Payroll Assistant Jobs in USA with Visa Sponsorship
Payroll Assistant roles qualify for H-1B visa sponsorship when the position requires a bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field. Employers filing a Labor Condition Application must certify prevailing wage compliance before you can start. Opportunities exist across corporate payroll departments, staffing firms, and healthcare systems actively hiring sponsored candidates.
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Prepares, compiles and maintains various statistical and payroll records to ensure programmed calculations in automated systems accurately perform all factors affecting employees' pay or accounting distribution. Processes exception items requiring special handling. May manually calculate wages and post wage data for terminations and special payroll requirements. Maintains records and files related to federal/state/local withholding taxes, FICA, union deductions, garnishments and tax levies, benefits and payroll deductions. Responds to inquiries regarding verification of employment/pay, legal, deductions, and calculations. Maintains employee records on company's human resources information system (HRIS).
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Basic Qualifications
- Proven experience with direct, end-to-end payroll processing utilizing various systems.
- Multi-state payroll experience (covering federal, state, and local tax compliance across multiple jurisdictions).
- Proven experience handling off cycle payroll processing including but not limited to, final pay, voluntary deductions, year-end close processes (including W-2 reconciliation).
- Proven ability to research large amounts of data and resolve payroll errors and missing pay for a multi-state large corporation.
- Understanding of various payroll calculations including Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), FICA, FUTA, and SUTA regulations.
- Proven ability to utilize Microsoft Office products such as scheduling, Outlook and various Excel skills (LOOKUPs, pivot tables, power query, data reconciliation).
- High Attention to Detail & Accuracy: Ability to audit various data segments within various payroll platforms to quickly and accurately resolve payroll errors.
- Confidentiality & Integrity: Strict adherence to handling sensitive employee compensation and personal data.
- Communication: Strong written and verbal skills to clearly explain pay calculations, tax withholdings, and policy questions to non-finance staff, employees. Strong team collaboration skills with ability to lead discussion ensuring full collaboration and partner with team to follow through or execute tasks.
- Customer Service: Demonstrate ability to partner with various cross-functional teams; HR, Benefits, Finance, timekeeping administrators, to resolve complex payroll errors.
- Team Collaboration: Demonstrate ability to work within a large team effectively in order to execute team goals in a timely positive manner.
Preferred Qualifications
- Payroll & HRIS Software: Proficiency in platforms such as SAP ECP preferred.
- Process improvements and efficiencies: effectively use Excel skills or AI tools to improve processes.
PAY INFORMATION
Full-Time Salary Range: $46200.00 - $85800.00
At Lockheed Martin, we know mission success starts with taking care of our people. Our Total Rewards program is designed to attract top talent, support your well-being, and help you grow—both professionally and personally.
The salary range for this position is as listed on the requisition. Please note that the salary information listed is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills as well as market (work location) and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.
- Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.
- For (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full-time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.
INTRODUCTION
Prepares, compiles and maintains various statistical and payroll records to ensure programmed calculations in automated systems accurately perform all factors affecting employees' pay or accounting distribution. Processes exception items requiring special handling. May manually calculate wages and post wage data for terminations and special payroll requirements. Maintains records and files related to federal/state/local withholding taxes, FICA, union deductions, garnishments and tax levies, benefits and payroll deductions. Responds to inquiries regarding verification of employment/pay, legal, deductions, and calculations. Maintains employee records on company's human resources information system (HRIS).
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Basic Qualifications
- Proven experience with direct, end-to-end payroll processing utilizing various systems.
- Multi-state payroll experience (covering federal, state, and local tax compliance across multiple jurisdictions).
- Proven experience handling off cycle payroll processing including but not limited to, final pay, voluntary deductions, year-end close processes (including W-2 reconciliation).
- Proven ability to research large amounts of data and resolve payroll errors and missing pay for a multi-state large corporation.
- Understanding of various payroll calculations including Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), FICA, FUTA, and SUTA regulations.
- Proven ability to utilize Microsoft Office products such as scheduling, Outlook and various Excel skills (LOOKUPs, pivot tables, power query, data reconciliation).
- High Attention to Detail & Accuracy: Ability to audit various data segments within various payroll platforms to quickly and accurately resolve payroll errors.
- Confidentiality & Integrity: Strict adherence to handling sensitive employee compensation and personal data.
- Communication: Strong written and verbal skills to clearly explain pay calculations, tax withholdings, and policy questions to non-finance staff, employees. Strong team collaboration skills with ability to lead discussion ensuring full collaboration and partner with team to follow through or execute tasks.
- Customer Service: Demonstrate ability to partner with various cross-functional teams; HR, Benefits, Finance, timekeeping administrators, to resolve complex payroll errors.
- Team Collaboration: Demonstrate ability to work within a large team effectively in order to execute team goals in a timely positive manner.
Preferred Qualifications
- Payroll & HRIS Software: Proficiency in platforms such as SAP ECP preferred.
- Process improvements and efficiencies: effectively use Excel skills or AI tools to improve processes.
PAY INFORMATION
Full-Time Salary Range: $46200.00 - $85800.00
At Lockheed Martin, we know mission success starts with taking care of our people. Our Total Rewards program is designed to attract top talent, support your well-being, and help you grow—both professionally and personally.
The salary range for this position is as listed on the requisition. Please note that the salary information listed is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills as well as market (work location) and business considerations when extending an offer.
Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.
- Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.
- For (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full-time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Visa Sponsorship as a Payroll Assistant
Align your degree to payroll requirements
Payroll Assistant roles qualify as specialty occupations only when the employer requires a bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or business. If your degree is in an unrelated field, gather coursework transcripts showing payroll-relevant subjects to strengthen the specialty occupation argument.
Verify prevailing wage before accepting offers
Your H-1B employer must certify wages meet DOL prevailing wage levels for your work location. Use the OFLC Wage Search to look up the wage level for Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks in your city before you negotiate, so you catch underpayments early.
Target employers with active payroll LCA filings
Hospitals, large retailers, and payroll processing firms file Labor Condition Applications for payroll roles regularly. Use Migrate Mate to search employers with verified H-1B LCA sponsorship history for payroll positions, filtered by city and role type.
Prepare your CPP credential before applying
The Certified Payroll Professional credential from the American Payroll Association signals specialized knowledge that helps employers justify a specialty occupation classification to USCIS. Earning it before you apply differentiates your profile from candidates without formal payroll credentials.
Ask employers about PERM early for green card planning
Payroll Assistant roles typically qualify under EB-3 skilled worker via PERM labor certification. Ask during the offer stage whether the employer has sponsored EB-3 before, since the PERM recruitment and DOL audit process can take one to two years before filing the I-140.
Confirm E-Verify enrollment if you are on STEM OPT
If you are extending OPT under a STEM degree, your payroll employer must be enrolled in E-Verify before your STEM OPT extension is approved. Confirm enrollment before signing an offer letter, since un-enrolled employers cannot legally employ STEM OPT workers.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Payroll Assistant role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
It depends on how the employer defines the position. If the job description requires a bachelor's degree specifically in accounting, finance, or business administration, USCIS will generally accept it as a specialty occupation. Generic postings that say a degree is preferred rather than required create a weaker case, so ask the employer to revise the job description before the Labor Condition Application is filed.
Which visa types realistically cover Payroll Assistant sponsorship?
H-1B is the primary option for degree-holding candidates, with the employer filing a Labor Condition Application and I-129 petition. Australian citizens can use the E-3 visa under the same specialty occupation standard with no lottery. Canadian and Mexican nationals may qualify under TN visa if their degree aligns with an eligible USMCA profession. F-1 students can use OPT or STEM OPT while pursuing longer-term sponsorship.
How do I find employers who sponsor visas for Payroll Assistant roles?
Migrate Mate lists employers with verified LCA sponsorship history for payroll roles, searchable by city and job type. Healthcare systems, large retailers, and payroll outsourcing firms are among the most consistent sponsors for this role category, since they maintain dedicated payroll departments that require specialized staff year-round.
Does a Payroll Assistant role qualify for a green card through PERM?
Yes. Most Payroll Assistant positions qualify under the EB-3 skilled worker category, which requires at least two years of training or experience. The employer must complete PERM labor certification through DOL, advertising the role to demonstrate no qualified U.S. workers are available. The full process from PERM filing to I-485 approval can take several years depending on your country of birth and the visa backlog.
What if my accounting or finance degree is from outside the United States?
Foreign degrees are acceptable for H-1B purposes if they are equivalent to a U.S. bachelor's degree in a relevant field. USCIS accepts credential evaluation reports from recognized evaluation services as evidence. A three-year accounting degree from Australia, the UK, or Canada is often found equivalent when combined with professional experience, but you should obtain a formal evaluation before the petition is filed.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Payroll Assistant jobs?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.