The annual salary statistics of payroll and timekeeping clerks in Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage information of payroll and timekeeping clerks in Brownsville-Harlingen 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 | $24,240 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $30,570 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $37,080 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $42,260 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $48,670 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for payroll and timekeeping clerks in Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $48,670. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $37,080. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $24,240.
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 | $37,080 | 6.61% | 30.34% |
| 2021 | $34,630 | 6.18% | - |
| 2020 | $32,490 | 6.28% | - |
| 2019 | $30,450 | 3.02% | - |
| 2018 | $29,530 | -3.22% | - |
| 2017 | $30,480 | -0.03% | - |
| 2016 | $30,490 | 1.31% | - |
| 2015 | $30,090 | 18.11% | - |
| 2014 | $24,640 | 3.12% | - |
| 2013 | $23,870 | -8.21% | - |
| 2012 | $25,830 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $37,080 in Brownsville-Harlingen 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 Brownsville-Harlingen is 23.9 percent (23.9%) lower than that in the highest paying Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington and .1 percent (.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Laredo.