How does Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks pay in Tennessee compare to the national average?

Tennessee Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks salaries are 9% below the US national median of $55,290 per year.

What is the salary range for a Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks in Tennessee?

Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks salaries in Tennessee range from $36,970 (10th percentile) to $69,130 (90th percentile) per year, per 2024 BLS OEWS data.

Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks Salary in Tennessee

SOC 43-3051 · State · 2024 BLS OEWS

The median salary for a Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks in Tennessee is $50,140 per year as of 2024. That works out to roughly $24.11 per hour. This is 9% below the national median of $55,290. 3,240 people work as Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks in Tennessee. Wages have grown 38% since 2014, when the median was $36,370.

Median Annual Salary

$50,140

Mean Annual

$51,780

Median Hourly

$24.11

Total Employed

3,240

Location Quotient

0.97

Average concentration

Salary Distribution

$37k

10th

$43k

25th

$50k

Median

$60k

75th

$69k

90th

How This Compares

Tennessee

$50,140

this metro

United States

$55,290

you earn -9% vs US

Salary Trend

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Year	Median Annual	Mean Annual	Employment
2024	$50,140	$51,780	3,240
2023	$47,470	$48,790	3,500
2022	$44,550	$44,620	3,090
2021	$37,650	$40,720	3,060
2020	$40,850	$42,840	2,750
2019	$42,290	$43,620	2,560
2018	$44,380	$44,650	2,650
2017	$41,640	$42,510	3,080
2016	$39,340	$40,700	3,310
2015	$37,550	$39,450	3,360
2014	$36,370	$37,760	3,430

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Brokerage Clerks	$61,300
Financial Clerks, All Other	$59,990
Postal Service Mail Carriers	$57,030

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