Los Angeles County / Auditor-Controller / Payroll Clerk I
Job-title file
Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.
1 employees hold this title in Auditor-Controller. Median total compensation for the role is $89,436, below the department median of $154,993.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, the median wage for Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks — about 6,600 people — is $65,040. Auditor-Controller pays a median base salary of $57,002 for this role, 12% below that figure — about the 21st 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Auditor-Controller’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. Auditor-Controller’s median base salary is 2% below that national figure, about the 47th 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Auditor-Controller is $115,008, 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 I is held in 13 Los Angeles County departments. In Auditor-Controller, the median of $89,436 ranks #13 of 13.
Median total compensation for the Payroll Clerk I role in other Los Angeles Countydepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 3 jurisdictions. In Los Angeles County, the median of $118,670 ranks #1 of 3. See Payroll Clerk across all of Los Angeles County →
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 I/Auditor-Controller
At Auditor-Controller, Talat Saiyed serves as a Payroll Clerk I. Their 2025 pay totaled $89,436.