Payroll · United States and United Kingdom
QuickBooks Payroll pricing: what it actually costs per employee
QuickBooks Payroll does not publish its prices. Its pricing page asks you to contact sales, so no per-employee figure can be calculated from public information.
Everything below is what the vendor does state publicly, with the parts it does not state marked as such.
Price status: Quote on request · Last verified 2026-08-20 · Last recorded change none since we started tracking
What the vendor publishes
| Plan | Base / month | Per employee / month | Conditions as published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Payroll (add-on to QuickBooks Online) | — | — | Price not published by the vendor. "QuickBooks plans do not come with payroll. However, you can add payroll to any Simple Start, Essentials, Plus or Advanced plan... Extra cost applies." Specific payroll add-on price not published on the pricing page. |
Monthly base fee: not stated in the vendor's published documentation (checked 2026-08-20).
Per-employee fee: not stated in the vendor's published documentation (checked 2026-08-20).
Where to check this yourself
Go to QuickBooks PayrollUnpaid link — we are not yet paid for this and open its pricing page. Everything above comes from https://quickbooks.intuit.com/uk/pricing/, read on 2026-08-20.
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Page last updated: 2026-09-06. Sources: vendor pricing pages only. Figures checked between 2026-08-20 and 2026-09-06. I have not used these products. Nothing here is a personal test result.
Ranking method and formulas: Method. Listing position on this site is not for sale.
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