Billing, Cost, and Rate Clerks
Industry Areas
- Offices of Physicians
- General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
- Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services
Day-to-Day Tasks*
- Verify accuracy of billing data and revise any errors.
- Operate typing, adding, calculating, or billing machines.
- Prepare itemized statements, bills, or invoices and record amounts due for items purchased or services rendered.
Overall Kind of Work*
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators-commonly called billing clerks-calculate charges, develop bills and prepare them to be mailed to customers.
Workweek Breakdown
The hours worked per week by people currently pursuing this career.
- 7.36% (0-20 Hours)
- 6.02% (21-34 Hours)
- 3.98% (35-39 Hours)
- 78.46% (40 Hours)
- 3.09% (41-49 Hours)
- 1.10% (Over 50 Hours)
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Business Breakdown
The different sectors people in this career currently work in.
- 79.89% (Private For-Profit)
- 11.44% (Private Not For-Profit)
- 5.06% (State and Local Govt)
- 1.23% (Federal Government)
- 2.38% (Self-Employed)
This data also pertains to Billing And Posting Clerks