Billing and Posting Clerks in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,069
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$6,841
14.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,204
Texas costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Texas — 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
$45,910
Kept after tax
$39,069
Worth in national money
$40,204
State rank
42
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Texas is among the lower-paying states for billing and posting clerks. The middle earner takes $45,910, ranking 42 of 51 states — about 5.34% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Billing and posting clerks ranks 333 among 493 occupations Texas publishes pay for.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $45,910 the take-home is $39,069, which is worth about $40,204 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $47,230, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Texas ranks 42 of 51 for billing and posting clerks, with a median of $45,910 — about 5.34% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Position 333 of 493 in Texas 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.
- Texas's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for billing and posting clerks on its $45,910 median: $39,069 retained after tax becomes $40,204 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $47,230 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 | $33,360 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,910 |
| Top tenth earn over | $61,990 |
| This salary | $45,910 |
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 Texas | $39,069 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $39,069 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,439 |
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 | $45,910 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,141 |
| Prices in Florida | 103 vs 97 |
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 Texas earn under $45,910 and half over. The published range runs $33,360 at the tenth percentile to $61,990 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $39,069 take-home in Texas comes from $45,910. 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 333 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Texas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $40,204, the adjusted value of that $45,910 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 333 of 493 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for billing and posting clerks in Texas, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $33,360 to $61,990; 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.
- Retained pay of $39,069, from $45,910, assumes a single Texas 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 333 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 42 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Texas, so $40,204 — the adjusted value of that $45,910 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 333 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $33,360 at the tenth percentile, $61,990 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Texas sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $40,204 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $39,069 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($33,360 to $61,990) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Texas rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Texas'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 $40,204 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Texas levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $39,069 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
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.