Hourly Rate for Payroll Specialist Jobs

Updated: 7 Feb 2012
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$0$12$24$36
Hourly Rate$12.70 - $22.68  
   
Overtime$18.68 - $35.49  
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$0$24K$48K$72K
Bonus$0.51 - $3,907  
   
Profit Sharing$195.74 - $2,618  
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XTotal Pay combines base annual salary or hourly wage, bonuses, profit sharing, tips, commissions, overtime pay and other forms of cash earnings, as applicable for this job. It does not include equity (stock) compensation, cash value of retirement benefits, or the value of other non-cash benefits (e.g. healthcare).
)		$28,328 - $53,805  
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Companies and Industries for Payroll Specialist Jobs

Popular Employers

Hourly Rate
Paychex, Inc.$11.50 - $18.93
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP)Not enough data
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Administaff, Inc.Not enough data
Mercy Health SystemsNot enough data
Popular Industries

Hourly Rate
Payroll Services$12.66 - $21.41
Healthcare$13.10 - $22.32
Education, College/University$12.20 - $21.89
Recruiting / Staffing$12.66 - $21.84
Retail$12.43 - $21.99

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Key Statistics for Payroll Specialist Jobs

Gender
Female
90%
female alumni
  
Male
10%
male alumni
Hourly Rate:$14.56 - $20.02 $14.63 - $19.46
Years of Experience
Less than 1 year
3%
1-4 years
32%
5-9 years
26%
10-19 years
26%
20 years or more
12%
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medical benefits Medical: 81% dental benefits Dental: 74%
vision benefits Vision: 57% employee benefits None: 16%

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Career Path for Payroll Specialist Jobs

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Common Future Jobs

Payroll Specialist

Salary Range

$28,328 - $53,805
payscale
Payroll Clerk
$22,095 - $41,696
Payroll Coordinator
$28,402 - $51,062
Administrative Assistant
$21,043 - $43,870
 
Common Past Jobs
Common Future Jobs

Payroll Specialist

Salary Range

$28,328 - $53,805
payscale
Payroll Administrator
$28,193 - $54,315
Payroll Manager
$32,347 - $81,362
Payroll Supervisor
$33,725 - $69,532
 

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Payroll Specialist Job Description

People with the job title Payroll Specialist typically fall into one of the following PayScale standard occupations.

Payroll Specialists
Audit employee timesheets for hours worked and accuracy. Maintain, prepare and process payroll for organization personnel. Prepare payroll related journal entries for period-end. Compile and submit payroll deductions related check requests and payments. Maintain current knowledge of IRS regulations.

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