New York costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $39,712 rather than its face figure.
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; New York then takes its own share, leaving $42,740.
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 York is $56,290. 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 ($40,570 to $76,210) 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 York rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
New York's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $39,712 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 $42,740 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and New York 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.