Billing and Posting Clerks in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,895
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$7,495
16.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,364
Ohio costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Ohio — 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
$46,390
Kept after tax
$38,895
Worth in national money
$42,364
State rank
38
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for billing and posting clerks is on the low side in Ohio. The middle earner gets $46,390. That is 38 of 51 states, and about 4.35% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Billing and posting clerks ranks 348 among 494 occupations Ohio publishes pay for.
- Ohio is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $46,390 the take-home is $38,895; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $42,364 would nationally. The average comes to $47,450, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For billing and posting clerks, Ohio sits in the lower band at $46,390, ranking 38 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 4.35%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 348 of 494 in Ohio 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.
- Post-tax income for billing and posting clerks in Ohio, on $46,390, is $38,895 — equivalent to $42,364 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 $47,450 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 | $37,300 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,390 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,110 |
| This salary | $46,390 |
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 Ohio | $38,895 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,454 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,762 |
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 | $45,694 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,131 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $46,390 as a midpoint for Ohio, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $37,300 and the ninetieth is $60,110 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Ohio's $38,895, worked from $46,390. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 348 of 494.
- Two cautions on $42,364, the adjusted value of that $46,390 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Ohio. 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 348 of 494 locally.
- The Ohio median of $46,390 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $37,300 to $60,110. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Ohio take-home of $38,895, on $46,390 for work ranking 348 of 494 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 348 of 494 in the state.
- This $42,364 adjusted figure, worked from $46,390, 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 348 of 494 in the state. The occupation ranks 348 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $37,300 and the top tenth $60,110, so most people doing this work in Ohio sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Ohio sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $42,364 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Ohio adds its own income tax on top — which is why $38,895 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,300 to $60,110) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Ohio rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Ohio'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 $42,364 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 $38,895 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Ohio 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.