payroll clerk

Wage processing employee

A payroll clerk processes employee wages, handling tasks like calculating hours, applying deductions, and issuing paychecks.

The role is administrative rather than strategic, sitting below payroll manager or accountant: She started as a payroll clerk and worked her way up to controller.

Also called payroll administrator or payroll specialist.

Related

timesheets · time card · accounting · bookkeeper · number crunching · calculator · spreadsheet · deductions · taxes · withholding · direct deposit · overtime · nine to five · hours · benefits · W-2 · tax forms · payday

Categories
Opposites
organizational hierarchy

payroll clerkCEO

Top corporate officer

chief executive · executive · owner · board member · director

money flow direction

payroll clerkbilling clerk

Employee who processes invoices

debt collector · tax collector · cashier · creditor

employment status

payroll clerkemployer

One who employs others

business owner · proprietor · entrepreneur · paymaster

Family

roll, clerk, paying, payable, payment, repayment, rolls, rolled, rolling

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G