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Average Payroll And Timekeeping Clerks Salary in Missouri

Payroll And Timekeeping Clerks in Missouri earn a median annual salary of $51,940, which is -6.1% compared to the national median. There are 3,190 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Missouri (state).

$51,940
Missouri median annual wage
$25/hour median
-6.1%
Difference vs national median
National median is $55,290
3,190
Local employment
1.1 jobs per 1,000 workers
1.07
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$35,870
25th
$43,830
Median
$51,940
75th
$61,780
90th
$73,430

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 Missouri, 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
90.8%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$57,192
Goods: 96.3%
Services: 79.4%
Rents: 69.9%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
District of Columbia$69,210Compare350
Washington$62,310Compare3,880
California$61,670Compare23,180
Minnesota$60,780Compare2,700
Connecticut$60,720Compare1,540
New Hampshire$60,670Compare1,030

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 Missouri

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Nurse Anesthetists$221,5501.27
Dentists, All Other Specialists$217,4000.27
Family Medicine Physicians$216,9901.21
Pediatricians, General$215,0400.21
Physicians, Pathologists$213,4302.95
Physicists$180,4500.22
Chief Executives$158,9301.01
Judges, Magistrate Judges, And Magistrates$156,2101.13

Missouri has salary data for 751 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Nurse Anesthetists.

Historical series

Trend for Payroll And Timekeeping Clerks in Missouri

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.