# Competences — payroll clerk

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/ade351da-7bda-424e-8682-bbdcab2a25be).

## Essential

- **calculate wages** (skill/competence)
- **carry out financial transactions** (skill/competence)
- **check payrolls** (skill/competence)
- **examine budgets** (skill/competence)
- **manage payroll** (skill/competence)
- **mathematics** (knowledge)
- **prepare paychecks** (skill/competence)
- **procure time sheet approval** (skill/competence)
- **trace financial transactions** (skill/competence)

## Optional

- accounting (knowledge)
- allocate paychecks (skill/competence)
- calculate employee benefits (skill/competence)
- calculate sales commission (skill/competence)
- calculate tax (skill/competence)
- estimate duration of work (skill/competence)
- liaise with union officials (skill/competence)
- maintain data entry requirements (skill/competence)
- maintain financial records (skill/competence)
- manage payroll reports (skill/competence)
- prepare financial statements (skill/competence)
- trade union regulations (knowledge)

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## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 53 ads, as of 2026-07-18)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

### Hard skills

- payroll processing — **92 %**
- data entry — **68 %**
- osha reporting — **34 %**
- expense tracking — **30 %**
- report generation — **26 %**
- personnel file maintenance — **25 %**
- benefit administration — **25 %**
- timekeeping management — **25 %**
- personnel record maintenance — **21 %**

### Responsibilities

- payroll information assistance — **34 %**
- personnel file maintenance — **30 %**
- report generation — **28 %**
- employee support — **26 %**
- osha report completion — **23 %**
- data correction — **23 %**
- data review — **23 %**
- time exception review — **23 %**
- performance review processing — **23 %**

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