Posting clerk vs finance clerk

The differences between posting clerks and finance clerks can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 6-12 months to become a posting clerk, becoming a finance clerk takes usually requires 4-6 years. Additionally, a finance clerk has an average salary of $39,225, which is higher than the $37,587 average annual salary of a posting clerk.

The top three skills for a posting clerk include data entry, patients and patient accounts. The most important skills for a finance clerk are data entry, purchase orders, and HR.

Posting clerk vs finance clerk overview

	Posting Clerk	Finance Clerk
Yearly salary	$37,587	$39,225
Hourly rate	$18.07	$18.86
Growth rate	-3%	-5%
Number of jobs	66,943	143,372
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 37%	Bachelor's Degree, 44%
Average age	46	51
Years of experience	12	6

Posting clerk vs finance clerk salary

Posting clerks and finance clerks have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Posting Clerk	Finance Clerk
Average salary	$37,587	$39,225
Salary range	Between $29,000 And $47,000	Between $27,000 And $56,000
Highest paying City	Buffalo, NY	New York, NY
Highest paying state	Michigan	New York
Best paying company	Pacific Medical	United States Courts
Best paying industry	Manufacturing	Government

Differences between posting clerk and finance clerk education

There are a few differences between a posting clerk and a finance clerk in terms of educational background:

	Posting Clerk	Finance Clerk
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 37%	Bachelor's Degree, 44%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Posting clerk vs finance clerk demographics

Here are the differences between posting clerks' and finance clerks' demographics:

	Posting Clerk	Finance Clerk
Average age	46	51
Gender ratio	Male, 19.9% Female, 80.1%	Male, 26.2% Female, 73.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 10.6% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 19.7% Asian, 7.2% White, 57.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%	Black or African American, 6.9% Unknown, 4.0% Hispanic or Latino, 14.7% Asian, 6.6% White, 67.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%
LGBT Percentage	7%	7%

Differences between posting clerk and finance clerk duties and responsibilities

Posting clerk example responsibilities.

Manage finance operations of assign USPS location.
Process transactions including, ACH information, payments and NSF fees.
Assist with monthly account reconciliations, perform reconciliation of cash accounts and researched/follow up with age or outstanding items.
Enter numeric data into PeopleSoft system and research unidentify cash payments receive from customers.
Respond to inquiries from internal organization and external customers regarding package processing, delivery information and services offer by USPS stores.

Finance clerk example responsibilities.

Manage resident's private information for insurance verification, billing, and eligibility to apply for Medicaid.
Collaborate with insurance company representatives, case managers and physicians to obtain treatment authorization for potential kidney and kidney/pancreas transplant patients.
Write checks in the QuickBooks software to vendors and to reimburse employees.
Establish customer files in QuickBooks, write and test work instructions for clients, log and close complete files.
Produce PowerPoint presentations in order to brief the command team of the on goings within the company.
Used an automate information system (PeopleSoft) to edit, modify, and verify customers personal and payment information.

Posting clerk vs finance clerk skills

Common posting clerk skills

Data Entry, 17%
Patients, 16%
Patient Accounts, 11%
Medicaid, 7%
Computer System, 7%
Credit Card Payments, 6%

Common finance clerk skills

Data Entry, 16%
Purchase Orders, 9%
HR, 5%
Bank Statements, 5%
Bank Deposits, 5%
Credit Card, 4%