DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA
43-3021 Billing and Posting Clerks and Machine Operators
Occupational Description:
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.| Percentiles | |||||||||
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| Geography | Employment | Emp SE* | Mean | Mean SE* | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
| Minnesota | 9,430 | 405 | $17.94/hr | $0.13/hr | $12.60/hr | $15.15/hr | $17.70/hr | $20.92/hr | $23.37/hr |
| U S | 490,850 | 3,436 | $16.84/hr | $0.03/hr | $11.39/hr | $13.43/hr | $16.30/hr | $19.31/hr | $23.13/hr |
| *SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate. | |||||||||
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| Occupation (click title for details) | OES | Projections | |
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| Employment | Median Wage | % Change 2010 - 2020 | |
| Office Clerks, General | 55,550 | $14.31/hr | 13.8% |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 35,770 | $17.52/hr | 10.6% |
| Stock Clerks and Order Fillers | 34,230 | $11.23/hr | -1.2% |
| Secretaries, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 20,080 | $17.96/hr | 3.4% |
| Loan Interviewers and Clerks | 5,490 | $17.95/hr | -1.2% |
| Data Entry Keyers | 4,310 | $14.14/hr | -5.9% |
| Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks | 4,290 | $19.72/hr | 12.3% |
| Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks | 2,650 | $16.94/hr | 4.4% |
| Court, Municipal, and License Clerks | 2,370 | $19.94/hr | 3.8% |
| Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service | 2,360 | $13.18/hr | 5.2% |
| Procurement Clerks | 1,930 | $17.14/hr | 8.3% |
| New Accounts Clerks | 1,200 | $15.98/hr | 4.3% |
| Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks | 770 | $21.25/hr | -7.5% |
Tasks for Billing and Posting Clerks and Machine Operators
- Compares previously prepared bank statements with canceled checks, prepares statements for distribution to customers, and reconciles discrepancies in records and accounts.
- Recovers checks returned to customer in error, adjusts customer account, and answers inquiries.
- Matches statement with batch of canceled checks by account number.
- Posts stop-payment notices to prevent payment of protested checks.
- Takes orders for imprinted checks.
- Encodes and cancels checks, using machine.
- Keeps canceled checks and customer signature files.
- Routes statements for mailing or over-the-counter delivery to customers.
- Inserts statements and canceled checks in envelopes and affixes postage, or stuffs envelopes and meters postage.
- Computes amounts due from such documents as purchase orders, sales tickets, and charge slips.
- Updates manuals when rates, rules, or regulations are amended.
- Estimates market value of product or services.
- Answers mail and telephone inquiries regarding rates, routing, and procedures.
- Consults manuals which include rates, rules, regulations, and government tax and tariff information.
- Compiles cost factor reports, such as labor, production, storage, and equipment.
- Verifies compiled data from vendor invoices to ensure accuracy and revises billing data when errors are found.
- Resolves discrepancies on accounting records.
- Types billing documents, shipping labels, credit memorandums, and credit forms, using typewriter or computer.
- Keeps records of invoices and support documents.
- Compiles and computes credit terms, discounts, and purchase prices for billing documents.
- Calculates accounting and other numerical data, such as amounts customers owe, sales totals, and inventory data, using calculating machine.
- Transcribes data from office records, using specified forms, billing machine, and transcribing machine.
- Transfers data from machine, such as encoding machine, to computer.
- Bundles sorted documents to prepare those drawn on other banks for collection.
- Cleans machines, such as encoding or sorting machines, and replaces ribbons, film, and tape.
- Manually sorts and lists items for proof or collection.
- Observes operation of sorter to note document machine cannot read, and manually records amount, using keyboard.
- Compares machine totals to records for errors, and encodes correct amount or prepares correction record if error is found.
- Sorts and microfilms transaction documents, such as checks, using sorting machine.
- Encodes and adds amounts of transaction documents, such as checks or money orders, using encoding machine.
- Posts totals to records and prepares bill or invoice to be sent to customers, using billing machine.