Occupations/43-3051.00
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks
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.
Usually a certificate, vocational program, or associate degree — not a bachelor’s.
AI automation risk
89%
Higher automation risk
Human characteristics
16%
Fewer uniquely human demands
Task orientation
82%
Higher automation risk
A day in this job
- Mostly routine
Verify attendance, hours worked, and pay adjustments, and post information onto designated records.
- Mostly routine
Process paperwork for new employees and enter employee information into the payroll system.
- Task
Process and issue employee paychecks and statements of earnings and deductions.
The tasks we can read here lean routine. That sits next to the AI risk rank — it is not a forecast that the job disappears.
Core tasks
- 01Verify attendance, hours worked, and pay adjustments, and post information onto designated records.
- 02Process and issue employee paychecks and statements of earnings and deductions.
- 03Compute wages and deductions, and enter data into computers.
- 04Process paperwork for new employees and enter employee information into the payroll system.
- 05Prepare and balance period-end reports, and reconcile issued payrolls to bank statements.
- 06Review time sheets, work charts, wage computation, and other information to detect and reconcile payroll discrepancies.
Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)
- Repeating same tasks4.57
- Degree of automation2.79
- Time sitting4.79
- Originality (ability)2.12
- Conflict situations2.35
- Hands-on objects/tools2.98
- Outdoors / weather1.12
- Disease exposure1.23
- Decision freedom3.49
Top abilities
- Written Comprehension3.88
- Oral Comprehension3.88
- Written Expression3.75
- Near Vision3.75
- Oral Expression3.62
- Mathematical Reasoning3.50
- Number Facility3.38
- Information Ordering3.38
Essential skills
- Reading Comprehension3.88
- Active Listening3.75
- Writing3.12
- Speaking3.12
- Mathematics3.25
- Science1.00
- Critical Thinking3.12
- Active Learning2.75
- Learning Strategies2.25
- Monitoring3.00
CIP matches
Schools offering related programs
12 of 79 shown
Earnings are College Scorecard medians for that program, 1 and 2 years after completion. A dash means the Department suppressed the cell or the campus is not in the field file.
| Institution | Program | Tuition | Admit | Grad 6-yr | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
New York University New York, NY · Private nonprofit | Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping 52.0302 | $60,400 | 12% | 88% | 1 yr $78,172 2 yr $77,297 Master's · CIP 52.03 |
Georgetown University Washington, DC · Private nonprofit | Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping 52.0302 | $65,400 | 12% | 95% | 1 yr $77,966 2 yr $77,715 Bachelor's · CIP 52.03 |
University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA · Public | Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping 52.0302 | $14,800 | 11% | 93% | 1 yr $71,734 2 yr $70,886 Master's · CIP 52.03 |
Northeastern University Boston, MA · Private nonprofit | Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping 52.0302 | $63,200 | 7% | 91% | 1 yr $70,680 2 yr $69,937 Bachelor's · CIP 52.03 |
Howard University Washington, DC · Private nonprofit | Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping 52.0302 | $33,200 | 53% | 65% | 1 yr $69,338 2 yr $69,948 Master's · CIP 52.03 |
University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA · Private nonprofit | Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping 52.0302 | $68,200 | 12% | 92% | 1 yr $67,740 2 yr $66,839 Bachelor's · CIP 52.03 |
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL · Public | Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping 52.0302 | $17,500 | 45% | 85% | 1 yr $66,787 2 yr $64,493 Bachelor's · CIP 52.03 |
Lincoln College of Technology-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN · Private for-profit | Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping 52.0302 | $18,600 | 100% | 64% | 1 yr $65,386 2 yr $62,524 Bachelor's · CIP 52.03 |
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI · Public | Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping 52.0302 | $17,700 | 18% | 93% | 1 yr $64,741 2 yr $65,198 Master's · CIP 52.03 |
University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA · Public | Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping 52.0302 | $17,400 | 64% | 83% | 1 yr $63,522 2 yr $63,646 Bachelor's · CIP 52.03 |
University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI · Public | Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping 52.0302 | $11,200 | 49% | 89% | 1 yr $62,260 2 yr $62,343 Bachelor's · CIP 52.03 |
University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO · Public | Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping 52.0302 | $13,600 | 81% | 72% | 1 yr $61,922 2 yr $61,681 Master's · CIP 52.03 |