Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks Salary in Kenosha, WI

Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks pay range in Kenosha

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $42,730 a year or less, while the top 10% make $74,620 or more. The middle half of payroll and timekeeping clerks in Kenosha earn between $53,050 and $67,710.

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

Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks pay in Kenosha vs. Wisconsin and the U.S.

Payroll and timekeeping clerks in Kenosha earn about the same as the Wisconsin average ($59,710) and about the same as the U.S. average ($59,630). At the median the gap is +3% 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 Kenosha

On the average salary of $60,560, a single filer in Kenosha takes home about $48,743 a year, or $4,062 a month and $1,875 every two weeks. Taxes take 20% 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 Kenosha a good place for payroll and timekeeping clerks? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Kenosha area are in line with the U.S. average (BEA price parity 101.1), so the average $60,560 buys what about $59,890 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.2 times the median wage of all jobs in Kenosha ($48,310). A typical home costs $247,800, or 4.1 years of this average salary before tax.

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Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks salary in other Wisconsin cities

Kenosha ranks 5th of 13 Wisconsin metro areas for this job; Sheboygan pays the most ($66,210).

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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 Kenosha

• Bill and Account Collectors$57,900 a year
• Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$51,570 a year
• Billing and Posting Clerks$49,730 a year
• Tellers$42,380 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$77,330 a year
• Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$73,990 a year
• Postal Service Mail Carriers$62,520 a year
• Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$58,030 a year

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