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Payroll: paying staff correctly, with tax and benefits taken off. Oyster, Middesk, Remote People, Justworks and Modulr have the most open roles mentioning Payroll right now.

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393 open roles · 58 posted in the last 7 days · 27% remote · 199 companies hiring · $152K median advertised salary · checked Nov 15 against employer career pages

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Job titles in Payroll roles

Bars show the share of these 393 roles; one role can count in several rows.

Newest Payroll jobs

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Who is hiring for Payroll roles

Where Payroll roles are

A role that lists several places is counted in each of them.

What Payroll roles pay, by level

Level in the titleMedian advertised salaryRoles counted
No level in the title$126K69
Senior$155K38
Lead and above$191K26

Medians of the midpoints of advertised yearly US-dollar ranges; a level needs at least 15 such roles. Advertised, not verified pay.

Jobs you can get with Payroll

Kind of workOpen jobs asking for PayrollMedian advertised pay
Payroll103$119K
Human resources55$138K
Accounting41$128K
People operations specialist31$156K
Business analyst30$108K
Operations manager27$123K
Tax17$90K
Product manager16–

Skills asked together with Payroll

Reconciliations (37%), HRIS (35%), Workday (22%), Month-end close (19%), Excel (19%), Tax compliance (18%), Audit (18%), Deel (13%) of the 393 open postings that name Payroll.

Companies hiring for Payroll

Payroll salaries

Questions about Payroll jobs

What is Payroll?
Paying staff correctly, with tax and benefits taken off. 393 open roles on Jobs Every Hour ask for it as of Nov 15, 2026.
How many Payroll jobs are open right now?
There are 393 open Payroll jobs at 199 companies on Jobs Every Hour as of Nov 15, 2026. 58 of them were posted in the last seven days. The list is rebuilt every hour from the employers' own careers pages.
Which companies have the most Payroll jobs?
Right now the most openings are at Oyster (21), Remote People (17), Middesk (17), Justworks (16) and Modulr (13). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
Are there remote Payroll jobs?
105 of the 393 open Payroll jobs (27%) are listed as remote. Remote roles are often limited to certain countries or time zones, so check the location line of each job.
What do Payroll jobs pay?
The median advertised salary is $152K, based on 134 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $108K and $195K. These are advertised ranges, not verified pay. Most employers here are technology companies, so the figures run above the wider market for the same work.
Is it hard to get a Payroll job?
4 of the 393 open Payroll jobs (1%) are for beginners: junior roles and internships. Of the 245 postings that state experience, the median asks for 5 years. 199 companies are hiring and 58 roles were posted in the last seven days. Matching your resume to the skills each posting names helps most; the free resume builder shows the match.
How is AI changing Payroll jobs?
31 of the 393 open Payroll jobs (8%) ask for AI or machine-learning skills, most often LLM, Machine Learning, AI. Employers still list 393 such roles today at 199 companies. Counted from the postings' own text on Nov 15, 2026.
What skills do Payroll jobs ask for?
Most often Payroll (100%), Reconciliations (37%), HRIS (35%), Workday (22%), Month-end close (19%) of the 393 open postings, counted from their own text on Nov 15, 2026.
Which job titles come up most in Payroll jobs?
Manager (10), Business Development Representative (9), Payroll Manager (9), Senior Payroll Analyst (8), Payroll Specialist (8): the most common titles among the 393 open roles, without the level and place notes in brackets.
Are Payroll jobs in demand in 2026?
393 Payroll jobs are open on Jobs Every Hour today at 199 companies, 0.3% of all 148,162 open jobs here; 58 were posted in the last seven days. The median advertised salary is $152K. 105 (27%) can be done remotely.
How do I apply for Payroll jobs?
Open a job and press “Apply on company site”. You go straight to the employer's own careers page and apply there. Jobs Every Hour needs no account and charges nothing for applying.