Payroll and Timekeeping Clerk Salary in Amarillo, Texas

The annual salary statistics of payroll and timekeeping clerks in Amarillo, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of payroll and timekeeping clerks in Amarillo is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks in Amarillo, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$26,590
25th Percentile Wage
$35,460
50th Percentile Wage
$42,170
75th Percentile Wage
$57,070
90th Percentile Wage
$63,550

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for payroll and timekeeping clerks in Amarillo, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $63,550. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $42,170. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $26,590.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of payroll and timekeeping clerks from 2012 to 2022.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth10-Year Growth
2022
$42,170
0.97% 25.18%
2021
$41,760
-19.47% -
2020
$49,890
3.39% -
2019
$48,200
14.83% -
2018
$41,050
15.54% -
2017
$34,670
-0.55% -
2016
$34,860
-0.43% -
2015
$35,010
-5.86% -
2014
$37,060
10.90% -
2013
$33,020
4.45% -
2012
$31,550
- -

Table 2. Compare Payroll and Timekeeping Clerk Salary in Amarillo with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $42,170 in Amarillo is in the middle of salary range for payroll and timekeeping clerks in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of payroll and timekeeping clerks in Amarillo is 13.4 percent (13.4%) lower than that in the highest paying Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington and 12.2 percent (12.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying Laredo.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$48,700
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$48,600
Midland
$48,530
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$48,020
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$47,600
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$46,490
Corpus Christi
$46,190
Waco
$45,340
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$44,770
Longview
$44,610
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$44,470
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood
$44,280
Sherman-Denison
$43,630
College Station-Bryan
$43,450
Abilene
$43,200
Tyler
$42,770
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$42,700
Odessa
$42,680
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$42,430
Fort Worth-Arlington
$42,190
Amarillo
$42,170
Lubbock
$41,940
Texarkana-Texarkana
$41,530
San Angelo
$41,380
Wichita Falls
$40,140
Victoria
$40,070
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$39,330
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$38,550
El Paso
$37,750
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$37,320
Brownsville-Harlingen
$37,080
Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$37,060
Laredo
$37,040

See also: Top paying jobs in Amarillo, Texas.