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Also called attendance clerk, bonus clerk, commissions clerk and flight crew time clerk.
$58,260
Median pay a year
153,140
People do this work
6
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Payroll and Timekeeping Clerk
Summary
Payroll and timekeeping clerk compiling and recording employee time and payroll data, processing paychecks, and reconciling payroll discrepancies in a financial setting
Experience
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerk
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Verified attendance, hours worked, and pay adjustments, and posted information onto designated records
Processed and issued employee paychecks and statements of earnings and deductions
Computed wages and deductions, and entered data into computers
Prepared and balanced period-end reports, and reconciled issued payrolls to bank statements
Reviewed time sheets, work charts, wage computation, and other information to detect and reconcile payroll discrepancies
Provided information to employees and managers on payroll matters, tax issues, benefit plans, and collective agreement provisions
Skills
Core Skills
Compiling data or documentation, Reconciling sales records, Entering information, Calculating financial data, Checking data for errors, Maintaining current knowledge, Preparing financial documents, Preparing research reports, Kronos Workforce Timekeeper, Recording personnel information, Verifying employee information
Tools and software
ADP Workforce Now, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office software, Microsoft Outlook, Oracle HRIS
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On site, Remote
Education
Certificate Your training program, Year
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Verified attendance and hours workedProcessed and issued employee paychecksComputed wages and entered data into systemsPrepared and balanced period-end reportsReviewed time sheets to reconcile discrepanciesRecorded employee information to update records
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Verified employee attendance and hours worked to ensure accurate payroll processing
Computed wages and deductions, entering data into payroll systems with precision
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Show what improved once the attendance was verified
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Verified employee attendance and hours worked, leading to fewer payroll errors each pay period
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Fewer payroll errors occurred each pay periodEmployees received correct pay on timePayroll processing became more efficient
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Add how often you entered data into the payroll systems
The line
Computed wages and deductions, entering data into payroll systems with precision
Add how often you entered data into the payroll systems
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Daily for each pay periodWeekly for all employeesEvery pay cycle for new hires
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Recording personnel information
Verifying employee information
Compiling data or documentation
Reconciling sales records
Entering information
Calculating financial data
Checking data for errors
Maintaining current knowledge
Preparing financial documents
Preparing research reports
Preparing compliance documents
Providing information
The work itself
What a Payroll and Timekeeping Clerk does
The public record of what this job is, in one paragraph.
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.
What it pays
How much does a Payroll and Timekeeping Clerk make?
Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.
25th percentile
$47,990
Median
$58,260
75th percentile
$69,600
About 153,140 people do this work in the United States.
What it pays in each state
State
25th percentile
Median
75th percentile
AK
$56,430
$62,210
$68,650
AL
$37,520
$46,170
$55,030
AR
$40,260
$46,110
$55,360
AZ
$42,760
$50,210
$60,060
CA
$56,230
$65,340
$78,870
CO
$51,650
$64,140
$76,040
CT
$55,010
$62,200
$74,480
DC
$61,840
$74,670
$90,270
DE
$48,400
$56,430
$80,250
FL
$45,000
$51,910
$63,720
GA
$48,760
$59,990
$69,990
HI
$54,590
$62,070
$76,780
IA
$46,070
$54,080
$61,420
ID
$46,900
$51,790
$63,240
IL
$48,560
$61,390
$74,820
IN
$45,100
$53,770
$65,540
KS
$49,750
$56,590
$68,100
KY
$43,800
$52,890
$62,710
LA
$40,710
$50,800
$61,750
MA
$54,890
$63,670
$77,960
MD
$48,740
$59,760
$69,350
ME
$47,920
$57,360
$67,100
MI
$48,700
$56,160
$67,150
MN
$53,450
$61,320
$71,190
MO
$43,080
$54,080
$64,120
MS
$36,100
$45,170
$56,840
MT
$46,500
$55,040
$63,060
NC
$45,680
$53,550
$62,650
ND
$53,550
$60,600
$66,160
NE
$48,210
$54,900
$63,500
NH
$52,710
$63,090
$74,630
NJ
$50,440
$60,750
$73,350
NM
$43,920
$53,230
$63,010
NV
$45,110
$58,220
$70,030
NY
$50,700
$61,040
$73,220
OH
$47,480
$57,270
$66,880
OK
$39,900
$49,920
$62,200
OR
$51,690
$60,980
$72,770
PA
$46,540
$55,690
$64,590
PR
$27,900
$34,200
$41,320
RI
$48,310
$59,370
$71,800
SC
$45,500
$52,240
$62,400
SD
$43,350
$47,680
$56,520
TN
$45,300
$51,780
$61,350
TX
$45,220
$54,090
$63,940
UT
$49,820
$56,430
$65,000
VA
$49,380
$58,250
$68,140
VT
$45,010
$55,340
$63,710
WA
$58,310
$64,560
$76,390
WI
$50,850
$59,310
$66,980
WV
$36,020
$47,460
$60,860
WY
$42,340
$51,940
$64,540
Other names
Other names for this job
attendance clerk, bonus clerk, commissions clerk, flight crew time clerk, payroll clerk, personnel clerk, sign out clerk, time and attendance clerk, time clerk, wanigan clerk, accounting assistant, checkman.
More names for this work
finance specialist, flight crew scheduler, hr administrative assistant, hr and payroll admin, hr coordinator, hr specialist, human resources administrative assistant, human resources and payroll administrator, human resources coordinator, human resources specialist, payroll admin, payroll administrator, payroll analyst, payroll and benefits specialist, payroll assistant, payroll associate, payroll bookkeeper, payroll coordinator, payroll officer, payroll processor, payroll representative, payroll secretary, payroll specialist, payroll tax specialist, payroll technician, personnel assistant, personnel scheduler, personnel technician, time checker, time recorder, timekeeper.
If you served
Military jobs this work counts as
From the crosswalk the US Department of Labor publishes itself. If one of these was your job, this page is about the civilian work it maps to.
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This page is about the occupation Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks. What this job involves and what it is made of come from O*NET 30.3, the US Department of Labor's occupation database, refreshed July 2026; Rung writes those records into the plain sentences you see. Pay comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS release for 2025. Rung is an independent service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by either agency. How Rung handles accuracy is on the accuracy page, and the full data credits are on the credits page.