What Billing and Posting Clerks earn in Plymouth County, MA
The median pay for Billing and Posting Clerks in Plymouth County, MA is $58,100 per year, which works out to $27.93 per hour. The figure comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics wage survey for the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area, the labor market that Plymouth County, MA belongs to. Half of the workers in this occupation earn more than the median and half earn less, which makes it a sturdier yardstick than an average that a few very high earners can pull upward.
The mean wage is $58,400, which is 0.5% above the median, so pay is spread fairly evenly. The survey counts about 5,710 people working in this occupation across the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area, so the estimate rests on a substantial pool of workers. Plymouth County, MA has roughly 535,075 residents, according to the population figures used by the rent data.
The salary range, from entry level to top earners
Pay for Billing and Posting Clerks in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area is not one number. The lowest-paid tenth of workers earn up to $47,530 a year ($22.85 an hour), while the highest-paid tenth earn $73,260 or more ($35.22 an hour). That is a gap of $25,730 between the bottom and the top of the scale. The middle half of workers falls between $50,610 at the 25th percentile and $62,840 at the 75th percentile. A top-tier earner makes 1.5 times what someone at the bottom makes, so experience, certification and employer all matter.
What the hourly rate looks like
Employers quote this occupation by the hour or by the year, so here are both: $27.93 an hour or $58,100 a year at the median for Plymouth County, MA. Before any deductions, that is $4,842 a month, $2,235 every two weeks and $1,117 each week. After taxes the same job pays $22.18 per hour of take-home income, which is the number that actually has to cover rent and groceries.
About this occupation: Billing and Posting Clerks
The U.S. Department of Labor's O*NET database describes the work of Billing and Posting Clerks this way: "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."
Core tasks recorded by O*NET include: "Post stop-payment notices to prevent payment of protested checks"; "Verify accuracy of billing data and revise any errors"; "Verify signatures and required information on checks"; "Prepare itemized statements, bills, or invoices and record amounts due for items purchased or services rendered".
Job outlook for Billing and Posting Clerks
The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects national employment in this occupation to shrink from 418,000 jobs in 2025 to 417,700 in 2035, a change of -0.1%, slower than the 3.5% projected for all occupations. The projection counts 37,000 openings a year on average, including positions created by growth and positions left by workers who retire or move to another occupation; that equals 8.9% of current employment each year.
Typical entry-level education: high school diploma or equivalent. Typical on-the-job training to reach competency: moderate-term on-the-job training. BLS lists a national median annual wage of $48,500 for this occupation; the Plymouth County, MA median of $58,100 is 19.8% above it.
How pay in Plymouth County, MA compares
Compared with the Massachusetts average
A worker in this occupation in Plymouth County, MA earns $2,041 more than the Massachusetts average of $56,059, a premium of 3.6%. Over a year that premium is worth $2,041 before tax and roughly $1,620 after tax. Within Massachusetts, Plymouth County, MA already has the highest median we track for this job.
Compared with the national average
The national employment-weighted average for Billing and Posting Clerks is $49,365 across the contiguous United States. At $58,100, Plymouth County, MA pays $8,735 more, which is 17.7% above that benchmark. Keep in mind that a higher salary only helps if living costs do not rise faster, which is why the cost sections below matter as much as the headline number.
Where this job ranks in Plymouth County, MA
Among the 581 occupations with published wages in Plymouth County, MA, Billing and Posting Clerks ranks number 395 by median pay, ahead of about 32% of them. The best-paying occupation we track here is Natural Sciences Managers at $291,000 a year, which is $232,900 more than the median for Billing and Posting Clerks.
From gross pay to take-home pay
Three separate tax bills sit between the gross salary and the bank account: federal income tax, FICA, and state income tax. For Billing and Posting Clerks earning the Plymouth County, MA median of $58,100, they add up to $11,973. The result is $46,127 of take-home pay a year ($3,844 a month), based on a single filer using the standard deduction.
Put another way, of every $100 earned, about $21 goes to taxes and $79 reaches the paycheck. The overall effective tax rate is 20.6%.
Federal income tax
After the $15,750 standard deduction, taxable income is $42,350. Federal brackets are marginal, so only the slice of income above each threshold is taxed at the higher rate; the last dollars of this salary fall in the 12% bracket. The resulting federal income tax is $4,844, an effective 8.3% of gross pay, well below the 12% marginal rate because the lower brackets are cheaper.
Social Security and Medicare (FICA)
Payroll taxes are a flat percentage of wages. Social Security takes 6.2% up to a wage base of $176,100, which costs $3,602 on this salary. Medicare takes 1.45%, or $842. FICA totals $4,445, which is 7.6% of gross pay.
State income tax in Massachusetts
Massachusetts income tax on this salary is $2,685 a year, or 4.6% of gross pay, after the state's own deductions and exemptions are applied. That is 55% of the federal income tax bill, and it comes out to $224 a month. Local taxes such as county or city income taxes are not included, so a few jurisdictions may withhold slightly more.
A cross-check with IRS data for Plymouth County, MA
IRS Statistics of Income data for Plymouth County, MA show an average adjusted gross income of $114,703 per return and an average effective federal income tax rate of 15.9% across all filers. Filers in the $50,000 to under $75,000 bracket, where this salary falls, paid an average of 7.8%, compared with the 8.3% estimated here for a single filer taking the standard deduction. Gaps between the two reflect filing status, dependents, credits and other income, none of which a single-person wage estimate includes.
Cost of living in Plymouth County, MA
Take-home pay only means something next to what life costs. We price four basics for one adult in Plymouth County, MA: a one-bedroom apartment, food, home energy and gasoline. All of them are converted to annual figures first, then compared with the $46,127 of take-home pay.
Rent
Housing is the largest line in most budgets. For Plymouth County, MA, HUD sets the Fair Market Rent for a one-bedroom unit at $2,185 a month ($26,220 a year), and at $2,713 for two bedrooms. For Billing and Posting Clerks, a one-bedroom absorbs 56.8% of take-home pay and 45.1% of gross pay.
Food
The USDA Thrifty Food Plan (August 2026) puts the cost of a nutritious home-cooked diet for an adult at about $3,436 a year, which is $286 a month or $66.07 a week. That equals 5.9% of gross pay for Billing and Posting Clerks in Plymouth County, MA. It is a thrifty budget with no restaurant meals, so treat it as a floor.
Energy and gasoline
Using Massachusetts residential prices from the Energy Information Administration and national household averages for consumption, electricity costs about $3,101 a year and other home energy such as natural gas about $867, for $3,968 in total. Gasoline in Massachusetts averages $3.33 per gallon; at about 463 gallons a year (11,106 miles at 24 miles per gallon) fuel adds $1,542.
What is left over
Rent, food, energy and gasoline cost $35,165 a year in Plymouth County, MA. Subtract that from $46,127 of take-home pay and $10,962 remains, which is $913 a month of breathing room. That margin equals 18.9% of gross pay, a workable but modest cushion.
Local housing and commute data for Plymouth County, MA
The budget above covers rent, food, energy and gasoline. Three more local facts shape what a paycheck buys in Plymouth County, MA: property taxes, housing prices and the daily commute. The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Plymouth County, MA, set beside the Massachusetts and national medians.
Property taxes in Plymouth County, MA
Homeowners in Plymouth County, MA pay a median of $6,502 a year in real estate taxes, 9% above the Massachusetts median of $5,992 and 108% above the U.S. median of $3,119. Against a median home value of $556,000, the median tax bill is 1.17% of that value (the ratio of the two county medians). For a worker paid the local Billing and Posting Clerks median of $58,100, a tax bill of that size would equal 11.2% of gross pay, which matters for anyone planning to buy rather than rent.
Rents, home prices and household income in Plymouth County, MA
Renters in Plymouth County, MA pay a median gross rent of $1,747 a month in the Census survey, in line with the Massachusetts median of $1,762. HUD's Fair Market Rent for a one-bedroom apartment, which this site uses in the budget, is $2,185 a month; the two measures differ because the Census figure covers units of every size that renters already occupy, while the HUD figure is a one-bedroom benchmark. The median value of an owner-occupied home is $556,000, 1% below the Massachusetts median of $562,100. Median household income is $114,201, 10% above the Massachusetts median of $103,960, so a year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent equals 23.0% of that income.
Commuting in Plymouth County, MA
Workers in Plymouth County, MA who travel to a workplace spend an average of 32.5 minutes each way, 12% above the Massachusetts average of 29.1. For someone who commutes five days a week, that is 5.4 hours of round-trip travel every week, a cost the budget does not price. 16.2% of workers in Plymouth County, MA work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally, which removes the commute for them.
Can Billing and Posting Clerks afford to live in Plymouth County, MA?
The 30% rent guideline
A common rule of thumb says rent should stay under 30% of gross income. For a gross salary of $58,100 that ceiling is $1,453 a month. The one-bedroom Fair Market Rent of $2,185 is $733 over it, so rent breaks the guideline. Put as a wage, covering a one-bedroom at the 30% guideline takes $42.02 an hour; the median for Billing and Posting Clerks is $27.93, which is 34% below that mark. Another way to see it: at $22.18 of take-home pay an hour, a one-bedroom takes about 22.7 working hours every week.
Splitting a two-bedroom
Sharing a two-bedroom at $2,713 a month means $1,357 each. Compared with renting a one-bedroom alone, that saves $9,942 a year. With a roommate, the yearly margin after the basics becomes $20,904.
How fast you can save
At $913 a month of margin, building a $10,000 emergency fund would take about 11 months. Setting aside half of the margin stretches the same goal to about 22 months. These figures ignore interest, raises and any spending beyond the four basics.
Frequently asked questions about Billing and Posting Clerks pay in Plymouth County, MA
How much do Billing and Posting Clerks make per hour in Plymouth County, MA?
The median is $27.93 per hour, based on $58,100 a year over 2,080 hours. Hourly pay runs from about $22.85 at the 10th percentile to $35.22 at the 90th percentile.
How much do Billing and Posting Clerks take home after taxes in Plymouth County, MA?
After federal income tax, FICA and state income tax, the median salary of $58,100 becomes $46,127 a year. That is $3,844 a month, $1,774 every two weeks or $887 a week.
How much tax do Billing and Posting Clerks pay in Plymouth County, MA?
Total taxes are $11,973 a year, an effective rate of 20.6%: $4,844 federal income tax, $4,445 FICA and $2,685 Massachusetts income tax.
Do Billing and Posting Clerks earn more in Plymouth County, MA than elsewhere in Massachusetts?
Yes. The local median of $58,100 is +3.6% versus the Massachusetts average of $56,059, a difference of $2,041 a year.
Can Billing and Posting Clerks afford a one-bedroom apartment in Plymouth County, MA?
A one-bedroom costs $2,185 a month against take-home pay of $3,844, which is 56.8% of take-home pay. That does not meet the 30%-of-gross guideline, which allows up to $1,453 a month.
What is the monthly budget margin for Billing and Posting Clerks in Plymouth County, MA?
About $913 a month ($10,962 a year) remains after a one-bedroom apartment, food, home energy and gasoline, which together cost $35,165 a year.
What hourly wage covers a one-bedroom in Plymouth County, MA at the 30% guideline?
$42.02 an hour for a full-time schedule, calculated as the $26,220 annual rent divided by 0.30 and by 2,080 hours. The median for Billing and Posting Clerks is $27.93.
How we calculated these numbers
Wages are May 2025 medians from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey for the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area; hourly-only values are annualized at 2,080 hours. Rents are HUD Fair Market Rents, food costs come from the USDA Thrifty Food Plan, and energy prices come from the Energy Information Administration. County-level tax statistics come from the IRS Statistics of Income.
Taxes use tax-year 2025 federal brackets, FICA rates and the Massachusetts rules for a single filer with wage income only. Figures are estimates for planning and comparison, not tax or financial advice, and they exclude local income taxes, benefits, retirement contributions and individual circumstances.