Payroll Associate jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-05-17, Skillenai has indexed 39 job postings with the title “Payroll Associate” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is Payroll processing, with demand up 580% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-17
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Frequently asked questions about Payroll Associate jobs
+How many Payroll Associate jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 39 job postings with the title “Payroll Associate” over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand up 580% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Payroll Associate jobs require?
Across Payroll Associate postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, the skills mentioned most often are Payroll processing, data reconciliation, Payroll tax calculation, payroll tax filings, Employee record management.
+Which cities are hiring the most Payroll Associate?
As of 2026-05-17, Payroll Associate postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Little Portugal, Italy, Poland, Costa Rica, Denmark.
+Is Payroll Associate a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 39 Payroll Associate postings over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand up 580% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Payroll Associate postings is Payroll processing, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Payroll Associate postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Payroll Associate
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Payroll processing | 38 | 10.6% |
| data reconciliation | 36 | 10.0% |
| Payroll tax calculation | 35 | 9.7% |
| payroll tax filings | 27 | 7.5% |
| Employee record management | 25 | 6.9% |
| Data Entry | 24 | 6.7% |
| attention to detail | 23 | 6.4% |
| Organizational skills | 23 | 6.4% |
| record maintenance | 23 | 6.4% |
| computer skills | 23 | 6.4% |
| Confidentiality | 22 | 6.1% |
| employee data verification | 16 | 4.4% |
| payroll compliance | 16 | 4.4% |
| compliance | 15 | 4.2% |
| process improvement | 14 | 3.9% |
Top metros hiring Payroll Associate
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Little Portugal | 3 | 23.1% |
| Italy | 2 | 15.4% |
| Poland | 2 | 15.4% |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 7.7% |
| Denmark | 1 | 7.7% |
| Greece | 1 | 7.7% |
| La Argentina | 1 | 7.7% |
| Malta | 1 | 7.7% |
| Norway | 1 | 7.7% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, matching postings whose canonical role is “Payroll Associate”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
- role
- Payroll Associate
- source
- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-05-17
- window_days
- 90
The demand, skills, and geo numbers on this page come from the same Skillenai labor market index that powers our API. Use it for compensation benchmarking, hiring-competition analysis, and skill-adoption tracking.
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