Billing and Posting Clerks in North Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,700
after federal, FICA and North Carolina tax
Tax takes
$8,460
17.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,110
North Carolina costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in North Carolina — 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
$47,160
Kept after tax
$38,700
Worth in national money
$41,110
State rank
27
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. North Carolina is 27 of 51 states for billing and posting clerks, with a middle wage of $47,160. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Billing and posting clerks ranks 326 among 489 occupations North Carolina publishes pay for.
- Here is where North Carolina does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $47,160 you keep $38,700, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $41,110 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $48,480, because the best-paid pull it up.
- North Carolina ranks 27 of 51 for billing and posting clerks at $47,160. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 326 of 489 in North Carolina 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.
- After federal, FICA and North Carolina income tax, retained pay for billing and posting clerks on $47,160 is $38,700. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $41,110 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $48,480 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Billing and Posting Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,130 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,160 |
| Top tenth earn over | $62,980 |
| This salary | $47,160 |
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 North Carolina | $38,700 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,073 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$129 |
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 | $45,451 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$155 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 94 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $47,160 as a midpoint for North Carolina, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $36,130 and the ninetieth is $62,980 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In North Carolina the take-home figure of $38,700, from $47,160, 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 326 of 489 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of North Carolina, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $41,110, the adjusted value of that $47,160 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 326 of 489 in the state.
- The North Carolina median of $47,160 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $36,130 to $62,980. 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 North Carolina is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $38,700 from $47,160. 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 326 of 489 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for North Carolina, so $41,110 — the adjusted value of that $47,160 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 326 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $36,130 and the top tenth $62,980, so most people doing this work in North Carolina sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $41,110.
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 North Carolina's own levy, $38,700 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 ($36,130 to $62,980) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to North Carolina rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
North Carolina'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 $41,110 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 $38,700 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and North Carolina 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.