Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks Salary in Gainesville, GA

Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks pay range in Gainesville

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $41,340 a year or less, while the top 10% make $74,840 or more. The middle half of payroll and timekeeping clerks in Gainesville earn between $45,760 and $66,020.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year. Hourly to annual salary.

Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks pay in Gainesville vs. Georgia and the U.S.

Payroll and timekeeping clerks in Gainesville earn 4% less than the Georgia average ($59,510) and 5% less than the U.S. average ($59,630). At the median the gap is -3% against the U.S. median of $58,260.

State and U.S. rows: BLS statewide and national estimates, May 2025, which include rural areas.

Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks salary after taxes in Gainesville

On the average salary of $56,850, a single filer in Gainesville takes home about $45,771 a year, or $3,814 a month and $1,760 every two weeks. Taxes take 19% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules).

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Is Gainesville a good place for payroll and timekeeping clerks? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Gainesville area are 3% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 96.8), so the average $56,850 buys what about $58,750 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.2 times the median wage of all jobs in Gainesville ($45,900). A typical home costs $393,150, or 6.9 years of this average salary before tax.

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Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks salary in other Georgia cities

Gainesville ranks 5th of 14 Georgia metro areas for this job; Atlanta pays the most ($62,960).

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San Jose, CA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($84,640).

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• Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$50,760 a year
• Bill and Account Collectors$49,260 a year
• Billing and Posting Clerks$45,520 a year
• Tellers$42,120 a year
• Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$70,390 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$70,370 a year
• Postal Service Clerks$65,380 a year
• Postal Service Mail Carriers$61,640 a year

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