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payroll-clerk/references/skills.md
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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)

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 %