How much do Billing and Posting Clerks make in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA?

Percentile spread

For Billing and Posting Clerks, the published 10th percentile is $40,740 and the 90th percentile is $59,900. The difference is $19,160, which is 40.1% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $44,240 to the 75th at $52,360, covers $8,120.

The mean annual wage is $49,250, which sits above the median of $47,840. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA median is 1.4% lower than the national median of $48,500 for Billing and Posting Clerks. In 2024 national prices the local median is $54,953, which is 13.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.5% higher than the Iowa median of $47,110.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA is 87.057, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $47,840 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Billing and Posting Clerks at $54,953 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

16 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Billing and Posting Clerks. Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA ranks 8th of 17 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Cedar Rapids, IA is 53 miles away, with a median of $45,940 and employment of 320. That median is 4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $51,639, against $54,953 here.
• Ames, IA is 72 miles away, with a median of $47,050 and employment of 90. That median is 1.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $52,966, against $54,953 here.
• Dubuque, IA is 81 miles away, with a median of $46,140 and employment of 120. That median is 3.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $52,835, against $54,953 here.

Employment share

Billing and Posting Clerks accounts for 0.17% of wage-and-salary employment in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA (140 of 84,260). Nationally the occupation is 0.26% of employment (404,060 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.64 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.