Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks salary
The median pay for payroll and timekeeping clerks in the United States is $58,260 a year. About 153,140 people hold this job.
- 10th percentile
- $39,500
- 25th percentile
- $47,990
- Median percentile
- $58,260
- 75th percentile
- $69,600
- 90th percentile
- $81,350
Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience. BLS does not report experience, so reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only a rough guide. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025.
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Highest-paying states · Highest-paying cities
By state
- District of Columbia $74,670
- California $65,340
- Washington $64,560
- Colorado $64,140
- Massachusetts $63,670
- New Hampshire $63,090
- Alaska $62,210
- Connecticut $62,200
- Hawaii $62,070
- Illinois $61,390
- Minnesota $61,320
- New York $61,040
- Oregon $60,980
- New Jersey $60,750
- North Dakota $60,600
- Georgia $59,990
- Maryland $59,760
- Rhode Island $59,370
- Wisconsin $59,310
- Virginia $58,250
- Nevada $58,220
- Maine $57,360
- Ohio $57,270
- Kansas $56,590
- Delaware $56,430
- Utah $56,430
- Michigan $56,160
- Pennsylvania $55,690
- Vermont $55,340
- Montana $55,040
- Nebraska $54,900
- Texas $54,090
- Iowa $54,080
- Missouri $54,080
- Indiana $53,770
- North Carolina $53,550
- New Mexico $53,230
- Kentucky $52,890
- South Carolina $52,240
- Wyoming $51,940
- Florida $51,910
- Idaho $51,790
- Tennessee $51,780
- Louisiana $50,800
- Arizona $50,210
- Oklahoma $49,920
- South Dakota $47,680
- West Virginia $47,460
- Alabama $46,170
- Arkansas $46,110
- Mississippi $45,170
By metro area
- San Francisco, CA $80,510
- San Jose, CA $77,950
- Santa Rosa, CA $68,870
- Santa Cruz, CA $68,380
- Kahului, HI $67,740
- Fort Collins, CO $67,710
- Boston, MA $66,930
- Bremerton, WA $66,800
- Mount Vernon, WA $66,650
- Seattle, WA $66,630
- Sacramento, CA $65,810
- Olympia, WA $65,790
- New Haven, CT $65,190
- Los Angeles, CA $65,040
- Bellingham, WA $64,990
- Denver, CO $64,760
- Oshkosh, WI $64,690
- Longview, WA $64,440
- Fairbanks, AK $64,240
- Portland, OR $64,170
- Yakima, WA $64,050
- Bridgeport, CT $64,000
- Barnstable Town, MA $63,910
- San Diego, CA $63,810
- Midland, MI $63,760
- Wenatchee, WA $63,680
- Rochester, MN $63,550
- Madison, WI $63,500
- New York, NY $63,500
- Washington, DC $63,440
- Spokane, WA $63,400
- Vallejo, CA $63,170
- Minneapolis, MN $63,060
- Chicago, IL $62,920
- Napa, CA $62,920
- Warner Robins, GA $62,880
- Atlanta, GA $62,710
- Kennewick, WA $62,430
- Bloomington, IL $62,400
- Hartford, CT $62,400
- Sheboygan, WI $62,400
- Coeur d'Alene, ID $62,370
- Hanford, CA $62,050
- Manchester, NH $62,050
- Modesto, CA $61,980
- Anchorage, AK $61,940
- Bismarck, ND $61,900
- Portland, ME $61,590
- Salem, OR $61,590
- Lansing, MI $61,510
- Oxnard, CA $61,310
- Kalamazoo, MI $61,270
- Colorado Springs, CO $61,260
- Waterbury, CT $61,250
- Stockton, CA $61,230
- Riverside, CA $61,200
- Savannah, GA $61,080
- Urban Honolulu, HI $60,810
- Bozeman, MT $60,800
- Staunton, VA $60,600
- Milwaukee, WI $60,510
- Corvallis, OR $60,400
- Charlottesville, VA $60,380
- Merced, CA $60,350
- Baltimore, MD $60,330
- Lincoln, NE $60,280
- Appleton, WI $60,240
- Dallas, TX $60,230
- Norwich, CT $60,230
- Dayton, OH $60,100
- Worcester, MA $60,080
- San Luis Obispo, CA $60,040
- Richmond, VA $60,010
- Lynchburg, VA $59,950
- Bend, OR $59,930
- Kenosha, WI $59,790
- Ann Arbor, MI $59,770
- Fargo, ND $59,750
- Fresno, CA $59,730
- Chico, CA $59,720
- Providence, RI $59,720
- Reno, NV $59,720
- Wausau, WI $59,650
- Austin, TX $59,630
- Grand Island, NE $59,620
- Detroit, MI $59,610
- Naples, FL $59,560
- Salinas, CA $59,530
- Midland, TX $59,510
- Saginaw, MI $59,480
- La Crosse, WI $59,460
- Sandusky, OH $59,450
- Elizabethtown, KY $59,390
- Pueblo, CO $59,290
- Champaign, IL $59,200
- Salisbury, MD $59,200
- St. Louis, MO $59,190
- Cleveland, OH $59,110
- Kiryas Joel, NY $59,110
- Columbus, OH $59,010
- Grand Forks, ND $59,010
- St. Cloud, MN $58,960
- Mankato, MN $58,860
- Yuba City, CA $58,840
- Philadelphia, PA $58,810
- Pittsfield, MA $58,730
- Amherst Town, MA $58,720
- Des Moines, IA $58,600
- Las Vegas, NV $58,570
- Janesville, WI $58,500
- Springfield, MA $58,440
- Grants Pass, OR $58,270
- Racine, WI $58,180
- Toledo, OH $58,170
- Eau Claire, WI $58,150
- Hinesville, GA $58,110
- Santa Maria, CA $57,970
- Wichita, KS $57,820
- Allentown, PA $57,780
- Duluth, MN $57,760