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Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks

SOC 43-3051 · 2024-2034

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.

How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.

Shrinking -13.8%
California projects this job will shrink over the next ten years. Fewer openings may mean a harder search.

The job this trains for

Typical pay in California
$66,886per year
Projected openings
17,950
Projected change
-13.8%
Usually needs
High school diploma or equivalent

Skills this work uses most

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.

  1. Reading Comprehension
  2. Active Listening
  3. Mathematics
  4. Critical Thinking
  5. Speaking
  6. Writing

Pay by region

RegionTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openings
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties)$83,9621,060
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties)$81,876740
Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties)$78,355980
San Rafael MD (Marin County)$74,960110
Napa MSA (Napa County)$68,698120
Vallejo MSA (Solano County)$66,093120
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County)$64,7451,400
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties)$64,449130
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties)$64,4491,750
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties)$64,03070
Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County)$63,744200
Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County)$63,529120
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County)$61,86490
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties)$61,3741,450
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County)$60,8595,200
Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County)$60,57790
Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County)$60,4341,910
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County)$59,780230
Redding MSA (Shasta County)$59,76060
Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties)$59,73960
Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County)$59,443320
North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties)$58,963110
Chico MSA (Butte County)$58,92270
Merced MSA (Merced County)$57,645110
Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County)$57,645290
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County)$57,645300
El Centro MSA (Imperial County)$57,145100
Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties)$56,440640
Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County)$54,254500
Visalia MSA (Tulare County)$54,203300

Similar work

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.

The job this trains forTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openingsProjected change
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$58,95311,530-3.5%
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$60,632178,570-4.1%
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$79,426146,890+1.9%
Billing and Posting Clerks$57,59144,130+4.8%
Office Clerks, General$49,607356,700-4.5%
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$65,02328,150+5.4%

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