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Payroll Specialist jobs: 457 open roles

Open payroll specialist jobs taken from employers’ own career sites and checked to still be open. Listings that state pay show a median of $66,500 a year.

The market for payroll specialist work

Every figure names its source. Skills and AI-skill shares describe the whole Finance function this title sits in. Outlook, pay and AI-use figures are for the government category “Payroll and timekeeping clerks”, the closest occupation to this title.

Verified open payroll specialist jobs
457

Source: NextChapter, checked against employer career sites, last 7 days.

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Median pay in listings that state it
$66,500

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

Employment outlook
Projected to shrink 16% from 2025 to 2035.

Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2025–2035.

National median pay, all levels
$58,260

Source: BLS OEWS, 2025.

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Openings a year nationally, growth plus replacement
11,400

Source: BLS Employment Projections.

AI use at work
AI use among payroll and timekeeping clerks is little observed so far.

Source: Anthropic Economic Index.

Finance openings that ask for AI skills
3%

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

Finance openings that are remote
4%

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

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Skills most often named in openings

  1. 1. audit9%
  2. 2. excel9%
  3. 3. accounts payable7%
  4. 4. fp&a6%
  5. 5. forecasting6%
  6. 6. accounts receivable5%
  7. 7. budgeting5%
  8. 8. erp4%

AI skills worth building for this work

  1. 1. AI tools in daily work
  2. 2. Gen-AI assistants (ChatGPT, Copilot, Claude)
  3. 3. Prompt design
  4. 4. AI coding assistants
  5. 5. AI workflow automation
  6. 6. Automation platforms (Zapier, n8n, Power Automate)

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Payroll Specialist salary

The middle half of payroll specialist listings that state pay run from $55,000 to $75,500. See the full payroll specialist salary breakdown.

Finance jobs in the rankings

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Where payroll specialist jobs are

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Payroll Specialist jobs by city and state

Employers hiring payroll specialists

  • Robert Half 20
  • Creative Financial Staffing 15
  • LHH 8
  • MediaNews Group 7
  • ADP 6
  • ADP - Automatic Data Processing 5
  • The Pivot Group 4
  • Quanta Services 3
  • Spot On Talent 2
  • Vulcan Elements 2

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