The median payroll clerk in Virgin Islands earns $38,100 a year, or $18.32 an hour, in the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ May 2025 survey. That is 35% below the national median of $58,260, and 53rd of the 54 states and territories BLS publishes.
The middle half of Virgin Islands’s 40 payroll clerks earn between $38,100 and $42,660.
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BLS publishes no metro-area figure for payroll clerks in Virgin Islands. The state figure above is the one to use.
Wages are the start. At employers with fewer than 50 workers, benefits add 35% on top (BLS Employer Costs for Employee Compensation), so a payroll clerk at the Virgin Islands median costs about $51,400 a year. The employer’s view for every state and metro is on what a payroll clerk costs, and the routine part of the job is what Liaison does inside the tools a business already runs.
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The median payroll clerk in Virgin Islands earned $38,100 a year, or $18.32 an hour, in May 2025. The middle half earned between $38,100 and $42,660. Nationally the median is $58,260, so Virgin Islands pays 35% less than the country as a whole.
BLS publishes no metro-area figure for payroll clerks in Virgin Islands.
Benefits at employers with fewer than 50 workers add 35% on top of wages, so a payroll clerk at the Virgin Islands median costs about $51,400 a year. The employer’s view is at useliaison.com/back-office-costs/payroll-clerk.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, occupation 43-3051. Annual figures assume 2,080 hours a year. Updated 2026-10-02.
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