SOC 43-3021 · Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro

Billing and Posting Clerks Salary in Houston, TX

The average salary for billing and posting clerks in Houston, Texas is $50,440 a year ($24.25 an hour), according to BLS estimates for May 2025. The median is $47,360: half of the 6,820 people in this job in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area earn more than that, half earn less. That average is about the same as the U.S. metro average for this job ($51,426).

$50,440average per year

$24.25 / hourMedian $47,360Take-home ≈ $42,709

  • $36K10th
  • $42K25th
  • $47KMedian
  • $58K75th
  • $67K90th

median average · bar = middle 50% of workers

6,820people in this job
-2%vs U.S. metro average
#1 of 26Texas metros
99cost of living (U.S. = 100)
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Billing and Posting Clerks pay range in Houston

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $36,400 a year or less, while the top 10% make $66,680 or more. The middle half of billing and posting clerks in Houston earn between $41,850 and $58,180.

  • $36K10th
  • $42K25th
  • $47KMedian
  • $58K75th
  • $67K90th

median average · bar = middle 50% of workers

Pay levelPer yearPer monthPer hour*
Average$50,440$4,203$24.25
Median$47,360$3,947$22.77
Entry level (25th percentile)$41,850$3,488$20.12
Experienced (75th percentile)$58,180$4,848$27.97

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Billing and Posting Clerks salary after taxes in Houston

On the average salary of $50,440, a single filer in Houston takes home about $42,709 a year, or $3,559 a month and $1,643 every two weeks. Taxes take 15% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and no state income tax.

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Is Houston a good place for billing and posting clerks? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Houston area are in line with the U.S. average (BEA price parity 98.6), so the average $50,440 buys what about $51,141 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.0 times the median wage of all jobs in Houston ($49,410). A typical home costs $308,306, or 6.1 years of this average salary before tax.

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Billing and Posting Clerks salary in other Texas cities

Houston ranks 1st of 26 Texas metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

All Billing and Posting Clerks salaries in Texas

Highest-paying cities for billing and posting clerks

San Jose, CA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($69,360).

Billing and Posting Clerks salary by city

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Billing and Posting Clerks salary in Houston: questions

How much do billing and posting clerks make an hour in Houston?

$24.25 an hour on average, and $22.77 at the median (BLS, May 2025).

What is the entry-level billing and posting clerks salary in Houston?

The lowest-paid 10% earn about $36,400 a year and the 25th percentile is $41,850, a fair guide to starting pay.

What is the billing and posting clerks take-home pay in Houston?

About $42,709 a year ($3,559 a month) for a single filer on the average salary of $50,440. Texas has no state income tax.

Do billing and posting clerks earn more in Houston than elsewhere?

The average here is about the same as the U.S. metro average for this job ($51,426).

Sources and how to read this page

  • Wages: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 estimates for metropolitan areas. SOC code 43-3021; area Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX (26420). Relative standard error of the mean wage: 2.6%.
  • Cost of living: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional price parities (RPP), 2024; 100 = U.S. average.
  • Home value: Zillow Home Value Index. Typical-wage figure: OEWS all occupations, same metro.
  • Take-home pay: Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and no state income tax.
  • Job concentration: location quotient 0.80, this job is less common than in the U.S. overall (location quotient 0.80).

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