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 |
| Southwest Balance of State | 360 | 34 | $16.44/hr | $0.36/hr | $11.81/hr | $13.41/hr | $16.11/hr | $19.20/hr | $22.43/hr |
| 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 - | |
| Office Clerks, General | 2,700 | $12.24/hr | N/A |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 1,950 | $14.80/hr | N/A |
| Stock Clerks and Order Fillers | 1,220 | $9.50/hr | N/A |
| Secretaries, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 940 | $15.37/hr | N/A |
| Loan Interviewers and Clerks | 240 | $15.33/hr | N/A |
| Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks | 210 | $17.60/hr | N/A |
| Court, Municipal, and License Clerks | 130 | $21.71/hr | N/A |
| Data Entry Keyers | 110 | $13.06/hr | N/A |
| New Accounts Clerks | 90 | $14.43/hr | N/A |
| Procurement Clerks | 60 | $16.52/hr | N/A |
| Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service | 20 | $10.92/hr | N/A |
| Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks | 20 | $16.45/hr | N/A |
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.