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Payroll Clerks

ANZSCO 5513

Employed

51,700

Part-time share

29%

Female share

84%

Median weekly earnings

$1,606

Median age

46 yrs

Employment outlook

Growing

Source: Jobs and Skills Australia · ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing.

Payroll Clerks is a job in Australia. The job figures on this page come from Jobs and Skills Australia and the ABS Census, where they are published. The courses listed here lead to this job. Compare the fee, study mode, length, place, and how to get in before you enquire.

Courses linked to this job include Diploma of Payroll Services and Certificate IV in Payroll Administration.

Jobs and Skills Australia rates the job outlook as Growing.

Jobs, part-time share, age, and pay appear on this page only when Jobs and Skills Australia or the ABS has published them for Payroll Clerks. A blank is a missing figure, not a pay of zero. The courses below are linked to this job. Open one to compare the fee, study mode, length, campus, and how to get in.

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About this career

Payroll Clerks prepare payrolls and related records for employee salaries and statutory record-keeping purposes.

What they typically do

  • Creating files for new employees to record payroll data
  • Maintaining and updating files for existing employees to record information such as employee contact details, leave taken, overtime, promotions, transfers, tax deductions, health insurance payments and superannuation
  • Preparing payroll data from time sheets and other payroll and personnel records
  • Processing payment of wages and salaries
  • Issuing and recording adjustments to employees' pay
  • Interpreting industrial awards
  • Providing information to employees and managers about payroll matters such as tax issues, benefits and deductions
  • Finalising files and arrangements when employees retire, resign or transfer
  • May be in involved in maintaining superannuation and other deduction and contribution records

States and territories

Share of workers by location

NSW
28.3%
QLD
27.9%
VIC
23%
WA
10.3%
SA
6.5%
TAS
1.6%
ACT
1.5%
NT
0.9%

Qualification pathways

These accredited qualifications can lead to a career as a Payroll Clerks.