ANZSCO 5513

Payroll Clerks

Overview

EMPLOYED

52,100

PART-TIME SHARE

36%

FEMALE SHARE

87%

MEDIAN WEEKLY EARNINGS

$1,548

MEDIAN AGE

44

ANNUAL EMPLOYMENT GROWTH

2,800

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Summary

Payroll Clerks prepare payrolls and related records for employee salaries and statutory record-keeping purposes.

Tasks

  • Creating files for new employees to record payroll data
  • Maintaining and updating files for existing employees to record information such as employee contact details, leave taken, overtime, promotions, transfers, tax deductions, health insurance payments and superannuation
  • Preparing payroll data from time sheets and other payroll and personnel records
  • Processing payment of wages and salaries
  • Issuing and recording adjustments to employees' pay
  • Interpreting industrial awards
  • Providing information to employees and managers about payroll matters such as tax issues, benefits and deductions
  • Finalising files and arrangements when employees retire, resign or transfer
  • May be in involved in maintaining superannuation and other deduction and contribution records

ANZSCO Classification

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    Earnings and Hours

    Weekly Earnings (Before Tax)
    Source: Share of workers who work full-time hours: ABS, Labour Force Survey, 2023, four-quarter average, customised report.
    Average full-time hours worked per week: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
    Median full-time earnings per week and Median hourly earnings: ABS, Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours, May 2023, customised report.
    Note: median earnings data have not been produced for some occupations where there is a high standard error, and are published with "N/A" values.
    Earnings and Hours Payroll Clerks All Occupations
    Share of workers who work full-time hours 64% 70%
    Average full-time hours worked per week 41 hours 44 hours
    Median full-time earnings per week $1,548 $1,697
    Median hourly earnings $41 $43

    Industries

    Payroll Clerks work in industries like:

    Source: Ranked using ABS, Labour Force Survey, 2023, four-quarter average data, custom report.
    Note: industries that comprise less than 5% of an occupation have been suppressed.

    States and territories

    New South Wales

    28.8%

    Victoria

    25.5%

    Queensland

    25.9%

    South Australia

    6.6%

    Tasmania

    1.6%

    Northern Territory

    1.1%

    Australian Capital Territory

    1.2%

    Source: ABS Labour Force Survey, Detailed, August 2024, Jobs and Skills Australia trend data.

    Age and gender

    Age and Gender Profile
    Source: ABS, Labour Force Survey, 2023, four-quarter average, customised report.
    Age and Gender Payroll Clerks All Occupations
    Median age 44 years 39 years
    Female share of employment 87% 48%
    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
    Age Profile (% Share) All Occupations Payroll Clerks
    15–19 5.2 0.4
    20–24 9.1 3.4
    25–34 22.7 17.8
    35–44 22.3 26.2
    45–54 20.4 27.0
    55–59 8.8 12.1
    60–64 6.5 8.0
    65 and Over 4.9 5.0

    Education

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    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
    Highest Level of Educational Attainment (% Share) All Occupations Payroll Clerks
    Post Graduate/Graduate Diploma or Graduate Certificate 12.2 8.2
    Bachelor degree 23.2 18.3
    Advanced Diploma/Diploma 11.1 15.6
    Certificate III/IV 19.5 16.5
    Year 12 15.9 21.5
    Year 11 4.0 5.8
    Year 10 and below 9.7 9.7
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      Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations

      Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO) is the skill-based classification system used to categorise occupations in the Australian and New Zealand labour markets. ANZSCO provides a basis for the standardised collection, analysis and dissemination of occupation data. Visit the ABS website to learn how ANZSCO works. Jobs and Skills Australia displays data for occupations that are defined by ANZSCO 2013 Version 1.3.