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)

Location	Employment	&	Growth		>>>>	Annual openings
			This occupation	All occupations
Illinois	19,515 Very large	&	-1.4%	2.7%	>>>>	1,954 High
Champaign Area	437 Large	&	-1.6%	1.9%	>>>>	43 Few
Charleston-Effingham-Centralia Area	288 Medium	&	-5.2%	-1.2%	>>>>	26 Few
Cook County	9,258 Very large	&	-2.4%	3.0%	>>>>	913 High
Decatur Area	128 Medium	&	-7.0%	0.1%	>>>>	12 Very few
DeKalb-Elgin-Aurora Area	774 Large	&	4.0%	4.0%	>>>>	83 Moderate
Du Page County	2,371 Very large	&	0.4%	3.7%	>>>>	243 High
Edwardsville Area	341 Large	&	-3.8%	4.4%	>>>>	33 Few
Jacksonville-Carlinville-Litchfield Area	91 Medium	&	-1.1%	-2.2%	>>>>	9 Very few
Kankakee-Morris-Pontiac Area	216 Medium	&	-5.6%	-0.1%	>>>>	21 Few
Lake County	1,063 Large	&	-1.4%	2.6%	>>>>	106 Moderate
McHenry County	241 Medium	&	4.1%	6.1%	>>>>	27 Few
Mt Vernon-Marion-Carbondale Area	328 Large	&	-4.3%	0.2%	>>>>	32 Few
Northwest Illinois Area	260 Medium	&	3.8%	5.1%	>>>>	27 Few
Peoria-Bloomington Area	781 Large	&	0.1%	1.3%	>>>>	80 Moderate
Quincy-Macomb-Galesburg Area	256 Large	&	-5.5%	-1.6%	>>>>	25 Few
Rock Island-Moline Area	267 Medium	&	-3.7%	1.8%	>>>>	25 Few
Rockford Area	504 Large	&	-1.6%	2.4%	>>>>	50 Few
Shawnee National Forest Area	131 Medium	&	7.6%	-0.3%	>>>>	15 Few
Springfield Area	505 Large	&	-4.2%	-0.8%	>>>>	48 Moderate
St Louis-Belleville Area	372 Large	&	1.6%	0.2%	>>>>	40 Few
Vermilion County	71 Medium	&	-5.6%	-5.1%	>>>>	7 Very few
Will County	749 Large	&	4.9%	5.4%	>>>>	82 Moderate
United States	429,800 Very large	&	-0.4%	3.1%	>>>>	42,200 High