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.
Most important skills
- Reading Comprehension
- Speaking
- Active Listening
- Writing
- Mathematics
- Critical Thinking
- Monitoring
- Time Management
Key knowledge
- English Language
- Mathematics
- Administration and Management
- Economics and Accounting
- Administrative
- Customer and Personal Service
- Education and Training
- Computers and Electronics
What the work involves
- Verify accuracy of billing data and revise any errors.
- Prepare itemized statements, bills, or invoices and record amounts due for items purchased or services rendered.
- Operate typing, adding, calculating, or billing machines.
- Contact customers to obtain or relay account information.
- Keep records of invoices and support documents.
- Create billing documents, shipping labels, credit memorandums, or credit forms.
- Perform general administrative tasks, such as answering telephones, scheduling appointments, and ordering supplies or equipment.
- Post stop-payment notices to prevent payment of protested checks.
Strongest interest areas (O*NET): Conventional, Realistic, Enterprising.
Qualifications and licensing
- Most common education
- Bachelor's Degree (33.1% of expert ratings)
- Related experience
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (45.4%)
- On-the-job training
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months (33.8%)
- Preparation level
- O*NET job zone 2: Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed
- Licensing
- Not yet verified. Check your state licensing board.
Check before planning
- Licensing for Billing and Posting Clerks is not yet verified for any state: check the state licensing board before planning.
Limits
- Distributions show what current workers or occupational experts report, not legal minimums.
- Requirements vary by employer and state; time to qualify is not estimated.
Source: O*NET 31.0 Database (USDOL/ETA, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections · dataset 2026.10.8 · method e3-qualification-1.0.0
Work environment
How the typical conditions of this occupation compare with 911 occupations in O*NET (very low = the lowest fifth).
Levels are relative. Most occupations involve a lot of contact with people, for example, so “very low” can still mean regular contact; the last column shows what workers actually reported.
| Condition | Level | Compared with other occupations | Most common answer (O*NET survey) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact with others | Moderate | Higher on contact with others than 51% of occupations compared | 56% of surveyed respondents chose “Constant contact with others” |
| Dealing with the public | Moderate | Lower on dealing with the public than 52% of occupations compared | 49% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely important” |
| Teamwork | High | Higher on teamwork than 72% of occupations compared | 59% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely important” |
| Freedom to make decisions | High | Higher on freedom to make decisions than 60% of occupations compared | 59% of surveyed respondents chose “Some freedom” |
| Time pressure | High | Higher on time pressure than 62% of occupations compared | — |
| Conflict situations | Very low | Lower on conflict situations than 82% of occupations compared | 41% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a year or more but not every month” |
| Dealing with unpleasant or angry people | Moderate | Lower on dealing with unpleasant or angry people than 52% of occupations compared | 46% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a year or more but not every month” |
| Consequence of error | Very low | Lower on consequence of error than 84% of occupations compared | 50% of surveyed respondents chose “Fairly serious” |
Work-pressure profile
- Time pressure: high
- Conflict situations: very low
- Dealing with unpleasant or angry people: moderate
- Consequence of error: very low
Each part is shown on its own. There is no combined stress score, and conditions vary by employer and role.
Full answer distributions
Contact with others
- No contact with others: 0%
- Occasional contact with others: 4.93%
- Contact with others about half the time: 5.85%
- Contact with others most of the time: 33.71%
- Constant contact with others: 55.52%
n = 30, Incumbent 08/2026
Dealing with the public
- Not important at all: 33.8%
- Fairly important: 5.38%
- Important: 1.07%
- Very important: 10.49%
- Extremely important: 49.26%
n = 30, Incumbent 08/2026
Teamwork
- Not important at all: 0.73%
- Fairly important: 0.14%
- Important: 5.86%
- Very important: 33.81%
- Extremely important: 59.46%
n = 30, Incumbent 08/2026
Freedom to make decisions
- No freedom: 0%
- Very little freedom: 1.33%
- Limited freedom: 6.66%
- Some freedom: 58.52%
- A lot of freedom: 33.49%
n = 30, Incumbent 08/2026
Time pressure
- Never: 1.72%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 0.2%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 14.68%
- Once a week or more but not every day: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
- Every day: 20.83%
n = 30, Incumbent 08/2026
Conflict situations
- Never: 16.72%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 40.62%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 35.91%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 5.47%
- Every day: 1.28%
n = 30, Incumbent 08/2026
Dealing with unpleasant or angry people
- Never: 0.12%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 46.1%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 36.91%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 15.87%
- Every day: 0.99%
n = 30, Incumbent 08/2026
Consequence of error
- Not serious at all: 15.93%
- Fairly serious: 50.23%
- Serious: 30%
- Very serious: 0.88%
- Extremely serious: 2.96%
n = 30, Incumbent 08/2026
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