(公司的)发薪名册/(公司的)工资发放总额
Explanation:
I don't know about North America, but here is the dictionary translation:
payroll =
1 the list of workers employed by a company and the amount of wages each person is to be paid (公司的)发薪名册
2 the total amount of wages paid in a particular company (公司的)工资发放总额
Example sentences:
1 McDermot Software is growing fast, adding another 100 employees to its payroll over the last year.
2 With debts of $4 million and a monthly payroll of $1.2 million, the venture is clearly heading for trouble.
Longman Active Study English-Chinese Dictionary, Hong Kong
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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