Salary Range

• The average salary for billing and invoicing clerks as of May 2010 was $16 per hour, or $33,270 per year, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. The middle 50 percent of billing clerks on the earnings scale had salaries of $12.82 to $18.45 per hour, or $26,660 to $38,380 per year. The bottom 10 percent had hourly wages at or below $10.70, and the top 10 percent were earning $22.24 per hour and higher, or $46,260 and more.
  
  

Health Care

• The bureau shows the largest numbers of billing clerks working in various health-care settings, earning relatively similar average salaries. Their average pay was $15.90 per hour in general hospitals, $15.92 in medical and diagnostic laboratories and $15.96 in doctors' offices. In the employment category of offices of other health-care practitioners, including professionals such as chiropractors and physical therapists, billing clerks had an average salary of $14.94 per hour.
  
  

Other Employment Types

• Many billing clerks also work for accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping and payroll services. Their average salary as of May 2010 was $15.93 per hour. Billing clerks working in office administrative services were making $15.89 per hour on average. The average pay rate was higher with legal services, at $19.51 per hour.
  
  

Geography

• The top-paying area in the country for billing and invoicing clerks by state or district was the District of Columbia, where the average salary was $22.65 per hour, or $47,110 per year. Rounding out the top five were Alaska at $18.98 per hour, Connecticut at $18.87, Massachusetts at $17.66 and Maryland at$17.50. The two highest-paying metropolitan areas were in California. In the greater San Jose area, billing clerks had an average salary of $22.32 per hour, and in the greater San Francisco area, they earned $21.19 per hour.