Chief payroll clerk vs senior payroll specialist

The differences between chief payroll clerks and senior payroll specialists can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a chief payroll clerk and a senior payroll specialist. Additionally, a senior payroll specialist has an average salary of $59,503, which is higher than the $53,799 average annual salary of a chief payroll clerk.

The top three skills for a chief payroll clerk include budget, payroll and customer service. The most important skills for a senior payroll specialist are peoplesoft, payroll data, and reconciliations.

Chief payroll clerk vs senior payroll specialist overview

	Chief Payroll Clerk	Senior Payroll Specialist
Yearly salary	$53,799	$59,503
Hourly rate	$25.86	$28.61
Growth rate	-3%	-3%
Number of jobs	84,588	6,310
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 44%	Bachelor's Degree, 58%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	4	4

Chief payroll clerk vs senior payroll specialist salary

Chief payroll clerks and senior payroll specialists have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Chief Payroll Clerk	Senior Payroll Specialist
Average salary	$53,799	$59,503
Salary range	Between $39,000 And $72,000	Between $42,000 And $82,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	New Jersey
Best paying company	-	MongoDB
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between chief payroll clerk and senior payroll specialist education

There are a few differences between a chief payroll clerk and a senior payroll specialist in terms of educational background:

	Chief Payroll Clerk	Senior Payroll Specialist
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 44%	Bachelor's Degree, 58%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Minnesota - Twin Cities	University of Pennsylvania

Chief payroll clerk vs senior payroll specialist demographics

Here are the differences between chief payroll clerks' and senior payroll specialists' demographics:

	Chief Payroll Clerk	Senior Payroll Specialist
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 44.0% Female, 56.0%	Male, 23.2% Female, 76.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 7.3% Unknown, 6.0% Hispanic or Latino, 13.0% Asian, 5.2% White, 67.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.5%	Black or African American, 9.8% Unknown, 6.1% Hispanic or Latino, 18.1% Asian, 6.0% White, 58.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.5%
LGBT Percentage	10%	10%

Differences between chief payroll clerk and senior payroll specialist duties and responsibilities

Chief payroll clerk example responsibilities.

Demonstrate strong math skills in managing inmate s accounts and calmly and effectively deescalating outbursts of belligerent inmates.
Research and advise upper management orally and in writing on issues impacting payroll and/or budget.
Administer the payroll for the firm, using the ADP manual data entry payroll service.
Process payroll and supervise timekeeping functions.
Maintain cleanliness of the company warehouse, operate warehouse machinery and organize the warehouse to ensure proper product placement.
Provide help desk support DTS travelers.

Senior payroll specialist example responsibilities.

Manage payroll imports into and out of HRIS, including master file and pay data additions and changes.
Update the maintenance of all job-relate records in the KRONOS timekeeping system, for all employees.
Perform thorough analysis of UltiPro timekeeping system prior to uploading to the payroll system on a biweekly basis.
Process payroll using ADP/ KRONOS for multiple companies.
Load pay changes for pay period into UltiPro.
Process regular wages, overtime wages, PTO, tips and toke incomes, etc.

Chief payroll clerk vs senior payroll specialist skills

Common chief payroll clerk skills

Budget, 44%
Payroll, 44%
Customer Service, 12%

Common senior payroll specialist skills

PeopleSoft, 15%
Payroll Data, 5%
Reconciliations, 4%
HRIS, 4%
ADP Workforce, 3%
Data Entry, 3%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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