How much do Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks make in Lake Charles, LA?

Percentile spread

For Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks, the published 10th percentile is $28,180 and the 90th percentile is $68,600. The difference is $40,420, which is 80.6% 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 $38,370 to the 75th at $59,790, covers $21,420.

The mean annual wage is $50,120, which sits below the median of $50,170. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Lake Charles, LA median is 13.9% lower than the national median of $58,260 for Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks. In 2024 national prices the local median is $58,438, which is 0.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.2% lower than the Louisiana median of $50,800.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Lake Charles, LA is 85.852, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $50,170 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks at $58,438 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

11 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks. Lake Charles, LA ranks 8th of 12 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).).

• Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX is 61 miles away, with a median of $50,450 and employment of 160. That median is 0.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $56,027, against $58,438 here.
• Lafayette, LA is 63 miles away, with a median of $50,510 and employment of 200. That median is 0.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $57,918, against $58,438 here.
• Alexandria, LA is 97 miles away, with a median of $49,310 and employment of 60. That median is 1.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $57,547, against $58,438 here.

Employment share

Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks accounts for 0.11% of wage-and-salary employment in Lake Charles, LA (110 of 101,690). Nationally the occupation is 0.10% of employment (153,140 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.10 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.