How much do Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks make in Asheville, NC?

Percentile spread

For Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks, the published 10th percentile is $36,860 and the 90th percentile is $73,370. The difference is $36,510, which is 67.2% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $42,840 to the 75th at $63,260, covers $20,420.

The mean annual wage is $53,580, which sits below the median of $54,290. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Asheville, NC median is 6.8% lower than the national median of $58,260 for Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks. In 2024 national prices the local median is $56,256, which is 3.4% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.4% higher than the North Carolina median of $53,550.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Asheville, NC is 96.506, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $54,290 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks at $56,256 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

26 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks. Asheville, NC ranks 8th of 27 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Johnson City, TN is 47 miles away, with a median of $46,150 and employment of 90. That median is 15% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $52,486, against $56,256 here.
• Morristown, TN is 57 miles away, with a median of $44,790 and employment of 40. That median is 17.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $51,862, against $56,256 here.
• Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC is 64 miles away, with a median of $50,800 and employment of 90. That median is 6.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $57,410, against $56,256 here.

Employment share

Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks accounts for 0.07% of wage-and-salary employment in Asheville, NC (120 of 180,620). Nationally the occupation is 0.10% of employment (153,140 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.67 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.