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Payroll Administrator salary

3 market ranges · employer-stated pay · updated Oct 19, 2026

Live payroll administrator jobs

The best-evidenced figure here is for payroll administrator roles at mid level across the United States: 12 postings where the employer stated pay put the middle half between $61,894 and $78,388, with a median of $67,825.

Every range here is counted from real postings, never modelled. 2 of the 3 ranges in the table rest on fewer than 10 postings and are marked hint: treat those as hints rather than benchmarks.

Every measured range

3 by market and level
MarketLevelMarket rangeMedianSample
United States · country-wide Mid $61,894 – $78,388 $67,825 12
Canada · country-wide Mid CA$57,750 – CA$62,223 CA$59,500 7hint
United States · country-wide Senior $72,319 – $84,875 $79,638 6hint

Entry is junior titles. Mid is mid-level and manager titles. Senior is senior titles. Lead is director, VP and above. Rows marked hint rest on fewer than 10 postings: read them as a hint, not a benchmark.

Ranges span the 25th to 75th percentile of employer-stated base pay for the market and level. Median is the 50th percentile. Sample is the number of postings measured.

Open payroll administrator roles · 18 with stated pay

Pay marked e is our estimate. Everything else is the employer's own figure.

this job's payour estimatewhere most pay sits here, $55,000–$116,688scale $30,000–$170,000

Payroll Administrator (Remote) Harris · Illinois, United States New $50,000–$60,000 today Payroll Administrator Cfindustries · Northbrook New $56,700–$74,800 3d ago PAYROLL ADMINISTRATOR - ASSOC-PRINC EPE · El Paso New $43,800–$84,772 3d ago Senior Payroll Administrator Ledcor · Vancouver CA$54,800–CA$75,350 4d ago Prevailing Wage & Payroll Administrator BKF · Los Angeles $87,141–$116,688 6d ago US Payroll Administrator Informa Group Plc. · North New Hyde Park $70,000–$85,000 6d ago Senior Payroll Administrator - Boston office Goodwinprocter · Boston $80,000–$90,000 10d ago USA Benefits & Payroll Administrator AppDirect · United States $55,000–$65,000 2w ago Intermediate Payroll Administrator S&R Group of Companies · Sarnia CA$55,000–CA$70,000 2w ago Payroll Administrator Ledcor · Vancouver CA$48,000–CA$66,000 2w ago USA Benefits & Payroll Administrator AppDirect · Canada CA$70,000–CA$90,000 3w ago Payroll Administrator (Arizona - Phoenix or Tucson based) AMS Schools · Tempe $60,000–$80,000 4w ago Senior Payroll Administrator SciTec · Princeton $97,000–$128,000 5w ago Payroll Administrator Broadstreet Properties · Winnipeg CA$52,000–CA$65,000 5w ago Payroll Administrator Mets · Citi Field – Queens, New York $50,000–$70,000 7w ago USA Benefits & Payroll Administrator AppDirect · Montreal CA$70,000–CA$90,000 7w ago Global Payroll Administrator Reddit · Remote · US $143,600–$201,000 2mo ago Payroll Administrator Uwaterloo · Waterloo CA$55,062–CA$68,828 6mo ago Payroll Administrator Brandt Tractor · Ballarat A$90,000–A$105,000e 4w ago Payroll Administrator Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches · Live Oak $69,258–$119,093e 4w ago Payroll Administrator Haren Construction Company · Etowah $69,258–$119,093e 4w ago Payroll Administrator calgaryjohnhoward · Calgary Pay not stated 4w ago Payroll Administrator Precision Drilling · Houston $69,258–$119,093e 4w ago Payroll Administrator Bureau Veritas UK · Manchester £32,000–£52,964e 5w ago Office & Payroll Administrator Champions Group Holdings · Phoenix $69,258–$119,093e 5w ago Global Payroll Administrator Interpath Advisory · Cape Town Pay not stated 6w ago Payroll Administrator Menzies LLP · Woking £32,000–£52,964e 6w ago Finance and Payroll Administrator SGS · Kildare €43,500–€65,075e 6w ago Payroll Administrator Adler & Allan · Harrogate £32,000–£52,964e 8w ago Payroll Administrator ReWorks Solutions · Remote · South Africa Pay not stated 8w ago US Payroll Administrator - Temporary Houlihan Lokey · Los Angeles $69,258–$119,093e 2mo ago Payroll Administrator (Maternity cover) Absolute Pets · Cape Town Pay not stated 2mo ago Payroll Administrator (PRP26408) TMEIC Corporation Americas · Brookshire $69,258–$119,093e 2mo ago Junior Payroll Administrator Terrestris Global Solutions · Springfield $67,000–$85,750e 4mo ago Senior Payroll Administrator Integrated Resources INC · Newark $94,243–$157,167e 10y ago Payroll Administrator Futurewave Systems · Alpharetta $69,258–$119,093e 10y ago