Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks Salary in Bismarck, ND

Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks pay range in Bismarck

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $47,130 a year or less, while the top 10% make $77,760 or more. The middle half of payroll and timekeeping clerks in Bismarck earn between $57,950 and $72,000.

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

Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks pay in Bismarck vs. North Dakota and the U.S.

Payroll and timekeeping clerks in Bismarck earn 5% more than the North Dakota average ($61,350) and 8% more than the U.S. average ($59,630). At the median the gap is +6% 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 Bismarck

On the average salary of $64,260, a single filer in Bismarck takes home about $53,813 a year, or $4,484 a month and $2,070 every two weeks. Taxes take 16% 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 Bismarck a good place for payroll and timekeeping clerks? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Bismarck area are 9% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 91.0), so the average $64,260 buys what about $70,597 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.2 times the median wage of all jobs in Bismarck ($52,560). A typical home costs $356,992, or 5.6 years of this average salary before tax.

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Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks salary in other North Dakota cities

Bismarck ranks 1st of 3 North Dakota metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

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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 Bismarck

• Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$51,700 a year
• Billing and Posting Clerks$51,360 a year
• Bill and Account Collectors$46,960 a year
• Tellers$43,290 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$77,580 a year
• Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$75,570 a year
• Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$65,890 a year
• Postal Service Mail Carriers$64,280 a year

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