How much do Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks make in Stockton-Lodi, CA?

Percentile spread

For Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks, the published 10th percentile is $43,830 and the 90th percentile is $82,670. The difference is $38,840, which is 63.4% 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 $49,170 to the 75th at $74,410, covers $25,240.

The mean annual wage is $62,290, which sits above the median of $61,230. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Stockton-Lodi, CA median is 5.1% higher than the national median of $58,260 for Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks. In 2024 national prices the local median is $58,265, which is about the same as that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 6.3% lower than the California median of $65,340.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Stockton-Lodi, CA is 105.089, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $61,230 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks at $58,265 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

18 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks. Stockton-Lodi, CA ranks 10th of 19 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).).

• Modesto, CA is 30 miles away, with a median of $61,980 and employment of 260. That median is 1.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $59,534, against $58,265 here.
• Vallejo, CA is 43 miles away, with a median of $63,170 and employment of 190. That median is 3.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $58,232, against $58,265 here.
• San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is 56 miles away, with a median of $80,510 and employment of 2,260. That median is 31.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $69,637, against $58,265 here.

Employment share

Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks accounts for 0.12% of wage-and-salary employment in Stockton-Lodi, CA (340 of 289,660). Nationally the occupation is 0.10% of employment (153,140 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.19 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.