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Payroll Clerks

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  • Job description
  • Advancement and mobility
  • Hourly wage
  • Job prospects for 2021-2025
  • Sectors of activity
  • Training and requirements
  • Main skills and characteristics
  • Personality profiles (RIASEC)
  • Additional information

Job description

These individuals collect, verify, and process payroll information. They determine the compensation and benefits to be paid to staff. They are employed by payroll administration companies and organizations in the private and public sectors.

Environment

  • Controlled ambient temperature

Main tasks

  • Maintain records of staff attendance, leave, and overtime.
  • Prepare and verify staff pay statements and T4s.
  • Prepare staff and benefit payments.
  • Complete, verify, and process documents required for the administration of benefits.
  • Inform staff.
  • Compile statistical reports and other documents related to compensation and benefits.
  • Prepare and verify end-of-period reports.
  • Reconcile payroll records with bank statements.

Advancement and mobility

  • Experience leads to supervisory positions.

Hourly wage

The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2019 to 2021.
Minimum
$20.00
Median
$29.12
Maximum
$37.50

Job prospects for 2021-2025

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Job prospects for 2021-2025

Job prospects

All of Québec

Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Good

All of Québec

Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Non available

Total jobs for 2020

All of Québec

5,000

All of Québec

na

Gender distribution

All of Québec

Not available.
89.1% Female
10.9% Male

Not available.
  • 89.1% Female
  • 10.9% Male

Job types

All of Québec

Not available.
Full time
Part time

Not available.
  • Full time
  • Part time

Yearly wage on 2015

All of Québec

$49,000

All of Québec

Other characteristics

All of Québec

  • Non traditional for men
  • None

All of Québec

  • Non traditional for men
  • None

Sectors of activity

All of Québec

Not available.
  1. Public Administration
    NAICS 91
    17% of jobs
  2. Retail Trade
    NAICS 44, 45
    7% of jobs
  3. Legal and Accounting Services
    NAICS 5411, 5412
    6% of jobs
  4. Transportation and Warehousing
    NAICS 48, 49
    6% of jobs
  5. Educational Services
    NAICS 61
    6% of jobs
  6. Others
    58% of jobs

All of Québec

Not available.
  1. Public Administration
    NAICS 91
    17% of jobs
  2. Retail Trade
    NAICS 44, 45
    7% of jobs
  3. Legal and Accounting Services
    NAICS 5411, 5412
    6% of jobs
  4. Transportation and Warehousing
    NAICS 48, 49
    6% of jobs
  5. Educational Services
    NAICS 61
    6% of jobs
  6. Others
    58% of jobs