Job outlook for payroll clerks in the United States

Payroll clerk job growth summary. After extensive research, interviews, and analysis, Zippia's data science team found that:

• The projected payroll clerk job growth rate is -3% from 2018-2028.

• About -38,500 new jobs for payroll clerks are projected over the next decade.

• Payroll clerk salaries have increased 11% for payroll clerks in the last 5 years.

• There are over 103,359 payroll clerks currently employed in the United States.

• There are 71,944 active payroll clerk job openings in the US.

• The average payroll clerk salary is $41,602.

Compare the number of payroll clerk jobs and the average payroll clerk salary over time.

The map below shows you the number of payroll clerk job openings in each state. The darker areas on the map show where payroll clerks earn the highest salaries across all 50 states.