Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks Salary in Morristown, TN

Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks pay range in Morristown

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $37,390 a year or less, while the top 10% make $75,650 or more. The middle half of payroll and timekeeping clerks in Morristown earn between $39,850 and $58,680.

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

Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks pay in Morristown vs. Tennessee and the U.S.

Payroll and timekeeping clerks in Morristown earn 8% less than the Tennessee average ($54,220) and 16% less than the U.S. average ($59,630). At the median the gap is -23% 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 Morristown

On the average salary of $50,150, a single filer in Morristown takes home about $42,476 a year, or $3,540 a month and $1,634 every two weeks. Taxes take 15% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and no state income tax.

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

Prices in the Morristown area are 14% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 86.4), so the average $50,150 buys what about $58,068 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.0 times the median wage of all jobs in Morristown ($44,280). A typical home costs $301,029, or 6.0 years of this average salary before tax.

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Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks salary in other Tennessee cities

Morristown ranks 8th of 10 Tennessee metro areas for this job; Nashville pays the most ($57,010).

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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 Morristown

• Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$44,680 a year
• Procurement Clerks$43,620 a year
• Tellers$37,450 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$64,110 a year
• Postal Service Mail Carriers$61,050 a year
• Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$58,180 a year
• Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$57,660 a year
• Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$50,030 a year

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