Allegheny County, Pennsylvania / Public Works Operating / Payroll Clerk
Job-title file
Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.
3 employees hold this title in Public Works Operating. Median total compensation for the role is $41,728, below the department median of $60,449.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Pittsburgh, PA area, the median wage for Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks — about 1,130 people — is $52,400. Public Works Operating pays a median base salary of $41,686 for this role, 20% below that figure — about the 13th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks across every employer in the Pittsburgh, PA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Public Works Operating’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks — about 153,140 people — is $58,260. Public Works Operating’s median base salary is 28% below that national figure, about the 14th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Pittsburgh, PA range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 2 of 3 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Public Works Operating is $41,728, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
Payroll Clerk is held in 2 Allegheny County, Pennsylvania departments. In Public Works Operating, the median of $41,728 ranks #2 of 2.
Median total compensation for the Payroll Clerk role in other Allegheny County, Pennsylvaniadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 3 jurisdictions. In Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, the median of $42,205 ranks #3 of 3. See Payroll Clerk across all of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania →
Median total compensation for comparable Payroll Clerk roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Record list
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Payroll Clerk/Public Works Operating
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Hannah C Winczner is a Payroll Clerk at Public Works Operating. Records show a hire date of 3/25/2024. 2025 total compensation came to $42,205.
Payroll Clerk/Public Works Operating
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Megan A Stawecki works as a Payroll Clerk for Public Works Operating. Their hire date on record is 8/4/2019. Megan earned $41,728 in 2025.
Payroll Clerk/Public Works Operating
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Alix L Direnna works as a Payroll Clerk for Public Works Operating. Their hire date on record is 12/19/2022. Alix earned $1,278 in 2024.