Tasks in the US, Canada, the UK and the EU, with the rate on every one. See open tasks
Payroll Manager is one of the titles we hear most. These are the part-time roles where your experience carries over, what they pay per hour, and the tasks open now. About five hours a week, next to your main job.
By Grace Huang, Director, Finance & Accounting · Edited by Helena Voss · Published
Payroll is unforgiving, and that is why companies pay well for a calm second pair of eyes. Part-time payroll work is mostly review: check the run before it goes, reconcile the payroll journal to the ledger, fix year-end forms and document the process so the next person can follow it.
Work across borders is common. A company with staff in two countries often has no one in-house who understands both systems, and an experienced payroll manager can cover the gap in a few hours a month. Confidentiality matters more here than in most roles: salary data stays in the company's tools, and the brief always states what you may download.
In our data: 1,172 open tasks across the 3 roles that fit a payroll manager, 58% of them remote. The typical senior rate for Payroll Specialist is $50 in the US, £25 in the UK, CA$45 in Canada and €35 in Germany an hour, before the company's 15% fee. The other roles that fit are HR Operations & HRIS Administrator, Compensation & Benefits Analyst. Most of these tasks are sized for 3 to 8 hours a week. Rates come from official wage statistics aged to October 2026; see the full table by country.
The best match is first. Each role page shows the rate by country and level.
Runs payroll cycles, checks changes and filings, and answers employee pay questions.
394 open tasksHR Operations & HRIS AdministratorKeeps employee records, HRIS data and the HR calendar accurate.
184 open tasksCompensation & Benefits AnalystPay benchmarking, salary bands and benefits comparisons for a growing company.
Tasks in the roles above, newest first, each with the hourly rate.
Senior · Payroll Specialist
Series A online retailer · 51–200 employees
€39–€47 / hour
About €260–€520 in total
Senior · HR Operations & HRIS Administrator
Packaged-food brand in cleaning products · 501–1,000 employees
CA$54–CA$69 / hour
About CA$370–CA$740 in total
Manager · Payroll Specialist
Home-goods retailer selling electronics · 1,001–5,000 employees
€50–€62 / hour
About €1,090 a month at 5 h a week
Manager · Payroll Specialist
Retail chain with 120 stores · 201–500 employees
€43–€52 / hour
About €240–€570 in total
Specialist · HR Operations & HRIS Administrator
Regional bank serving farmers and food producers · 501–1,000 employees
€34–€42 / hour
About €230–€460 in total
Specialist · Payroll Specialist
Education foundation · 501–1,000 employees
€33–€42 / hour
About €300–€750 in total
Three checks that take ten minutes.
The same rules apply to every task, so they live on two pages: Pricing explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; How it works covers matching, what a company sees and side work next to a job.
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