Employment Percentage
-31.52343075
SOC ID
43-3051
SOC Title
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks
ONET ID
43-3051.00
ONET Concat ID
43305100
Median Salary
55231.87
EMSI Interest Area Term
Ed Level High School
38.900002
Ed Level Certificate
13.07
Ed Level Some College
20.67
Ed Level Associates
16.66
Ed Level Bachelors
8.79
Ed Level Masters
1.92
Ed Level Doctors
0
Typical Ed Level
a high school diploma or less
Career Description
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.
Core Tasks
- Process and issue employee paychecks and statements of earnings and deductions.
- Compute wages and deductions, and enter data into computers.
- Review time sheets, work charts, wage computation, and other information to detect and reconcile payroll discrepancies.
- Compile employee time, production, and payroll data from time sheets and other records.
- Process paperwork for new employees and enter employee information into the payroll system.
- Verify attendance, hours worked, and pay adjustments, and post information onto designated records.
- Record employee information, such as exemptions, transfers, and resignations, to maintain and update payroll records.
- Issue and record adjustments to pay related to previous errors or retroactive increases.
- Keep track of leave time, such as vacation, personal, and sick leave, for employees.
- Provide information to employees and managers on payroll matters, tax issues, benefit plans, and collective agreement provisions.
- Conduct verifications of employment.
Start Annual Earnings
33420.1
Top Annual Earnings
79393.92
EMSI Career Title Slug
payroll-and-timekeeping-clerk