Maryland · BLS May 2025

Billing Clerk Salary in Maryland

The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 5,960 billing and posting clerks working in Maryland. Here is what they are paid, what the median leaves after federal, state and FICA tax, and what that is worth against local prices.

Median pay · Maryland

$52,210A year, or $25.10 an hour.
Take-home a month$3,501After federal, state and FICA tax at 19.5%
Worth at national prices$49,743Prices here sit at 105 against 100
Against the nation7.6% aboveNational median $48,500
What billing and posting clerks earn in Maryland, May 2025
PercentileAnnualHourly
10th percentileEntry and lowest-paid$40,300$19.38
25th percentile$47,240$22.71
MedianHalf earn more, half less$52,210$25.10
75th percentile$60,490$29.08
90th percentileMost experienced and senior$72,850$35.02
MeanThe average, pulled up by the top$54,600$26.25
How we got this
  1. Median wage in MarylandBLS OEWS May 2025. Half of billing and posting clerks earned more than this, half less.$52,210
  2. Median hourly wagePublished separately by BLS, not divided out of the annual figure.$25.10
  3. Take-home after federal, state and FICA tax$3,501 a month at an effective rate of 19.5%.$42,014 a year
  4. Worth at national average pricesPrices in Maryland sit at 105 against a national 100 (BEA, 2024).$49,743
  5. Against the national medianThe national median is $48,500.7.6% above
  6. Jobs countedA concentration of 0.83 against the nation's 1.00.5,960
What we assumed
  • Wages are BLS OEWS survey estimates for May 2025, not job postings or offers.
  • OEWS surveys wage and salary workers. The self-employed and business owners are outside it.
  • Take-home assumes one 2026 filer, filing single, taking the standard deduction, with no dependents, pre-tax retirement contributions or local income tax.
  • Regional price parities compare price levels between places in one year. They are not inflation, and they do not adjust for what a household actually buys.
Technical details

Method occupation-wage-v1Data bls-oews-2025-05-v1, us-tax-2026-v1, bea-rpp-2024-v1, census-acs5-2024-v1

What lands in the bank

A $52,210 salary in Maryland, for one single filer taking the standard deduction in 2026.

  • Federal income tax. $4,085 a year.
  • State income tax. $2,116 a year.
  • Social Security and Medicare. $3,994 a year.
  • Left over. $42,014 a year, $3,501 a month, an effective rate of 19.5%.

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What $52,210 is worth in Maryland

Prices in Maryland sit at 105 against a national average of 100, so $52,210 earned here buys what $49,743 buys at national average prices.

  • Rents. 121.1 against 100, the component that moves most between states.
  • Against local households. The median household in Maryland takes in $103,678, so this occupation's median is 0.5 times that, on one income.
  • How common the job is here. 17% less concentrated in Maryland than in the country as a whole.

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Common questions

Billing Clerk pay in Maryland, answered

How much does a billing clerk make in Maryland?

The median wage for billing clerks in Maryland is $52,210 a year, or $25.10 an hour.

Half earn more than that and half earn less. The figure comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational wage survey for May 2025.

What is the take-home pay for a billing clerk in Maryland?

On the median wage of $52,210, one filer taking the standard deduction keeps about $42,014 a year, or roughly $3,501 a month.

That is after federal, state and FICA tax, an effective rate of 19.5%.

Maryland takes $2,116 of it in state income tax.

Do billing clerks earn more in Maryland than in the rest of the country?

Yes. The median in Maryland is 7.6% above the national median of $48,500.

Nominal pay is only half the comparison: prices in Maryland sit at 105 against a national 100, so the gap in what the money buys is different from the gap in the salary.

Is $52,210 a good salary in Maryland?

It is 0.5 times the median household income of $103,678. A household often has more than one earner, so a single salary at this level goes further than the ratio alone suggests.

Prices in Maryland run at 105 against a national average of 100, with rents at 121.1, so $52,210 here buys about what $49,743 buys at national average prices.

What do the highest-paid billing clerks earn in Maryland?

The top tenth earn $72,850 a year or more, against $40,300 at the bottom tenth.

Experience, specialism, employer and the part of Maryland someone works in all move a wage inside that range; the survey reports the spread, not the reason for it.

How many billing clerks are there in Maryland?

The survey counted 5,960 of these jobs in Maryland for May 2025.

That makes the occupation 17% less concentrated here than in the country as a whole. It counts wage and salary jobs, so the self-employed are outside it.

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