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Average Payroll And Timekeeping Clerks Salary in Alaska

Payroll And Timekeeping Clerks in Alaska earn a median annual salary of $62,210, which is +6.8% compared to the national median. There are 360 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Alaska (state).

$62,210
Alaska median annual wage
$30/hour median
+6.8%
Difference vs national median
National median is $58,260
360
Local employment
1.1 jobs per 1,000 workers
1.12
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$46,790
25th
$56,430
Median
$62,210
75th
$68,650
90th
$78,450

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Alaska, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
102.4%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$60,776
Goods: 106.3%
Services: 119.0%
Rents: 93.8%
Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

State Median annual wage Compare Employment
District of Columbia $74,670 Compare 270
California $65,340 Compare 20,590
Washington $64,560 Compare 3,560
Colorado $64,140 Compare 2,580
Massachusetts $63,670 Compare 3,280
New Hampshire $63,090 Compare 800

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Alaska

Occupation Median annual wage LQ
Emergency Medicine Physicians $452,620 2.76
Obstetricians And Gynecologists $421,450 1.03
General Internal Medicine Physicians $366,080 0.80
Physicians, All Other $355,100 0.37
Neurologists $354,760 4.46
Psychiatrists $342,170 0.93
Nurse Anesthetists $341,210 0.82
Family Medicine Physicians $323,490 3.40

Alaska has salary data for 528 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Emergency Medicine Physicians.

Historical series

Trend for Payroll And Timekeeping Clerks in Alaska

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Payroll And Timekeeping Clerks are projected to change by -16.7% from 2024 to 2034, with 13,000 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.