Who Hires Accounts Payable Staff in Houston, and What Do They Pay?

Of the 26 accounts payable and receivable postings in our Houston data, only 10 put a pay figure in the ad, and the ones that did mostly land between $20 and $25 an hour, which is a number worth knowing before you walk into a screening call and get lowballed. We track 80,000+ accounting and finance postings, cleaned up and linked straight to employer career pages, and the Houston AP slice tells a more interesting story than the usual "clerk jobs are everywhere" line.

Who is hiring accounts payable staff in Houston?

Houston AP hiring is spread across industries that don't look much alike, with oilfield and energy companies, industrial and fabrication shops, electrical and fire-protection contractors, healthcare groups, a legal support firm, a nonprofit and a private school all showing up in the same few months. Names in our data include Nabors, Fervo Energy, Floworks International, Specialized Fabrication Equipment, Hays Electrical Services, Firetrol Protection Systems, US Heart & Vascular, Nexus Health Systems and BakerRipley, and several of them posted more than one AP or AR role, so a single employer can be a better bet than three random applications.

Every one of the 26 was on-site and all but one were full-time (the odd one out was a 13-week contract), which matters if you were hoping Houston AP would be a work-from-home gig. If remote is the goal, the remote AP and AR clerk jobs guide covers where those roles actually live, and you can browse the current openings on the Audit Friendly job board.

How much do accounts payable jobs in Houston pay?

The postings that list pay put AP specialists at roughly $20 to $27 an hour, with a Houston industrial employer at $22 to $25, another at $20 to $24, a third at $20 to $25 and a fourth at $25 to $27. Senior AP and AR specialist roles at one fabrication company were listed at $50,000 to $65,000 a year, and an AP manager role came in at $70,000 to $80,000, so the ladder from specialist to manager is real and it's worth about $20,000 or more at the top of the range. The bottom of the market sits around $15 to $18 an hour for billing and AR work at a medical clinic group, which is where I'd expect the hell of a lot of entry-level churn to happen.

Sixteen of the 26 postings showed no pay at all, and honestly that's the part that pisses me off most, because it makes you negotiate blind. Texas has no state pay transparency law, so employers can hide the number, and our data backs that up (see how your state decides whether you ever see the salary).

Is accounts payable a good career or a dying one?

Both things are true at once, and you should hold them together. The Bureau of Labor Statistics puts the national median for bookkeeping, accounting and auditing clerks at $50,670 as of May 2025 and projects employment in that group to decline 6 percent from 2025 to 2035, which is automation doing what automation does to invoice keying. At the same time, the Houston postings keep asking for people who can chase down a vendor, fix a three-way match that won't clear and tell a controller why a duplicate payment went out, and that judgment layer is what survives.

So the move is to get good at the exception work and let the software eat the data entry. I wrote about exactly where to start in how to put AI to work in accounts payable, and building even a small automation on your own invoices will put you ahead of most people applying.

What I'd do if I wanted an AP job in Houston

I'd pick the industry first, because energy, industrial and healthcare AP are different jobs with different systems, and a resume that mentions JD Edwards or Sage Intacct at the right employer beats a generic one every time. Then I'd go straight to the employer's career page (our listings link directly there, with the recruiter noise stripped out) and apply to the companies that posted more than once, since repeat posting can signal real turnover or growth. I'd also ask the pay question early, and I'd bring a number, because the postings tell you the market is $20 to $25 an hour and no shit, you shouldn't accept $18 without a reason.

If you're weighing Chicago against Houston, our Chicago AP jobs breakdown uses the same method, and the AP-heavy software side of this is in the accounts payable software postings analysis.

Frequently asked questions

How much does an accounts payable clerk make in Houston?

In our Houston postings that list pay, AP specialists and clerks run roughly $20 to $27 an hour, with senior roles at $50,000 to $65,000 a year and an AP manager listing at $70,000 to $80,000. Nationally, the BLS median for bookkeeping, accounting and auditing clerks is $50,670 as of May 2025.

Do Houston accounts payable jobs require a degree?

The BLS lists some college with no degree as the typical entry education for this clerk group, and most of the Houston postings we see lean on experience with an ERP and an AP process over a specific degree. A bachelor's in accounting helps you move from specialist to manager.

Are there remote accounts payable jobs in Houston?

None of the 26 AP and AR postings in our Houston data were remote, so expect on-site work locally and look at national remote listings if you want flexibility.

Which industries hire the most AP staff in Houston?

Energy and oilfield services, industrial and fabrication companies, electrical and fire-protection contractors, and healthcare groups account for most of the Houston AP and AR postings we track.

What software should I know for an AP job in Houston?

QuickBooks Online shows up in at least one of the smaller industrial postings, so learn it and one mid-market ERP well and be able to explain a three-way match in plain English.

Pick one employer from this list, find their career page, and send the application today, because the Houston AP market rewards the person who applies first with a number in mind.