Skills: pay and hiring demand

Payroll jobs and pay

How many open roles ask for Payroll, what employers state they pay for it, and where that demand sits.

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2,523 open roles · 1.9% of postings · Median $137,500/yr as of 2026-10-18

Citable summary

Payroll appears in 2,523 open roles (1.9% of postings) with an employer-stated median of 137,500 (P25 71,760 – P75 195,000), as of 2026-10-18.

n=2,523, as of 2026-10-18 · How these skill figures are calculated

2,523
Open roles
1.9%
Share of all postings
of postings
843
Postings with a salary range
$137,500
Median stated pay
P25 $71,760 · P75 $195,000

Which job families hire for this skill

Where roles naming this skill are concentrated across job families.

Other29.2% (736)People & HR13.6% (342)Retail & Hospitality13.5% (341)Operations12.5% (316)Finance10.9% (275)Engineering5.4% (135)Sales4.3% (109)Data & ML3.1% (79)

Demand by job family

Job family Open roles Share of skill's roles
Other 736 29.2%
People & HR 342 13.6%
Retail & Hospitality 341 13.5%
Operations 316 12.5%
Finance 275 10.9%
Engineering 135 5.4%
Sales 109 4.3%
Data & ML 79 3.1%
Consulting 52 2.1%
Support 49 1.9%
Marketing 29 1.1%
Product 29 1.1%
Legal 16 0.6%
Skilled Trades 14 0.6%
Design 1 0.0%

Skill demand by country

Country Open roles Share of skill's roles
United States 1,674 66.3%
Canada 148 5.9%
United Kingdom 124 4.9%
India 69 2.7%
Germany 51 2.0%
PH 41 1.6%
Brazil 30 1.2%
Australia 24 1.0%
Mexico 20 0.8%
France 18 0.7%
Ireland 17 0.7%
Greece 16 0.6%
Singapore 16 0.6%
Spain 15 0.6%
Poland 13 0.5%
ZA 12 0.5%
MY 11 0.4%
Austria 9 0.4%
EG 9 0.4%
Japan 8 0.3%
Portugal 8 0.3%
Switzerland 7 0.3%
Netherlands 7 0.3%
China 6 0.2%
SA 6 0.2%
Belgium 5 0.2%
Czechia 5 0.2%
Hong Kong 5 0.2%
Hungary 5 0.2%
Italy 5 0.2%
CO 4 0.2%
Denmark 4 0.2%
South Korea 4 0.2%
NG 4 0.2%
New Zealand 4 0.2%
Sweden 4 0.2%
United Arab Emirates 3 0.1%
Bulgaria 3 0.1%
Romania 3 0.1%
AR 2 0.1%
CR 2 0.1%
ID 2 0.1%
KE 2 0.1%
Luxembourg 2 0.1%
Slovakia 2 0.1%
TH 2 0.1%
UA 2 0.1%
VN 2 0.1%
CL 1 0.0%
Finland 1 0.0%
Lithuania 1 0.0%
PE 1 0.0%
QA 1 0.0%
Taiwan 1 0.0%

Skills that appear alongside

Skills most often requested in the same job postings as Payroll.

Python n=9,587 Excel n=8,995 SQL n=7,329 Roadmapping n=7,155 AWS n=6,209 LLM n=5,050 Agile n=4,518 CI/CD n=4,458 iOS n=4,409 Salesforce n=4,046 CRM n=3,912 Azure n=3,892

Related skills

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Method: counts come from public job postings; pay figures use only postings with an employer-stated salary range. salaries.geo_answer_method →