Billing Clerks


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Billing Clerks

Billing Clerks - Employment & Outlook

The table below provides information about the number of workers in this career in various regions. It also provides information about the expected growth rate and future job openings.

Employment

Major employers:

  • Doctors' offices
  • Hospitals
  • Accounting and bookkeeping firms

Outlook

Growth for this career will show little to no change. Demand will be the highest in health care. Health clinics and hospitals will hire more billing clerks as they try to treat more patients. In addition, health care providers must bill both patients and insurance companies which means twice as much work as other businesses.

However, growth in this career is limited by technology. Computers are making the billing process easier. A clerk can produce and send out the bills in a significantly shorter amount of time. In addition, workers in other careers, such as bookkeepers, are adding billing to their list of duties.

Many openings for billing clerks will occur as current workers leave this career. This is an entry-level career. Many clerks leave it for other work.

Billing Clerks (CIS 100253)

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Illinois
15,811
Very large
&
2.2%
8.2%
>>>>
1,672
High
  Champaign Area
374
Large
&
3.7%
5.2%
>>>>
40
Few
  Charleston-Effingham-Centralia Area
245
Medium
&
0.4%
2.9%
>>>>
25
Few
  Cook County
7,311
Very large
&
2.6%
9.2%
>>>>
777
High
  Decatur Area
121
Medium
&
-0.8%
3.8%
>>>>
12
Very few
  DeKalb-Elgin-Aurora Area
616
Large
&
0.3%
10.3%
>>>>
63
Few
  Du Page County
1,916
Very large
&
2.7%
8.8%
>>>>
204
High
  Edwardsville Area
238
Medium
&
13.0%
12.4%
>>>>
29
Few
  Jacksonville-Carlinville-Litchfield Area
79
Small
&
-6.3%
-0.2%
>>>>
8
Very few
  Kankakee-Morris-Pontiac Area
190
Medium
&
4.7%
6.0%
>>>>
21
Few
  Lake County
830
Large
&
-0.4%
11.7%
>>>>
85
Moderate
  McHenry County
195
Medium
&
0.0%
7.6%
>>>>
20
Very few
  Mt Vernon-Marion-Carbondale Area
292
Large
&
4.1%
4.4%
>>>>
31
Few
  Northwest Illinois Area
222
Medium
&
-0.5%
4.3%
>>>>
23
Few
  Peoria-Bloomington Area
743
Large
&
-2.2%
4.5%
>>>>
73
Moderate
  Quincy-Macomb-Galesburg Area
208
Medium
&
-0.5%
3.5%
>>>>
21
Few
  Rock Island-Moline Area
229
Medium
&
-4.4%
5.6%
>>>>
22
Few
  Rockford Area
399
Large
&
2.3%
6.6%
>>>>
43
Few
  Shawnee National Forest Area
104
Medium
&
-4.8%
1.1%
>>>>
10
Very few
  Springfield Area
412
Large
&
0.7%
4.6%
>>>>
42
Few
  St Louis-Belleville Area
329
Large
&
-4.6%
0.9%
>>>>
31
Few
  Vermilion County
57
Small
&
-15.8%
-0.5%
>>>>
4
Very few
  Will County
603
Large
&
14.8%
14.9%
>>>>
76
Moderate
United States
456,300
Very large
&
0.0%
2.8%
>>>>
46,700
High
Source: Illinois Career Information System (CIS) brought to you by Illinois Department of Employment Security.