Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks Salary in Bangor, ME

Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks pay range in Bangor

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $41,830 a year or less, while the top 10% make $59,980 or more. The middle half of payroll and timekeeping clerks in Bangor earn between $43,920 and $53,980.

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

Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks pay in Bangor vs. Maine and the U.S.

Payroll and timekeeping clerks in Bangor earn 16% less than the Maine average ($59,700) and 16% less than the U.S. average ($59,630). At the median the gap is -17% 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 Bangor

On the average salary of $50,150, a single filer in Bangor takes home about $40,768 a year, or $3,397 a month and $1,568 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). Maine's standard deduction phase-out above $102,250 of income is not modelled.

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

Prices in the Bangor area are 3% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 96.5), so the average $50,150 buys what about $51,965 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.0 times the median wage of all jobs in Bangor ($47,960). A typical home costs $280,733, or 5.6 years of this average salary before tax.

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Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks salary in other Maine cities

Bangor ranks 3rd of 3 Maine metro areas for this job; Portland pays the most ($63,130).

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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 Bangor

• Procurement Clerks$53,530 a year
• Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$52,410 a year
• Bill and Account Collectors$51,150 a year
• Billing and Posting Clerks$48,480 a year
• Tellers$40,710 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$69,820 a year
• Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$63,680 a year
• Postal Service Mail Carriers$61,130 a year

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