Pay distribution $50,510 10th $56,990 25th $79,440 75th $89,450 90th
Half of Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks in the Boston metro area earn more than $66,930 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $56,990 and $79,440.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $50,510 $56,990 $66,930 $79,440 $89,450 Hourly $24.28 $27.40 $32.18 $38.19 $43.01
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares Boston metro areathis metro area
$66,930 median for Boston metro area; middle half earns $56,990 to $79,440
$63,670 median for Massachusetts; middle half earns $54,890 to $77,960
$58,260 median for United States; middle half earns $47,990 to $69,600
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +5% vs Massachusetts overall and +15% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $29,640 $46,597 $63,553 $80,510 Ponce, PR — $29,640 Aguadilla, PR — $30,840 Mayaguez, PR — $33,170 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $34,870 Yuma, AZ — $37,810 Dothan, AL — $38,550 Morgantown, WV — $39,110 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $40,370 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $40,810 Laredo, TX — $41,030 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $41,760 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $42,070 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $43,610 Dubuque, IA — $44,260 Texarkana, TX-AR — $44,290 San Angelo, TX — $44,420 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $44,690 Morristown, TN — $44,790 Charleston, WV — $45,140 Mobile, AL — $45,280 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $45,300 Springfield, OH — $45,470 Tuscaloosa, AL — $45,540 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $45,590 Jacksonville, NC — $45,700 Rapid City, SD — $46,060 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $46,100 Johnson City, TN — $46,150 Muncie, IN — $46,200 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $46,230 Twin Falls, ID — $46,340 Lubbock, TX — $46,360 Montgomery, AL — $46,450 Hattiesburg, MS — $46,510 Tyler, TX — $46,540 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $46,560 Corpus Christi, TX — $46,590 Jackson, MS — $46,600 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $46,770 Decatur, AL — $46,810 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $46,910 Wheeling, WV-OH — $46,980 Homosassa Springs, FL — $47,050 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $47,210 Johnstown, PA — $47,420 College Station-Bryan, TX — $47,440 Columbia, MO — $47,620 Jackson, TN — $47,820 Oklahoma City, OK — $47,830 Cleveland, TN — $47,940 Springfield, MO — $47,980 Jacksonville, FL — $48,210 Evansville, IN — $48,220 Wichita Falls, TX — $48,310 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $48,320 Birmingham, AL — $48,380 Bangor, ME — $48,490 Joplin, MO-KS — $48,510 Terre Haute, IN — $48,510 Monroe, LA — $48,570 El Paso, TX — $48,620 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $48,660 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $48,750 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $48,870 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $49,060 Tucson, AZ — $49,090 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $49,110 Ocala, FL — $49,250 Alexandria, LA — $49,310 Rocky Mount, NC — $49,390 Niles, MI — $49,410 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $49,600 Valdosta, GA — $49,750 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $49,790 Idaho Falls, ID — $49,810 Tallahassee, FL — $49,820 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $49,830 Amarillo, TX — $49,850 Lawton, OK — $49,940 Utica-Rome, NY — $49,940 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $49,970 Winston-Salem, NC — $49,990 Fort Wayne, IN — $50,030 Abilene, TX — $50,120 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $50,150 Lake Charles, LA — $50,170 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $50,200 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $50,320 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $50,350 Jonesboro, AR — $50,370 Jefferson City, MO — $50,420 Kingston, NY — $50,430 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $50,440 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $50,450 Gainesville, FL — $50,480 Lafayette, LA — $50,510 Hammond, LA — $50,520 Punta Gorda, FL — $50,520 Sherman-Denison, TX — $50,540 State College, PA — $50,550 Binghamton, NY — $50,770 Dalton, GA — $50,780 Altoona, PA — $50,790 Vineland, NJ — $50,790 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $50,800 Chambersburg, PA — $50,810 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $50,830 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $50,970 Ithaca, NY — $51,030 Roanoke, VA — $51,060 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $51,160 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $51,170 Dover, DE — $51,290 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $51,410 Wilmington, NC — $51,480 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $51,490 Mansfield, OH — $51,540 Manhattan, KS — $51,630 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $51,630 Florence, SC — $51,860 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $51,870 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $51,910 Lebanon, PA — $51,980 Huntsville, AL — $52,020 Kokomo, IN — $52,140 Albany, GA — $52,160 Fayetteville, NC — $52,170 Monroe, MI — $52,190 Columbia, SC — $52,240 Pittsburgh, PA — $52,400 Clarksville, TN-KY — $52,420 St. George, UT — $52,490 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $52,610 Battle Creek, MI — $52,660 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $52,710 Tulsa, OK — $52,710 Knoxville, TN — $52,910 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $52,910 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $52,920 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $52,920 Bloomington, IN — $53,040 Winchester, VA-WV — $53,080 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $53,190 Cedar Rapids, IA — $53,260 Killeen-Temple, TX — $53,290 Logan, UT-ID — $53,300 Flagstaff, AZ — $53,390 Boise City, ID — $53,420 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $53,420 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $53,420 Longview, TX — $53,470 Medford, OR — $53,530 Bowling Green, KY — $53,540 Traverse City, MI — $53,550 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $53,560 Missoula, MT — $53,590 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $53,590 Jackson, MI — $53,630 Flint, MI — $53,670 Reading, PA — $53,680 Grand Junction, CO — $53,740 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $53,930 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $53,940 York-Hanover, PA — $53,960 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $54,070 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $54,090 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $54,100 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $54,100 Spartanburg, SC — $54,150 Greenville, NC — $54,170 Asheville, NC — $54,290 Owensboro, KY — $54,350 Albuquerque, NM — $54,390 Fond du Lac, WI — $54,400 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $54,560 Baton Rouge, LA — $54,580 Columbus, GA-AL — $54,580 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $54,600 Rome, GA — $54,690 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $54,750 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $54,870 Visalia, CA — $54,890 Erie, PA — $54,900 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $54,960 Peoria, IL — $55,100 Lancaster, PA — $55,140 Columbus, IN — $55,160 Great Falls, MT — $55,280 Lima, OH — $55,280 Syracuse, NY — $55,410 Redding, CA — $55,430 Burlington, NC — $55,440 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $55,450 Rockford, IL — $55,630 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $55,650 Greeley, CO — $55,690 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $55,940 Akron, OH — $55,960 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $55,960 Ogden, UT — $55,960 Odessa, TX — $56,000 Waco, TX — $56,040 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $56,210 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $56,230 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $56,360 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $56,400 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $56,430 Gainesville, GA — $56,430 Glens Falls, NY — $56,430 Iowa City, IA — $56,430 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $56,430 Albany, OR — $56,480 Kansas City, MO-KS — $56,590 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $56,650 Canton-Massillon, OH — $56,770 Decatur, IL — $56,780 Harrisonburg, VA — $56,800 Omaha, NE-IA — $56,870 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $56,900 Ames, IA — $56,920 Port St. Lucie, FL — $56,960 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $56,970 Farmington, NM — $57,200 Paducah, KY-IL — $57,220 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $57,230 Billings, MT — $57,300 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $57,300 Rochester, NY — $57,440 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $57,450 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $57,470 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $57,490 Green Bay, WI — $57,510 Topeka, KS — $57,530 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $57,540 El Centro, CA — $57,610 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $57,650 Springfield, IL — $57,680 Duluth, MN-WI — $57,760 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $57,780 Wichita, KS — $57,820 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $57,970 Hinesville, GA — $58,110 Eau Claire, WI — $58,150 Toledo, OH — $58,170 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $58,180 Grants Pass, OR — $58,270 Springfield, MA — $58,440 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $58,500 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $58,570 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $58,600 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $58,690 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $58,720 Pittsfield, MA — $58,730 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $58,810 Yuba City, CA — $58,840 Mankato, MN — $58,860 St. Cloud, MN — $58,960 Columbus, OH — $59,010 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $59,010 Cleveland, OH — $59,110 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $59,110 St. Louis, MO-IL — $59,190 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $59,200 Salisbury, MD — $59,200 Pueblo, CO — $59,290 Elizabethtown, KY — $59,390 Sandusky, OH — $59,450 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $59,460 Saginaw, MI — $59,480 Midland, TX — $59,510 Salinas, CA — $59,530 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $59,560 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $59,610 Grand Island, NE — $59,620 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $59,630 Wausau, WI — $59,650 Chico, CA — $59,720 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $59,720 Reno, NV — $59,720 Fresno, CA — $59,730 Fargo, ND-MN — $59,750 Ann Arbor, MI — $59,770 Kenosha, WI — $59,790 Bend, OR — $59,930 Lynchburg, VA — $59,950 Richmond, VA — $60,010 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $60,040 Worcester, MA — $60,080 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $60,100 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $60,230 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $60,230 Appleton, WI — $60,240 Lincoln, NE — $60,280 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $60,330 Merced, CA — $60,350 Charlottesville, VA — $60,380 Corvallis, OR — $60,400 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $60,510 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $60,600 Bozeman, MT — $60,800 Urban Honolulu, HI — $60,810 Savannah, GA — $61,080 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $61,200 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $61,230 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $61,250 Colorado Springs, CO — $61,260 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $61,270 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $61,310 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $61,510 Portland-South Portland, ME — $61,590 Salem, OR — $61,590 Bismarck, ND — $61,900 Anchorage, AK — $61,940 Modesto, CA — $61,980 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $62,050 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $62,050 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $62,370 Bloomington, IL — $62,400 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $62,400 Sheboygan, WI — $62,400 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $62,430 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $62,710 Warner Robins, GA — $62,880 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $62,920 Napa, CA — $62,920 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $63,060 Vallejo, CA — $63,170 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $63,400 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $63,440 Madison, WI — $63,500 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $63,500 Rochester, MN — $63,550 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $63,680 Midland, MI — $63,760 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $63,810 Barnstable Town, MA — $63,910 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $64,000 Yakima, WA — $64,050 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $64,170 Fairbanks-College, AK — $64,240 Longview-Kelso, WA — $64,440 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $64,690 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $64,760 Bellingham, WA — $64,990 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $65,040 New Haven, CT — $65,190 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $65,790 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $65,810 Boulder, CO — $66,140 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $66,630 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $66,650 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $66,800 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $66,930 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $67,710 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $67,740 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $68,380 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $68,870 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $77,950 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $80,510 Boston metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Boston metro area has the 7th-highest published median for this occupation among the 359 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in Massachusetts Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for payroll and timekeeping clerks, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Boston metro areathis page
$66,930 median for Boston metro area; middle half earns $56,990 to $79,440
$63,910 median for Barnstable Town metro area; middle half earns $56,100 to $82,810
$60,080 median for Worcester metro area; middle half earns $51,700 to $72,430
$58,730 median for Pittsfield metro area; middle half earns $49,600 to $70,200
$58,720 median for Amherst Town metro area; middle half earns $50,030 to $71,510
$58,440 median for Springfield metro area; middle half earns $50,250 to $66,530
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Customer Service Representatives $49,920 Office Clerks, General $50,710 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive $59,330 First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers $77,990 Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks $60,960 Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants $51,600 Highest-paying metro areas for payroll and timekeeping clerkss · Highest-paying occupations in Boston Metro
About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .