Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks Salary

Median Salary
$58,260
per year
Hourly Rate
$28.01
per hour
Employment
153,140
jobs in the U.S.

Salary Distribution

10th percentile
$39,500
25th percentile
$47,990
Median
$58,260
75th percentile
$69,600
90th percentile
$81,350

💰 Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks Salary by State

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StateMedianvs. National
District of Columbia$74,670+28.2%
California$65,340+12.2%
Washington$64,560+10.8%
Colorado$64,140+10.1%
Massachusetts$63,670+9.3%
New Hampshire$63,090+8.3%
Alaska$62,210+6.8%
Connecticut$62,200+6.8%
Hawaii$62,070+6.5%
Illinois$61,390+5.4%
Minnesota$61,320+5.3%
New York$61,040+4.8%
Oregon$60,980+4.7%
New Jersey$60,750+4.3%
North Dakota$60,600+4.0%
Georgia$59,990+3.0%
Maryland$59,760+2.6%
Rhode Island$59,370+1.9%
Wisconsin$59,310+1.8%
Virginia$58,250-0.0%
Nevada$58,220-0.1%
Maine$57,360-1.5%
Ohio$57,270-1.7%
Kansas$56,590-2.9%
Delaware$56,430-3.1%
Utah$56,430-3.1%
Michigan$56,160-3.6%
Pennsylvania$55,690-4.4%
Vermont$55,340-5.0%
Montana$55,040-5.5%
Nebraska$54,900-5.8%
Texas$54,090-7.2%
Iowa$54,080-7.2%
Missouri$54,080-7.2%
Indiana$53,770-7.7%
North Carolina$53,550-8.1%
New Mexico$53,230-8.6%
Kentucky$52,890-9.2%
South Carolina$52,240-10.3%
Wyoming$51,940-10.8%
Florida$51,910-10.9%
Idaho$51,790-11.1%
Tennessee$51,780-11.1%
Louisiana$50,800-12.8%
Arizona$50,210-13.8%
Oklahoma$49,920-14.3%
South Dakota$47,680-18.2%
West Virginia$47,460-18.5%
Alabama$46,170-20.8%
Arkansas$46,110-20.9%
Mississippi$45,170-22.5%

🏙️ Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks Salary by Metro Area

Metro AreaMedianvs. National
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$80,510+38.2%
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$77,950+33.8%
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$68,870+18.2%
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$68,380+17.4%
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$67,740+16.3%
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$67,710+16.2%
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$66,930+14.9%
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$66,800+14.7%
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$66,650+14.4%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$66,630+14.4%
Boulder, CO$66,140+13.5%
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$65,810+13.0%
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$65,790+12.9%
New Haven, CT$65,190+11.9%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$65,040+11.6%
Bellingham, WA$64,990+11.6%
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$64,760+11.2%
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$64,690+11.0%
Longview-Kelso, WA$64,440+10.6%
Fairbanks-College, AK$64,240+10.3%
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$64,170+10.1%
Yakima, WA$64,050+9.9%
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$64,000+9.9%
Barnstable Town, MA$63,910+9.7%
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$63,810+9.5%
Midland, MI$63,760+9.4%
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$63,680+9.3%
Rochester, MN$63,550+9.1%
Madison, WI$63,500+9.0%
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$63,500+9.0%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$63,440+8.9%
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$63,400+8.8%
Vallejo, CA$63,170+8.4%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$63,060+8.2%
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$62,920+8.0%
Napa, CA$62,920+8.0%
Warner Robins, GA$62,880+7.9%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$62,710+7.6%
Kennewick-Richland, WA$62,430+7.2%
Bloomington, IL$62,400+7.1%
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$62,400+7.1%
Sheboygan, WI$62,400+7.1%
Coeur d'Alene, ID$62,370+7.1%
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$62,050+6.5%
Manchester-Nashua, NH$62,050+6.5%
Modesto, CA$61,980+6.4%
Anchorage, AK$61,940+6.3%
Bismarck, ND$61,900+6.2%
Portland-South Portland, ME$61,590+5.7%
Salem, OR$61,590+5.7%
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$61,510+5.6%
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$61,310+5.2%
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$61,270+5.2%
Colorado Springs, CO$61,260+5.1%
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$61,250+5.1%
Stockton-Lodi, CA$61,230+5.1%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$61,200+5.0%
Savannah, GA$61,080+4.8%
Urban Honolulu, HI$60,810+4.4%
Bozeman, MT$60,800+4.4%
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$60,600+4.0%
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$60,510+3.9%
Corvallis, OR$60,400+3.7%
Charlottesville, VA$60,380+3.6%
Merced, CA$60,350+3.6%
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$60,330+3.6%
Lincoln, NE$60,280+3.5%
Appleton, WI$60,240+3.4%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$60,230+3.4%
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$60,230+3.4%
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$60,100+3.2%
Worcester, MA$60,080+3.1%
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$60,040+3.1%
Richmond, VA$60,010+3.0%
Lynchburg, VA$59,950+2.9%
Bend, OR$59,930+2.9%
Kenosha, WI$59,790+2.6%
Ann Arbor, MI$59,770+2.6%
Fargo, ND-MN$59,750+2.6%
Fresno, CA$59,730+2.5%
Chico, CA$59,720+2.5%
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$59,720+2.5%
Reno, NV$59,720+2.5%
Wausau, WI$59,650+2.4%
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$59,630+2.4%
Grand Island, NE$59,620+2.3%
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$59,610+2.3%
Naples-Marco Island, FL$59,560+2.2%
Salinas, CA$59,530+2.2%
Midland, TX$59,510+2.1%
Saginaw, MI$59,480+2.1%
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$59,460+2.1%
Sandusky, OH$59,450+2.0%
Elizabethtown, KY$59,390+1.9%
Pueblo, CO$59,290+1.8%
Champaign-Urbana, IL$59,200+1.6%
Salisbury, MD$59,200+1.6%
St. Louis, MO-IL$59,190+1.6%
Cleveland, OH$59,110+1.5%
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$59,110+1.5%
Columbus, OH$59,010+1.3%
Grand Forks, ND-MN$59,010+1.3%
St. Cloud, MN$58,960+1.2%
Mankato, MN$58,860+1.0%
Yuba City, CA$58,840+1.0%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$58,810+0.9%
Pittsfield, MA$58,730+0.8%
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$58,720+0.8%
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$58,690+0.7%
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$58,600+0.6%
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$58,570+0.5%
Janesville-Beloit, WI$58,500+0.4%
Springfield, MA$58,440+0.3%
Grants Pass, OR$58,270+0.0%
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$58,180-0.1%
Toledo, OH$58,170-0.2%
Eau Claire, WI$58,150-0.2%
Hinesville, GA$58,110-0.3%
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$57,970-0.5%
Wichita, KS$57,820-0.8%
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$57,780-0.8%
Duluth, MN-WI$57,760-0.9%
Springfield, IL$57,680-1.0%
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$57,650-1.0%
El Centro, CA$57,610-1.1%
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$57,540-1.2%
Topeka, KS$57,530-1.3%
Green Bay, WI$57,510-1.3%
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$57,490-1.3%
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$57,470-1.4%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$57,450-1.4%
Rochester, NY$57,440-1.4%
Billings, MT$57,300-1.6%
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$57,300-1.6%
Eugene-Springfield, OR$57,230-1.8%
Paducah, KY-IL$57,220-1.8%
Farmington, NM$57,200-1.8%
St. Joseph, MO-KS$56,970-2.2%
Port St. Lucie, FL$56,960-2.2%
Ames, IA$56,920-2.3%
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$56,900-2.3%
Omaha, NE-IA$56,870-2.4%
Harrisonburg, VA$56,800-2.5%
Decatur, IL$56,780-2.5%
Canton-Massillon, OH$56,770-2.6%
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$56,650-2.8%
Kansas City, MO-KS$56,590-2.9%
Albany, OR$56,480-3.1%
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$56,430-3.1%
Gainesville, GA$56,430-3.1%
Glens Falls, NY$56,430-3.1%
Iowa City, IA$56,430-3.1%
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$56,430-3.1%
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$56,400-3.2%
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$56,360-3.3%
Lexington-Fayette, KY$56,230-3.5%
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$56,210-3.5%
Waco, TX$56,040-3.8%
Odessa, TX$56,000-3.9%
Akron, OH$55,960-3.9%
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$55,960-3.9%
Ogden, UT$55,960-3.9%
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$55,940-4.0%
Greeley, CO$55,690-4.4%
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$55,650-4.5%
Rockford, IL$55,630-4.5%
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$55,450-4.8%
Burlington, NC$55,440-4.8%
Redding, CA$55,430-4.9%
Syracuse, NY$55,410-4.9%
Great Falls, MT$55,280-5.1%
Lima, OH$55,280-5.1%
Columbus, IN$55,160-5.3%
Lancaster, PA$55,140-5.4%
Peoria, IL$55,100-5.4%
Greensboro-High Point, NC$54,960-5.7%
Erie, PA$54,900-5.8%
Visalia, CA$54,890-5.8%
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$54,870-5.8%
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$54,750-6.0%
Rome, GA$54,690-6.1%
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$54,600-6.3%
Baton Rouge, LA$54,580-6.3%
Columbus, GA-AL$54,580-6.3%
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$54,560-6.4%
Fond du Lac, WI$54,400-6.6%
Albuquerque, NM$54,390-6.6%
Owensboro, KY$54,350-6.7%
Asheville, NC$54,290-6.8%
Greenville, NC$54,170-7.0%
Spartanburg, SC$54,150-7.1%
Macon-Bibb County, GA$54,100-7.1%
Raleigh-Cary, NC$54,100-7.1%
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$54,090-7.2%
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$54,070-7.2%
York-Hanover, PA$53,960-7.4%
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$53,940-7.4%
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$53,930-7.4%
Grand Junction, CO$53,740-7.8%
Reading, PA$53,680-7.9%
Flint, MI$53,670-7.9%
Jackson, MI$53,630-7.9%
Missoula, MT$53,590-8.0%
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$53,590-8.0%
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$53,560-8.1%
Traverse City, MI$53,550-8.1%
Bowling Green, KY$53,540-8.1%
Medford, OR$53,530-8.1%
Longview, TX$53,470-8.2%
Boise City, ID$53,420-8.3%
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$53,420-8.3%
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$53,420-8.3%
Flagstaff, AZ$53,390-8.4%
Logan, UT-ID$53,300-8.5%
Killeen-Temple, TX$53,290-8.5%
Cedar Rapids, IA$53,260-8.6%
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$53,190-8.7%
Winchester, VA-WV$53,080-8.9%
Bloomington, IN$53,040-9.0%
Athens-Clarke County, GA$52,920-9.2%
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$52,920-9.2%
Knoxville, TN$52,910-9.2%
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$52,910-9.2%
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$52,710-9.5%
Tulsa, OK$52,710-9.5%
Battle Creek, MI$52,660-9.6%
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$52,610-9.7%
St. George, UT$52,490-9.9%
Clarksville, TN-KY$52,420-10.0%
Pittsburgh, PA$52,400-10.1%
Columbia, SC$52,240-10.3%
Monroe, MI$52,190-10.4%
Fayetteville, NC$52,170-10.5%
Albany, GA$52,160-10.5%
Kokomo, IN$52,140-10.5%
Huntsville, AL$52,020-10.7%
Lebanon, PA$51,980-10.8%
Youngstown-Warren, OH$51,910-10.9%
Chattanooga, TN-GA$51,870-11.0%
Florence, SC$51,860-11.0%
Manhattan, KS$51,630-11.4%
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$51,630-11.4%
Mansfield, OH$51,540-11.5%
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$51,490-11.6%
Wilmington, NC$51,480-11.6%
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$51,410-11.8%
Dover, DE$51,290-12.0%
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$51,170-12.2%
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$51,160-12.2%
Roanoke, VA$51,060-12.4%
Ithaca, NY$51,030-12.4%
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$50,970-12.5%
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$50,830-12.8%
Chambersburg, PA$50,810-12.8%
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$50,800-12.8%
Altoona, PA$50,790-12.8%
Vineland, NJ$50,790-12.8%
Dalton, GA$50,780-12.8%
Binghamton, NY$50,770-12.9%
State College, PA$50,550-13.2%
Sherman-Denison, TX$50,540-13.3%
Hammond, LA$50,520-13.3%
Punta Gorda, FL$50,520-13.3%
Lafayette, LA$50,510-13.3%
Gainesville, FL$50,480-13.4%
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$50,450-13.4%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$50,440-13.4%
Kingston, NY$50,430-13.4%
Jefferson City, MO$50,420-13.5%
Jonesboro, AR$50,370-13.5%
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$50,350-13.6%
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$50,320-13.6%
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$50,200-13.8%
Lake Charles, LA$50,170-13.9%
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$50,150-13.9%
Abilene, TX$50,120-14.0%
Fort Wayne, IN$50,030-14.1%
Winston-Salem, NC$49,990-14.2%
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$49,970-14.2%
Lawton, OK$49,940-14.3%
Utica-Rome, NY$49,940-14.3%
Amarillo, TX$49,850-14.4%
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$49,830-14.5%
Tallahassee, FL$49,820-14.5%
Idaho Falls, ID$49,810-14.5%
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$49,790-14.5%
Valdosta, GA$49,750-14.6%
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$49,600-14.9%
Niles, MI$49,410-15.2%
Rocky Mount, NC$49,390-15.2%
Alexandria, LA$49,310-15.4%
Ocala, FL$49,250-15.5%
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$49,110-15.7%
Tucson, AZ$49,090-15.7%
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$49,060-15.8%
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$48,870-16.1%
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$48,750-16.3%
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$48,660-16.5%
El Paso, TX$48,620-16.5%
Monroe, LA$48,570-16.6%
Joplin, MO-KS$48,510-16.7%
Terre Haute, IN$48,510-16.7%
Bangor, ME$48,490-16.8%
Birmingham, AL$48,380-17.0%
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$48,320-17.1%
Wichita Falls, TX$48,310-17.1%
Evansville, IN$48,220-17.2%
Jacksonville, FL$48,210-17.3%
Springfield, MO$47,980-17.6%
Cleveland, TN$47,940-17.7%
Oklahoma City, OK$47,830-17.9%
Jackson, TN$47,820-17.9%
Columbia, MO$47,620-18.3%
College Station-Bryan, TX$47,440-18.6%
Johnstown, PA$47,420-18.6%
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$47,210-19.0%
Homosassa Springs, FL$47,050-19.2%
Wheeling, WV-OH$46,980-19.4%
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$46,910-19.5%
Decatur, AL$46,810-19.7%
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$46,770-19.7%
Jackson, MS$46,600-20.0%
Corpus Christi, TX$46,590-20.0%
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$46,560-20.1%
Tyler, TX$46,540-20.1%
Hattiesburg, MS$46,510-20.2%
Montgomery, AL$46,450-20.3%
Lubbock, TX$46,360-20.4%
Twin Falls, ID$46,340-20.5%
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$46,230-20.6%
Muncie, IN$46,200-20.7%
Johnson City, TN$46,150-20.8%
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$46,100-20.9%
Rapid City, SD$46,060-20.9%
Jacksonville, NC$45,700-21.6%
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$45,590-21.7%
Tuscaloosa, AL$45,540-21.8%
Springfield, OH$45,470-22.0%
Fort Smith, AR-OK$45,300-22.2%
Mobile, AL$45,280-22.3%
Charleston, WV$45,140-22.5%
Morristown, TN$44,790-23.1%
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$44,690-23.3%
San Angelo, TX$44,420-23.8%
Texarkana, TX-AR$44,290-24.0%
Dubuque, IA$44,260-24.0%
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$43,610-25.1%
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$42,070-27.8%
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$41,760-28.3%
Laredo, TX$41,030-29.6%
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$40,810-30.0%
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$40,370-30.7%
Morgantown, WV$39,110-32.9%
Guam$38,550-33.8%
Dothan, AL$38,550-33.8%
Virgin Islands$38,100-34.6%
Yuma, AZ$37,810-35.1%
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$34,870-40.1%
Puerto Rico$34,200-41.3%
Mayaguez, PR$33,170-43.1%
Aguadilla, PR$30,840-47.1%
Ponce, PR$29,640-49.1%
Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Data reflects the most recent annual survey.