Roles · Accounting and bookkeeping

AI payroll clerk

Computes wages and deductions, processes paychecks, and updates payroll records for the business.

Ingrid Liu“I compute wages and process paychecks for the business.”An example character, not a real person.
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Payroll clerk · What it does

Three tasks it takes off your hands

  1. Compute wages and deductions, and enter data into computers.
  2. Process and issue employee paychecks and statements of earnings and deductions.
  3. Record employee information, such as exemptions, transfers, and resignations, to maintain and update payroll records.
Where these come from

The tasks of “Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks” (O*NET 43-3051.00), as O*NET lists them:

  • Compute wages and deductions, and enter data into computers.
  • Process and issue employee paychecks and statements of earnings and deductions.
  • Record employee information, such as exemptions, transfers, and resignations, to maintain and update payroll records.

Payroll clerk · Tools and industries

It works in the tools you already use

  • Kronos Workforce Timekeeper
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Workday software
  • Intuit QuickBooks

Industries it fits

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Role facts from O*NET 31.0 Database (U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), CC BY 4.0) and ANZSCO 2022 (Australian Bureau of Statistics, CC BY 4.0), written in our words. Sources and credits

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