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What payroll administrators make
Typical
$62,000
Payroll clerk
$42,000
Payroll manager
$90,000
Job Bank's national median is $30 an hour, about $62,000 a year full time. Payroll managers at companies with thousands of employees, or in mining and energy, sit at the top. A part-time clerk at a small business sits at the bottom.