How much do Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks make in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY?

Percentile spread

For Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks, the published 10th percentile is $42,320 and the 90th percentile is $73,300. The difference is $30,980, which is 55.7% 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 $48,250 to the 75th at $63,690, covers $15,440.

The mean annual wage is $56,800, which sits above the median of $55,650. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY median is 4.5% lower than the national median of $58,260 for Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks. In 2024 national prices the local median is $58,063, which is 0.3% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 8.8% lower than the New York median of $61,040.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY is 95.844, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $55,650 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks at $58,063 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

15 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks. Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY ranks 4th of 16 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).).

• Rochester, NY is 62 miles away, with a median of $57,440 and employment of 590. That median is 3.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $59,195, against $58,063 here.
• Erie, PA is 93 miles away, with a median of $54,900 and employment of 80. That median is 1.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $60,363, against $58,063 here.
• Ithaca, NY is 124 miles away, with a median of $51,030 and employment of 40. That median is 8.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,392, against $58,063 here.

Employment share

Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks accounts for 0.12% of wage-and-salary employment in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY (630 of 534,550). Nationally the occupation is 0.10% of employment (153,140 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.20 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.