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Bill and Account Collectors vs Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks

Side-by-side · O*NET · BLS · AI-exposure research · Anthropic Economic Index

A factual, source-backed comparison of Bill and Account Collectors and Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks on the dimensions both occupations carry. Every figure is a position within an independent published dataset — not a verdict on which job is better, safer, or more “future-proof.”

Bill and Account Collectors Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$46,040
$55,290
Employment · BLS OEWS
165,020
156,950
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
76th pct
73rd pct

At a glance

Dimension Bill and Account Collectors Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks
Median pay $46,040 $55,290
Employment 165,020 156,950
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection Declining (-10.5%) Declining (-16.7%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 13,700 13,000
Typical education · O*NET Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not. Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
AI exposure · published exposure studies High · 76th pct High · 73rd pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 80th pct · 43% of tasks 98th pct · 61% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index Augmentation-leaning (57.4%) Augmentation-leaning (52.9%)
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman Yes Yes

Pay and employment are BLS OEWS estimates; outlook and openings are BLS 2024–2034 projections; AI exposure and observed-use figures come from separate research and reflect exposure and usage, not predictions that either job will disappear. Compare like with like.

Skills

Shared: English Language, Active Listening, Speaking, Customer and Personal Service, Oral Comprehension, Oral Expression, Written Comprehension, Speech Recognition, Speech Clarity, Written Expression, Social Perceptiveness, Mathematics, Economics and Accounting, Writing, Near Vision, Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, Computers and Electronics, Administration and Management, Administrative, Monitoring, Service Orientation, Time Management, Problem Sensitivity, Category Flexibility, Selective Attention, Active Learning, Coordination, Complex Problem Solving, Judgment and Decision Making, Deductive Reasoning, Inductive Reasoning, Information Ordering, Number Facility, Mathematics, Mathematical Reasoning, Perceptual Speed.

Specific to Bill and Account Collectors

  • Persuasion
  • Law and Government
  • Negotiation

Specific to Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks

  • Personnel and Human Resources
  • Flexibility of Closure
  • Communications and Media

Knowledge, skills & abilities O*NET rates as important for each occupation. “Shared” are common to both; the columns list what is distinctive to each (top by the order O*NET surfaces).

Tools & technology

Shared: Spreadsheet software , Office suite software , Electronic mail software , Word processing software , Enterprise resource planning ERP software , Accounting software , Presentation software , Time accounting software , Data base user interface and query software .

Specific to Bill and Account Collectors

Specific to Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Bill and Account Collectors or Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks — tasks, the full skill graph, tools, work context, preparation, wages by percentile, industries, AI exposure and the AI work map.

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Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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Singulariki. "Bill and Account Collectors vs Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/compare/bill-and-account-collectors-vs-payroll-and-timekeeping-clerks

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Singulariki. (2026). Bill and Account Collectors vs Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/bill-and-account-collectors-vs-payroll-and-timekeeping-clerks

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