Human resources
Payroll clerk
Key facts
This job is declining in the United States. AI exposure: very high according to the ILO, very high according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: −15.9% (BLS). Future-proof jobs use similar skills: see "What next?".
The job
Calculates wages, issues payslips and files payroll tax and social contribution returns.
10 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- payroll accounting clerk
- payroll accounts clerk
- payroll administrator
- payroll and benefits clerk
- payroll bookeeper
- payroll clerk
- payroll officer
- payroll technician
- personnel and payroll technician
- wages clerk
What next?
Future-proof jobs that draw on skills close to this one. They are leads to explore, not an assessment of your profile.
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Indicative matches: at launch they will come from the skills listed in official occupational directories.
Gauges
No US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job: this gauge stays empty. How countries are compared
Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.