Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks
Office and Administrative Support · SOC 43-3051
AI exposure from the Anthropic Economic Index (2025); salary from BLS; skills from O*NET. See /sources.
Decision card
Career Evidence Passport
SOC 43-3051 evidence across exposure, wages, projections, postings, certified LCAs, skills, and transitions.
- SOC exposure
- 4.9%
- Medium · Anthropic AEI
- Automation friction
- 35/100
- Low friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
- Wages
- $58,260
- H-1B offered wage $69,528; LCAs are filings.
- Projected openings
- 15,800
- BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change -16.7%.
- Observed/proxy demand
- 1
- FY2025 certified LCAs; 19,488 postings in 2025.
Skill evidence
- H-1B values are certified Labor Condition Applications, not visa approvals.
- Job postings are seed-static / seed-derived; treat as provider-ready proxy coverage until observed provider data is wired in.
- Transition matches are directional skill-overlap context, not placement guarantees.
- This release is a FutureGrid broad-SOC seed derived from public BLS ORS requirement concepts and categories, not direct occupation-level ORS survey estimates. It describes job requirements, not worker ability, AI capability, or displacement probability. Automation friction is a FutureGrid derived score and should be read alongside exposure, demand, wage, and projection signals.
Best transitions from here
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AI Exposure Analysis
Across AI measures
Multiple exposure lenses for this occupation.
AI could do ~83.8% of this role but only ~4.9% is currently done with AI — a large capability-vs-adoption gap.
Top Skills
H-1B Visa Sponsorship Demand
View full H-1B trends →Certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications naming this occupation, FY2016–FY2025. A descriptive high-skill labor-demand signal — employer filings, not visa approvals or individual outcomes. Note: one LCA can cover multiple worker positions.
O*NET occupation profile
What this work involves
Compile and record employee time and payroll data. May compute employees' time worked, production, and commission. May compute and post wages and deductions, or prepare paychecks.
Common titles: Payroll Assistant, Payroll Clerk, Payroll Coordinator, Payroll Representative, Payroll Specialist, Payroll Technician
Representative Tasks
- •Verify attendance, hours worked, and pay adjustments, and post information onto designated records.
- •Process and issue employee paychecks and statements of earnings and deductions.
- •Compute wages and deductions, and enter data into computers.
- •Process paperwork for new employees and enter employee information into the payroll system.
- •Prepare and balance period-end reports, and reconcile issued payrolls to bank statements.
Detailed Work Activities
- •Verify employee information.
- •Execute sales or other financial transactions.
- •Record personnel information.
- •Enter information into databases or software programs.
- •Calculate financial data.
Tools & Technologies
Employment Projections & AI Exposure
Employment & Wage Trend
BLS OEWS, 2019–2025
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). See /sources.
Sector Comparison
| Metric | This Career | Sector Average |
|---|---|---|
| AI Exposure | 4.9% | 33.9% |
| Outlook | Average | 22% Bright |
| Median Salary | $58,260 | N/A |
| AI Resiliency | 95/100 | N/A |