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Payroll and Timekeeping Clerk Salary in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas

The annual salary statistics of payroll and timekeeping clerks in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage information of payroll and timekeeping clerks in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos 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 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$37,070
25th Percentile Wage
$46,040
50th Percentile Wage
$48,600
75th Percentile Wage
$60,370
90th Percentile Wage
$74,620

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for payroll and timekeeping clerks in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $74,620. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $48,600. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $37,070.

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
$48,600
0.10% 26.98%
2021
$48,550
2.55% -
2020
$47,310
-4.84% -
2019
$49,600
12.26% -
2018
$43,520
-3.98% -
2017
$45,250
8.02% -
2016
$41,620
-4.35% -
2015
$43,430
9.30% -
2014
$39,390
2.77% -
2013
$38,300
7.34% -
2012
$35,490
- -

Table 2. Compare Payroll and Timekeeping Clerk Salary in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $48,600, Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos is the second highest paying city for payroll and timekeeping clerks in state of Texas, following the highest paying city Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (median annual salary of $48,700). Compared with Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, the median annual salary of payroll and timekeeping clerks in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos is .2 percent (.2%) lower.

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 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas.