Massachusetts · 2025 pay · 5 people
How much does a payroll assistant make in Massachusetts?
$75,501typical pay for a payroll assistant in 2025
$15,748 – $90,954what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers.
✓ Official data from Office of the Comptroller (CTHRU) · Matches the agency's latest release · macomptroller.org ↗
Where payroll assistants work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
Related jobs and the next step up
Same line of work at a different rank, by typical pay (full-year employees where we can tell).
- Payroll Assistant (this page)$75,501 (everyone)
- Payroll Supervisor$102,574 (everyone)
- Payroll Manager$107,232 (everyone)
Highest-paid payroll assistants, 2025
- 1Sean GreeleyPayroll Assistant · Sheriff Department Middlesex$92,065
- 2Stephanie GarciaPayroll Assistant · Sheriff Department Middlesex$90,954
- 3Brooke MoschellaPayroll Assistant · Sheriff Department Middlesex$75,501
- 4Bianca MartinezPayroll Assistant · Sheriff Department Middlesex$15,748
- 5Cathy MasseyPayroll Assistant · Bridgewater State University$7,816
Common questions
How much does a payroll assistant make in Massachusetts?
The typical payroll assistant was paid $75,501 in 2025; most earned between $15,748 and $90,954. This counts all 5 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 0.0% of all pay for payroll assistants in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Payroll Assistant, at any level (for example "Payroll Assistant"). Part-time-schedule titles (such as "20 hours") are left out. Senior, supervising and trainee titles have their own pages.
Job titles are written out in full from the payroll's abbreviations (for example "SR CRRECTNL POLC OFCR" → "Senior Correctional Police Officer"). "Typical pay" is the median; "most earned" is the middle half. How we calculate this