Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks Salary in Valdosta, GA

Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks pay range in Valdosta

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $37,260 a year or less, while the top 10% make $74,860 or more. The middle half of payroll and timekeeping clerks in Valdosta earn between $38,160 and $60,570.

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

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

Payroll and timekeeping clerks in Valdosta earn 12% less than the Georgia average ($59,510) and 12% less than the U.S. average ($59,630). At the median the gap is -15% 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 Valdosta

On the average salary of $52,520, a single filer in Valdosta takes home about $42,508 a year, or $3,542 a month and $1,635 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 Valdosta a good place for payroll and timekeeping clerks? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Valdosta area are 12% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 88.3), so the average $52,520 buys what about $59,499 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.3 times the median wage of all jobs in Valdosta ($39,110). A typical home costs $226,628, or 4.3 years of this average salary before tax.

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Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks salary in other Georgia cities

Valdosta ranks 13th 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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Related jobs in Valdosta

• Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$44,630 a year
• Billing and Posting Clerks$42,630 a year
• Tellers$35,850 a year
• Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$66,130 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$59,320 a year
• Postal Service Mail Carriers$58,630 a year
• Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$52,460 a year
• Information and Record Clerks, All Other$50,520 a year

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