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What payroll pays
Typical
$58,260
Payroll clerk
$39,500
Senior or multi-state
$81,350
The federal wage survey calls this occupation Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks, which is a broader and more junior title than payroll administrator. The national median is $58,260 a year and the bottom tenth start near $39,500. Payroll managers are counted somewhere else and earn more.