Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks Go Back to List 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.

Technology used in this occupation:
	Human resources software

Tasks
	Process and issue employee paychecks and statements of earnings and deductions.
	Compute wages and deductions, and enter data into computers.
	Compile employee time, production, and payroll data from time sheets and other records.
	Review time sheets, work charts, wage computation, and other information to detect and reconcile payroll discrepancies.
	Verify attendance, hours worked, and pay adjustments, and post information onto designated records.
	Record employee information, such as exemptions, transfers, and resignations, to maintain and update payroll records.
	Issue and record adjustments to pay related to previous errors or retroactive increases.
	Keep informed about changes in tax and deduction laws that apply to the payroll process.
	Provide information to employees and managers on payroll matters, tax issues, benefit plans, and collective agreement provisions.
	Complete time sheets showing employees' arrival and departure times.

Skills
	Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
	Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
	Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
	Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
	Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
	Mathematics - Using mathematics to solve problems.
	Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
	Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.
	Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
	Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

Knowledge
	Clerical - Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
	English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
	Mathematics - Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
	Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
	Personnel and Human Resources - Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
	Computers and Electronics - Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
	Economics and Accounting - Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
	Public Safety and Security - Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
	Education and Training - Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
	Law and Government - Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.

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Wage Information
	Region Average Entry Level  Mid-Range  Annual  Hourly  Statewide $63,039.00 $30.31  $22.58  $25.17 - $34.23  Bridgeport/Stamford $66,237.00 $31.84  $24.12  $26.75 - $35.97  Danbury $68,878.00 $33.11  $23.41  $26.82 - $36.17  Hartford $63,050.00 $30.32  $22.78  $25.22 - $34.76  New Haven $61,822.00 $29.72  $22.15  $24.93 - $33.76  New London/Norwich $58,428.00 $28.09  $20.28  $22.31 - $32.05  Waterbury $58,748.00 $28.24  $21.13  $22.27 - $32.17  Torrington $59,893.00 $28.79  $22.01  $23.19 - $32.37

Occupation Outlook ( 2016 - 2026 ) Average Annual Job Openings:   153   Employment in this occupation is expected to grow more slowly than average, and the number of annual openings will offer limited job opportunities.

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