# Market evidence report — payroll-clerk

Source: **53 real job ads** (JSearch API, countries: us 53), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-18.
This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is
reproduced (copyright / platform terms).

## Seniority distribution

| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 32 | 60 % |
| n/a | 15 | 28 % |
| junior | 6 | 11 % |

## Tools — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft Excel | 17 | 32 % |
| 2 | Microsoft Word | 5 | 9 % |
| 3 | ADP | 3 | 6 % |
| 4 | Microsoft PowerPoint | 3 | 6 % |

## Hard skills — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | payroll processing | 49 | 92 % |
| 2 | data entry | 36 | 68 % |
| 3 | osha reporting | 18 | 34 % |
| 4 | expense tracking | 16 | 30 % |
| 5 | report generation | 14 | 26 % |
| 6 | benefit administration | 13 | 25 % |
| 7 | personnel file maintenance | 13 | 25 % |
| 8 | timekeeping management | 13 | 25 % |
| 9 | personnel record maintenance | 11 | 21 % |
| 10 | record maintenance | 9 | 17 % |
| 11 | account reconciliation | 4 | 8 % |
| 12 | accounts payable | 4 | 8 % |
| 13 | timekeeping | 3 | 6 % |

## Methods — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|

## Responsibilities — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | payroll information assistance | 18 | 34 % |
| 2 | personnel file maintenance | 16 | 30 % |
| 3 | report generation | 15 | 28 % |
| 4 | employee support | 14 | 26 % |
| 5 | data correction | 12 | 23 % |
| 6 | data review | 12 | 23 % |
| 7 | osha report completion | 12 | 23 % |
| 8 | performance review processing | 12 | 23 % |
| 9 | time exception review | 12 | 23 % |
| 10 | payroll question resolution | 9 | 17 % |
| 11 | OSHA report maintenance | 8 | 15 % |
| 12 | system updates | 7 | 13 % |
| 13 | payroll processing | 5 | 9 % |
| 14 | payment processing | 3 | 6 % |

## Regional breakdown

> **Corpus note:** 53 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

### US (us)

53 ads.

**Top hard skills:**

- payroll processing — 92 % (49 ads)
- data entry — 68 % (36 ads)
- osha reporting — 34 % (18 ads)
- expense tracking — 30 % (16 ads)
- report generation — 26 % (14 ads)
- benefit administration — 25 % (13 ads)
- personnel file maintenance — 25 % (13 ads)
- timekeeping management — 25 % (13 ads)
- personnel record maintenance — 21 % (11 ads)
- record maintenance — 17 % (9 ads)

**Top tools:**

- Microsoft Excel — 32 % (17 ads)
- Microsoft Word — 9 % (5 ads)
- ADP — 6 % (3 ads)
- Microsoft PowerPoint — 6 % (3 ads)
- accounting software — 4 % (2 ads)
- ADP Workforce Now — 4 % (2 ads)
- Microsoft Outlook — 4 % (2 ads)
- payroll software — 4 % (2 ads)
- QuickBooks — 4 % (2 ads)

**Seniority:** mid 60 % · n/a 28 % · junior 11 %

### UK (gb)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

### EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.


## Job title variants in the market

| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Payroll Clerk | 39 |
| Accounting & Payroll Assistant | 1 |
| Accounting and Payroll Assistant | 1 |
| Accounting and Payroll Specialist | 1 |
| Accounts Payable / Payroll Clerk | 1 |
| Accounts Payable/Payroll Clerk | 1 |
| Bookkeeper/payroll clerk | 1 |
| Office & Payroll Assistant | 1 |
| Payroll & Cash Clerk | 1 |
| Payroll Administrator/Accounting Assistant | 1 |
| Payroll and Recruiting Clerk | 1 |
| Payroll Clerk (Temporary - 6 Month Contract) | 1 |
| Payroll Clerk I | 1 |
| Temporary Payroll Clerk | 1 |
| Transportation Payroll Clerk | 1 |

Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.