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Payroll software

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Payroll software is a software tool tracked in the Time accounting software category of O*NET's Technology Skills file. It appears in the technology profile of 17 occupations that together employ about 10,497,690 workers, with a median wage of $66,140.

Across the occupations that use it, the work is 69th percentile for AI task-exposure (High) — how much of what those jobs do overlaps with what today's AI can attempt. That measures the exposure of the work, not the value of the tool or any sign it is being replaced. See where every tool category sits →

Occupations that use this tool

Occupations whose O*NET technology profile lists Payroll software, ranked by employment. Wage and employment are BLS OEWS (national, cross-industry, May 2024) and describe the occupation, not an individual or the tool's own market.

Occupation Workers Median pay
General and Operations Managers 3,584,420 $102,950
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 1,495,580 $66,140
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 1,455,770 $49,210
Accountants and Auditors 1,448,290 $81,680
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 1,113,160 $47,320
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 600,680 $78,300
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks 156,950 $55,290
Security Managers 141,090 $104,690
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors 139,180 $48,350
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers 124,130 $56,170
Crossing Guards and Flaggers 90,180 $37,700
Budget Analysts 47,170 $87,930
Lodging Managers 41,350 $68,130
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers 29,530 $59,330
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents 13,810 $92,730
Fitness and Wellness Coordinators 10,490 $61,340
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers 5,910 $87,980
Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay AI task-overlap (horizontal) versus median pay (vertical), each as a percentile across all scored occupations, for 17 occupations in occupations that use Payroll software. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers Crossing Guards and Flaggers First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers Security Managers First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers Lodging Managers Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks Accountants and Auditors Budget Analysts AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that use Payroll software, by AI task-overlap and median pay

Related tools

Other software in the Time accounting software category.

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. "Payroll software." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/software/payroll-software

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Singulariki. (2026). Payroll software. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/software/payroll-software

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  title  = {Payroll software},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/software/payroll-software}
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