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Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2020

43-3051 Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks

Compile and record employee time and payroll data. May compute employees' time worked, production, and commission. May compute and post wages and deductions, or prepare paychecks. Excludes "Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks" (43-3031).


National estimates for Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks
Industry profile for Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks
Geographic profile for Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks

National estimates for Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks:

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks:

Employment (1) Employment
RSE (3)
Mean hourly
wage
Mean annual
wage (2)
Wage RSE (3)
133,870 1.1 % $ 23.21 $ 48,290 0.4 %

Percentile wage estimates for Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks:

Percentile 10% 25% 50%
(Median)
75% 90%
Hourly Wage $ 14.88 $ 18.14 $ 22.61 $ 27.88 $ 32.50
Annual Wage (2) $ 30,950 $ 37,720 $ 47,020 $ 58,000 $ 67,600


Industry profile for Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks:

Industries with the highest published employment and wages for Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks:

Industry Employment (1) Percent of industry employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Management of Companies and Enterprises 13,540 0.56 $ 24.55 $ 51,060
Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services 12,830 1.31 $ 21.37 $ 44,450
Elementary and Secondary Schools 7,560 0.09 $ 23.50 $ 48,890
Employment Services 7,010 0.22 $ 22.61 $ 47,030
Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OEWS Designation) 6,780 0.13 $ 24.46 $ 50,890

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks:

Industry Employment (1) Percent of industry employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services 12,830 1.31 $ 21.37 $ 44,450
Office Administrative Services 3,200 0.64 $ 23.14 $ 48,140
Management of Companies and Enterprises 13,540 0.56 $ 24.55 $ 51,060
Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction 1,070 0.30 $ 24.59 $ 51,150
Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 280 0.23 $ 25.21 $ 52,430

Top paying industries for Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks:

Industry Employment (1) Percent of industry employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Local Messengers and Local Delivery 40 0.03 $ 33.06 $ 68,760
Grain and Oilseed Milling 70 0.11 $ 30.71 $ 63,890
Natural Gas Distribution 30 0.03 $ 29.30 $ 60,940
Water, Sewage and Other Systems 30 0.06 $ 29.17 $ 60,670
Software Publishers 340 0.07 $ 28.69 $ 59,680


Geographic profile for Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks:

States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks are provided. For a list of all areas with employment in Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks, see the Create Customized Tables function.





States with the highest employment level in Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks:

State Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
California 19,190 1.17 1.21 $ 26.44 $ 55,000
Texas 12,220 1.01 1.05 $ 21.69 $ 45,110
New York 7,700 0.89 0.92 $ 25.20 $ 52,410
Florida 7,290 0.86 0.90 $ 21.23 $ 44,150
Pennsylvania 5,740 1.04 1.08 $ 21.98 $ 45,720




States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks:

State Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Oklahoma 2,320 1.48 1.54 $ 22.66 $ 47,140
South Carolina 2,900 1.44 1.49 $ 17.87 $ 37,180
Arizona 3,480 1.23 1.27 $ 21.94 $ 45,640
Idaho 880 1.22 1.27 $ 19.87 $ 41,320
Kansas 1,610 1.21 1.26 $ 22.46 $ 46,710




Top paying states for Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks:

State Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
District of Columbia 330 0.47 0.49 $ 30.79 $ 64,050
Connecticut 1,400 0.91 0.95 $ 26.90 $ 55,940
California 19,190 1.17 1.21 $ 26.44 $ 55,000
Washington 3,020 0.94 0.98 $ 26.15 $ 54,400
Illinois 3,940 0.70 0.73 $ 26.08 $ 54,250





Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks:

Metropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA 6,830 0.77 0.80 $ 26.39 $ 54,900
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 6,680 1.15 1.19 $ 26.48 $ 55,080
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 3,430 0.96 0.99 $ 23.07 $ 47,990
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX 3,230 1.09 1.13 $ 22.36 $ 46,510
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI 3,000 0.69 0.71 $ 27.36 $ 56,900
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA 2,970 1.13 1.17 $ 22.80 $ 47,430
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 2,830 1.05 1.09 $ 23.60 $ 49,080
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH 2,720 1.04 1.09 $ 26.23 $ 54,570
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 2,600 1.23 1.28 $ 22.54 $ 46,880
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL 2,570 1.02 1.06 $ 21.54 $ 44,810




Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks:

Metropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Coeur d'Alene, ID 130 2.15 2.23 $ 19.13 $ 39,780
Lewiston-Auburn, ME 100 2.11 2.19 $ 18.98 $ 39,490
Punta Gorda, FL 90 1.96 2.04 $ 17.78 $ 36,980
Houma-Thibodaux, LA 160 1.94 2.02 $ 17.40 $ 36,200
Billings, MT 160 1.90 1.97 $ 18.52 $ 38,510
El Centro, CA 110 1.87 1.95 $ 19.96 $ 41,510
Madera, CA 90 1.87 1.94 $ 26.04 $ 54,150
Rochester, NY 880 1.86 1.93 $ 21.22 $ 44,130
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA 1,800 1.85 1.93 $ 25.15 $ 52,310
Beckley, WV 70 1.71 1.78 $ 13.58 $ 28,240




Top paying metropolitan areas for Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks:

Metropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA 2,450 1.05 1.09 $ 31.00 $ 64,470
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 310 0.82 0.85 $ 30.43 $ 63,300
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 2,270 0.75 0.78 $ 30.10 $ 62,600
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 940 0.85 0.88 $ 29.68 $ 61,740
Santa Rosa, CA 210 1.09 1.13 $ 29.52 $ 61,400
Barnstable Town, MA 90 0.93 0.97 $ 28.42 $ 59,110
Rochester, MN 60 0.49 0.51 $ 27.65 $ 57,520
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 1,830 0.94 0.97 $ 27.52 $ 57,250
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI 3,000 0.69 0.71 $ 27.36 $ 56,900
Olympia-Tumwater, WA 60 0.55 0.57 $ 27.23 $ 56,630

Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest employment in Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks:

Nonmetropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Kansas nonmetropolitan area 380 1.00 1.04 $ 18.53 $ 38,540
Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area 280 1.12 1.17 $ 18.83 $ 39,160
Piedmont North Carolina nonmetropolitan area 270 1.12 1.16 $ 18.89 $ 39,300
West Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area 250 1.29 1.34 $ 19.66 $ 40,890
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area 240 1.58 1.65 $ 17.82 $ 37,060

Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks:

Nonmetropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Arizona nonmetropolitan area 190 2.09 2.17 $ 19.87 $ 41,340
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area 60 2.08 2.16 $ 24.30 $ 50,540
Big Thicket Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area 180 1.73 1.80 $ 17.93 $ 37,290
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area 110 1.62 1.69 $ 22.35 $ 46,500
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area 110 1.60 1.67 $ 17.75 $ 36,920

Top paying nonmetropolitan areas for Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks:

Nonmetropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area 60 0.51 0.53 $ 27.60 $ 57,410
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area 70 0.63 0.66 $ 27.39 $ 56,970
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area 40 0.69 0.72 $ 25.71 $ 53,480
Alaska nonmetropolitan area 100 0.98 1.01 $ 25.18 $ 52,370
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area 80 0.82 0.85 $ 25.02 $ 52,040


About May 2020 National, State, Metropolitan, and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors, all metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, and all states and the District of Columbia. The top employment and wage figures are provided above. The complete list is available in the downloadable XLS files.

The percentile wage estimate is the value of a wage below which a certain percent of workers fall. The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate—50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median. More about percentile wages.


(1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.

(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.

(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.

(9) The location quotient is the ratio of the area concentration of occupational employment to the national average concentration. A location quotient greater than one indicates the occupation has a higher share of employment than average, and a location quotient less than one indicates the occupation is less prevalent in the area than average.


Other OEWS estimates and related information:

May 2020 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2020 State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2020 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2020 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2020 Occupation Profiles

Technical Notes

 

Last Modified Date: March 31, 2021