Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks salary in Cleveland, TN

The median payroll and timekeeping clerks in Cleveland, TN earns $47,940 a year, 18% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,392 a month.

10th percentile: $31,610
25th percentile: $40,460
Median percentile: $47,940
75th percentile: $56,320
90th percentile: $79,630

Based on 40 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$40,700 take-home a year

Gross pay	$47,940
Federal income tax	−$3,573
Social Security + Medicare	−$3,667
Tennessee income tax (approx.)	−$0
Monthly take-home	$3,392
Every two weeks	$1,565

Does it go far here?

$54,428Median pay in Cleveland, TN is worth this at average US prices (local price level 88.1 vs 100).

30%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,006 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Cleveland, TN

Job	Median pay
General and Operations Managers	$92,800
Registered Nurses	$72,800
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	$59,190
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	$49,250
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	$44,110
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$38,580
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	$38,460
Production Workers, All Other	$38,010

All payroll and timekeeping clerks salaries · Take-home pay in Tennessee