As of June 2026, Billing and Posting Clerks has an AI-exposure score of 81/100 (Very High exposure) on the AI-Safe Careers index, blending O*NET tasks, the Anthropic Economic Index, the Penn/OpenAI study, and BLS data. This is an estimate of task exposure, not a prediction of job loss.
Billing and Posting Clerks
More exposed than 99% of the roles we track. Median pay ~US$48,500. About 42,200 projected openings a year (BLS 2024–34 — growth plus replacement).
Pay & demand figures are US medians (BLS, in USD) — your local figures will differ. Your exposure score applies broadly.
How you compare to similar Administrative roles
Your tasks, by AI exposure
- Prepare itemized statements, bills, or invoices and record amounts due for items purchased or services rendered.
- Operate typing, adding, calculating, or billing machines.
- Verify signatures and required information on checks.
- Keep records of invoices and support documents.
- Contact customers to obtain or relay account information.
- Consult sources, such as rate books, manuals, or insurance company representatives, to determine specific charges or information such as rules, regulations, or government tax and tariff information.
- Post stop-payment notices to prevent payment of protested checks.
- Verify accuracy of billing data and revise any errors.
- Resolve discrepancies in accounting records.
- Review documents, such as purchase orders, sales tickets, charge slips, or hospital records, to compute fees or charges due.
- Perform bookkeeping work, including posting data or keeping other records concerning costs of goods or services or the shipment of goods.
- Encode and cancel checks, using bank 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.
- Fix minor problems, such as equipment jams, and notify repair personnel of major equipment problems.
- Route statements for mailing or over-the-counter delivery to customers.
- Weigh envelopes containing statements to determine correct postage and affix postage, using stamps or metering equipment.
- Compare previously prepared bank statements with canceled checks and reconcile discrepancies.
- Monitor equipment to ensure proper operation.
- Take orders for imprinted checks.
No augmentable tasks identified for this role — its real, individually-assessed tasks consistently read as automatable (100%).
No durable tasks identified for this role — its real, individually-assessed tasks consistently read as automatable (100%).
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Billing and Posting Clerks — median pay by US state (BLS OEWS, USD)
Median annual wage, in USD. US national: US$48,500. More states are being added.