Office and Administrative Support · Holland code CRE
Billing and Posting Clerks
Compile, compute, and record billing, accounting, statistical, and other numerical data for billing purposes. Prepare billing invoices for services rendered or for delivery or shipment of goods.
Also called: Billing Clerk, Billing Coordinator, Pre Audit Clerk, Statement Clerk, Biller, Billing Accounts Representative, Billing Specialist, IP Clerk (Item Processing Clerk).
O*NET 43-3021.00
At a glance
- US median annual pay
- $48,500
- Middle half earn $42,840 to $58,290. BLS OEWS, May 2025.
- Preparation needed
- Job Zone 2 of 5
- Some preparation. Zone 1 is little or none; zone 5 is graduate-level.
What the work involves
The tasks workers in this occupation rate as most important, from the O*NET survey.
- Verify accuracy of billing data and revise any errors.
- Review compiled data on operating costs and revenues to set rates.
- Prepare itemized statements, bills, or invoices and record amounts due for items purchased or services rendered.
- Answer inquiries regarding rates, routing, or procedures.
- Keep records of invoices and support documents.
- Operate typing, adding, calculating, or billing machines.
- Load machines with statements, cancelled checks, or envelopes to prepare statements for distribution to customers or stuff envelopes by hand.
- Track accumulated hours and dollar amounts charged to each client job to calculate client fees for professional services, such as legal or accounting services.
Skills and knowledge it leans on
Skills
- Reading Comprehension3.8 / 5
- Speaking3.1 / 5
- Active Listening3.0 / 5
- Writing3.0 / 5
- Mathematics3.0 / 5
- Critical Thinking3.0 / 5
Knowledge areas
- English Language4.1 / 5
- Mathematics4.0 / 5
- Administration and Management3.8 / 5
- Economics and Accounting3.7 / 5
- Administrative3.6 / 5
- Customer and Personal Service3.4 / 5
Importance ratings on O*NET’s 1 to 5 scale. Higher means the occupation depends on it more.
Who tends to enjoy it
How strongly this occupation draws on each of the six Holland interest types, which is the same profile the career interests test compares you against.
- Realistic31
- Investigative10
- Artistic0
- Social8
- Enterprising29
- Conventional100
The same work abroad
Other countries classify jobs differently, so these are the closest matches through the international ISCO-08 standard, not exact equivalents.
European occupation titles (ESCO)
- clinical coder · DE Klinischer Kodierer/Klinische Kodiererin · FR agent de codage des actes médicaux/agente de codage des actes médicaux
- accounting assistant · DE Buchhaltungsassistent/Buchhaltungsassistentin · FR assistant vérificateur de comptes/assistante vérificatrice de comptes
- bookkeeper · DE Buchhalter/Buchhalterin · FR chargé de comptabilité/chargée de comptabilité
- data entry clerk · DE Datentypist/Datentypistin · FR opérateur de saisie de données/opératrice de saisie de données
- debt collector · DE Inkassobeauftragter/Inkassobeauftragte · FR agent de recouvrement/agente de recouvrement
- insurance collector · DE Inkassobeauftragter für Versicherungen/Inkassobeauftragte für Versicherungen · FR agent de recouvrement en assurance/agente de recouvrement en assurance
Closest UK occupation groups (SOC 2020)
- Pensions and insurance clerks and assistants (4132)65,200 employed
- Data entry administrators (4152)22,900 employed
- Finance officers (4124)44,900 employed
Employment is the UK Annual Population Survey for April 2025 to March 2026, all workers in the group, which can be broader than this one occupation.
Pay across Europe, for the whole group
Median annual earnings of all employees in “Technicians and associate professionals”. This is the broad ISCO group this occupation falls in, not the occupation itself, so treat it as context for the wage level, not as a salary for this job.
| Country | Median pay |
|---|---|
| Belgium | €50,992 |
| Austria | €46,986 |
| Germany | €44,473 |
| Netherlands | €42,448 |
| Ireland | €41,613 |
| Sweden | €41,155 |
| Italy | €34,882 |
| France | €34,816 |
| Spain | €29,757 |
| Portugal | €18,080 |
| Poland | €12,108 |
Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey, businesses with ten or more employees outside public administration, in euro and not adjusted for the cost of living. Reference years differ between sources: the US, Japan and Europe figures on this page come from different survey years, so compare them as rough levels, not to the euro or yen.
Exposure to AI
This occupation sits in the higher third of the 774 occupations scored, with an exposure score of +1.33. The scores are standardized across those occupations, so 0 is the average and a score of 1 is about one standard deviation above it.
Our note on reading it: the dataset links AI applications to the abilities that occupations require, so the score reflects overlap between the two. It is a comparison between occupations, not a forecast about jobs. It does not say whether exposure means tasks are replaced or workers get more done with the tools, and it says little about one employer or one role.
Source: Felten, E., Raj, M., & Seamans, R. (2021). Occupational, industry, and geographic exposure to artificial intelligence: A novel dataset and its potential uses. Strategic Management Journal, 42(12), 2195-2217. Matched to this page by 6-digit SOC code (43-3021).
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