Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks Salary in Billings, MT

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks pay range in Billings

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $35,180 a year or less, while the top 10% make $64,700 or more. The middle half of bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks in Billings earn between $40,700 and $56,680.

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

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks pay in Billings vs. Montana and the U.S.

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks in Billings earn about the same as the Montana average ($48,870) and 7% less than the U.S. average ($53,560). At the median the gap is -6% against the U.S. median of $50,670.

State and U.S. rows: BLS statewide and national estimates, May 2025, which include rural areas.

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks salary after taxes in Billings

On the average salary of $49,810, a single filer in Billings takes home about $40,618 a year, or $3,385 a month and $1,562 every two weeks. Taxes take 18% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules).

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Is Billings a good place for bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Billings area are 6% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 93.5), so the average $49,810 buys what about $53,258 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.0 times the median wage of all jobs in Billings ($49,060). A typical home costs $410,666, or 8.2 years of this average salary before tax.

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Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks salary in other Montana cities

Billings ranks 2nd of 5 Montana metro areas for this job; Bozeman pays the most ($52,920).

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San Jose, CA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($70,090).

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Related jobs in Billings

• Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$57,860 a year
• Financial Clerks, All Other$49,140 a year
• Billing and Posting Clerks$49,090 a year
• Bill and Account Collectors$47,520 a year
• Tellers$39,790 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$67,500 a year
• Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$63,070 a year
• Postal Service Mail Carriers$60,830 a year

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