The annual salary statistics of payroll and timekeeping clerks in Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana is shown in Table 1. The wage information of payroll and timekeeping clerks in Lafayette-West Lafayette is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $35,070 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $40,330 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $47,330 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $56,330 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $62,620 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for payroll and timekeeping clerks in Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $62,620. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $47,330. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $35,070.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of payroll and timekeeping clerks from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $47,330 | -1.50% | 18.91% |
| 2021 | $48,040 | 3.31% | - |
| 2020 | $46,450 | 10.55% | - |
| 2019 | $41,550 | 11.53% | - |
| 2018 | $36,760 | 0.82% | - |
| 2017 | $36,460 | -5.27% | - |
| 2016 | $38,380 | 0.29% | - |
| 2015 | $38,270 | -0.29% | - |
| 2012 | $38,380 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $47,330, Lafayette-West Lafayette is the second highest paying city for payroll and timekeeping clerks in state of Indiana, following the highest paying city Indianapolis-Carmel (median annual salary of $48,150). Compared with Indianapolis-Carmel, the median annual salary of payroll and timekeeping clerks in Lafayette-West Lafayette is 1.7 percent (1.7%) lower.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Indianapolis-Carmel | |
| Lafayette-West Lafayette | |
| Columbus | |
| Elkhart-Goshen | |
| Fort Wayne | |
| Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area | |
| Muncie | |
| Bloomington | |
| Michigan City-La Porte | |
| Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area | |
| Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area | |
| Anderson | |
| Gary | |
| Lafayette | |
| Terre Haute | |
| Kokomo |