Payroll and timekeeping clerks held about 198,000 jobs in 2002. They can be found in every industry, but a growing number work for employment services companies as temporary employees, or for accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services firms, which are increasingly taking on the payroll function as a service to other companies. Approximately 16 percent of all payroll and timekeeping clerks worked part time in 2002.
