Billing and Posting Clerks in Rhode Island
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$43,129
after federal, FICA and Rhode Island tax
Tax takes
$9,781
18.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,529
Rhode Island costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Rhode Island — 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
$52,910
Kept after tax
$43,129
Worth in national money
$42,529
State rank
7
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Rhode Island is one of the better-paying states for billing and posting clerks. The middle earner takes $52,910, which ranks 7 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 9.09% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 452 occupations Rhode Island reports figures for, this is number 297.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $52,910, tax leaves $43,129, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $42,529 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $54,860, since top earners drag the number up.
- Rhode Island ranks 7 of 51 states publishing a median for billing and posting clerks, at $52,910 — about 9.09% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- In Rhode Island's occupational distribution, billing and posting clerks sits at 297 of 452 — 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.
- Because Rhode Island sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for billing and posting clerks — median $52,910 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $43,129 retained, $42,529 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $54,860 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 | $40,440 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $52,910 |
| Top tenth earn over | $70,740 |
| This salary | $52,910 |
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 Rhode Island | $43,129 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $44,693 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,464 |
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 | $50,963 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,189 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Rhode Island earn less than $52,910. The published range is $40,440 up to $70,740, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Rhode Island the take-home figure of $43,129, from $52,910, 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 297 of 452 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $42,529 uses one figure for the whole of Rhode Island. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 452 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 297.
- Reported values are medians; for billing and posting clerks in Rhode Island the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $40,440 to $70,740. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Rhode Island is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $43,129 from $52,910. 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 297 of 452 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $42,529, worked from $52,910, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Rhode Island address, on work sitting at 297 of 452 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $54,860, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $40,440 at the tenth percentile, $70,740 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Rhode Island run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $42,529 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 Rhode Island's own levy, $43,129 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 Rhode Island is $54,860. 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 ($40,440 to $70,740) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Rhode Island rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Rhode Island's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $42,529 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 $43,129 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Rhode Island 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.