a list of people employed by a company showing the amount of money to be paid to each of them (公司员工的)工资名单 - [usually singular]
the total amount paid in wages by a company (公司的)工资总支出 The firm is growing fast with a monthly payroll of $1 million. 这家企业快速成长,月度工资总额达到了 100 万元。