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Office Support Supervisors vs Payroll Clerks

Median pay is about $11k higher for Office Support Supervisors. Both usually start with the same education: high school.

marks the higher pay or growth. Education, difficulty and the AI rows depend on what you want, so they are not marked.

Office Support Supervisors compared with Payroll Clerks: pay, outlook, entry and AI exposure
MeasureOffice Support SupervisorsPayroll Clerks
Pay
Median pay$69,500, higher$58,260
Entry pay 25th percentile$55,950, higher$47,990
Experienced pay 75th percentile$85,090, higher$69,600
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Projected growth+0.1% Stable, higher-16% Declining
Openings a year127,40011,400
Getting in
Typical educationHigh schoolHigh school
Difficulty modeled1.6 / 51.2 / 5
AI
Displacement risk modeledVery highHigh
AI exposure modeled, percentile92nd pct60th pct

Where the skills differ

Only Office Support Supervisors

  • Monitoring

Only Payroll Clerks

  • Mathematics

Both lean on reading comprehension, active listening, speaking, critical thinking, writing.

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Pay and outlook: BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills: O*NET 30.3. Difficulty, displacement risk and AI exposure are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.