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.
  • Process paperwork for new employees and enter employee information into the payroll system.
  • Review time sheets, work charts, wage computation, and other information to detect and reconcile payroll discrepancies.
  • Train employees on organizations' timekeeping systems.

  • Enter information into databases or software programs.