How do they match: Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks

  • Compile and record employee time and payroll data. May compute employees' time worked, production, and commission. May compute and post wages and deductions, or prepare paychecks.

  • Compute wages and deductions, and enter data into computers.
  • Keep informed about changes in tax and deduction laws that apply to the payroll process.
  • Review time sheets, work charts, wage computation, and other information to detect and reconcile payroll discrepancies.

  • Enter information into databases or software programs.