Payroll Clerks: Jobs in Demand in Europe (2025)
Payroll Clerks is an official occupation group (ISCO-08 code 4313) used by the International Labour Organization and Eurostat.
- Wages clerk
Latest payroll clerks job ads
Real vacancies from the official public employment services, updated daily. Job titles are translated into English automatically; the full ad opens on the official site in German or Swedish (your browser's translate button turns it into English).
Germany
882 open ads- Payroll clerk
German title: Lohnbuchhalter
schuette Treuhand KG · Wildeshausen · Posted 2026-10-14 - Payroll clerk
German title: Lohnbuchhalter
DIE JOBMACHER GmbH Standort Leipzig · Leipzig · Posted 2026-10-16 - Payroll clerk
German title: Lohnbuchhalter
DIS AG Germany · Lengefeld, Erzgebirge · Posted 2026-10-16 - Payroll clerk
German title: Lohnbuchhalterin
Steuerkanzlei Seitz GmbH · Marktsteft · Posted 2026-10-12 - Payroll clerk
German title: Lohnbuchhalter
TERO GmbH · Mönchengladbach · Posted 2026-10-15 - Payroll clerk
German title: Lohnbuchhalter
Sandro Hanisch · Würselen · Posted 2026-03-16
Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (German Federal Employment Agency). Ads are written by employers; Placeivo does not check them. See all ads in Germany
Sweden
133 open ads- Salary manager to AB Stockholmshem
Swedish title: Löneansvarig till AB Stockholmshem
Aktiebolaget Stockholmshem · Stockholm · Posted 2026-10-16 - HR student for part-time employment
Swedish title: HR student för deltidsanställning
SAAB Aktiebolag · Jönköping · Posted 2026-10-16 - Resource Planner Social Psychiatry – administrative role with a focus on planning
Swedish title: Resursplanerare Socialpsykiatri – administrativ roll med fokus på planering
Sjöbo kommun · Sjöbo · Posted 2026-10-16 - HR Admin to SiS
Swedish title: HR-administratör till SiS
Statens Institutionsstyrelse · Värnamo · Posted 2026-10-16 - Consultant Manager Assistant to Arena Personal
Swedish title: Konsultchefsassistent till Arena Personal
Arena Personal Sverige AB · Stockholm · Posted 2026-10-16 - Hourly substitute sought for happy and social woman in her 40s
Swedish title: Timvikarie sökes till glad och social kvinna i 40-årsåldern
Brukarkooperativet JAG Personlig Assistans AB · Mönsterås · Posted 2026-10-16
Source: Arbetsförmedlingen (Swedish Public Employment Service). Ads are written by employers; Placeivo does not check them. See all ads in Sweden
Where payroll clerks are needed in Europe
| Country | EURES 2025 | Average gross pay, all clerical support workers (2022) | 1-bed rent in the capital |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | Shortage | €3,108 a month * | Vienna: €1,250 |
| Denmark | Shortage | €4,448 a month * | Copenhagen: €1,800 |
| Italy | Shortage | €2,419 a month * | Rome: €1,300 |
| Netherlands | Shortage | €3,126 a month | Not yet verified |
| Poland | Shortage | €1,099 a month | Warsaw: €840 |
| Romania | Shortage | €981 a month * | Not yet verified |
| Czechia | Surplus | €1,301 a month | Prague: €1,250 |
| Finland | Surplus | €2,959 a month * | Helsinki: €1,150 |
| Latvia | Surplus | €1,275 a month | Riga: €870 |
| Slovakia | Surplus | €1,231 a month | Bratislava: €910 |
Pay: Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey 2022, mean gross monthly earnings of all clerical support workers in each country, in euros. This is the average for the whole occupation group, not for payroll clerks alone, and before tax. * Firms with 10 or more employees only. Rent: Eurostat, good-quality 1-bedroom flat in the capital, 2025.
What payroll clerks do
Payroll clerks collect, verify and process payroll information and compute pay and benefit entitlements for employees within a department, company or other establishment.
Typical tasks
- Maintaining records of employee attendance, leave and overtime to calculate pay and benefit entitlements, using manual or computerized systems
- Preparing and verifying statements of earnings for employees, indicating gross and net salaries and deductions such as taxes, union dues, garnishments and insurance and pension plans
- Preparing employee payments and benefit payments by cheque or electronic transfer
- Reviewing time sheets, work charts, wage computation and other information to detect and reconcile payroll discrepancies
- Verifying attendance, hours worked and pay adjustments, and posting information onto designated records
Finding payroll clerks jobs in Europe
- EURES is the official job portal of the EU public employment services. The search above looks for "Wages clerk".
- Some jobs are regulated professions: before you can work, your qualification may need to be recognised in the new country.
- If you are not an EU/EEA citizen you will usually need a work permit or a visa such as the EU Blue Card. Check the rules of the country's immigration authority.
Cost of living where the jobs are
Take-home pay needed to rent a good 1-bedroom flat in the capitals of countries reporting a shortage:
About this data
- Shortage and surplus: European Labour Authority, EURES Report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annex table 21 (published 2026). Each country's public employment service reports which occupations it finds hard to fill or in oversupply. Countries not listed did not report this occupation as either.
- Definition, tasks and job titles: International Labour Organization, ISCO-08 structure and definitions.
- Pay: Eurostat, Structure of Earnings Survey 2022 (earn_ses22_48), by occupation group.
- Job ads: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (Germany) and Arbetsförmedlingen (Sweden), refreshed about once a day.