How much do Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks make in Grants Pass, OR?

Percentile spread

For Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks, the published 10th percentile is $46,380 and the 90th percentile is $80,160. The difference is $33,780, which is 58.0% 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 $51,410 to the 75th at $65,450, covers $14,040.

The mean annual wage is $60,300, which sits above the median of $58,270. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Grants Pass, OR median is about the same as the national median of $58,260 for Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks. In 2024 national prices the local median is $59,605, which is 2.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 4.4% lower than the Oregon median of $60,980.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Grants Pass, OR is 97.760, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $58,270 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks at $59,605 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

7 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks. Grants Pass, OR ranks 4th of 8 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).).

• Medford, OR is 46 miles away, with a median of $53,530 and employment of 150. That median is 8.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $52,774, against $59,605 here.
• Eugene-Springfield, OR is 112 miles away, with a median of $57,230 and employment of 220. That median is 1.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $56,346, against $59,605 here.
• Redding, CA is 137 miles away, with a median of $55,430 and employment of 80. That median is 4.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $55,053, against $59,605 here.

Employment share

Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks accounts for 0.13% of wage-and-salary employment in Grants Pass, OR (40 of 30,540). Nationally the occupation is 0.10% of employment (153,140 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.33 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.