Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks salary in Wheeling, WV

The median payroll and timekeeping clerks in Wheeling, WV-OH earns $46,980 a year, 19% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,151 a month.

10th percentile: $32,070
25th percentile: $37,320
Median percentile: $46,980
75th percentile: $56,160
90th percentile: $62,360

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

$37,814 take-home a year

Gross pay	$46,980
Federal income tax	−$3,458
Social Security + Medicare	−$3,594
West Virginia income tax (approx.)	−$2,114
Monthly take-home	$3,151
Every two weeks	$1,454

Does it go far here?

$53,191Median pay in Wheeling, WV is worth this at average US prices (local price level 88.3 vs 100).

26%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($812 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Wheeling, WV

Job	Median pay
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	$97,310
General and Operations Managers	$80,440
Registered Nurses	$78,280
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	$58,830
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	$58,250
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	$57,590
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	$52,300
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$44,650

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