Payroll · United States

SurePayroll pricing: what it actually costs per employee at 5, 10, 25 and 50

What the vendor publishes

Per employee monthly (nanny and household payroll plan): not stated in the vendor's published documentation (checked 2026-09-06).

Free trial: not stated in the vendor's published documentation (checked 2026-09-06).

Setup fee: not stated in the vendor's published documentation (checked 2026-09-06).

Minimum contract: not stated in the vendor's published documentation (checked 2026-09-06).

Add-on fees the vendor publishes

These are the extra charges SurePayroll states on the same pricing page, for things the headline price does not cover. They are the only add-on figures we hold for SurePayroll: anything else it charges is not published, and we do not estimate it. The calculator can add them for your headcount under its advanced options.

What that works out at per employee

Vendors quote a per-employee fee and a base fee separately. What you actually pay per employee is both of them divided by your headcount, so the smaller your team, the further the real figure sits above the advertised one. This table is SurePayroll's published prices put through that division.

Columns are employee counts. Scroll sideways on a phone.

No other adjustment is applied. We do not add estimated tax-filing fees, discounts, or promotional pricing. The full method is at Method.

Where the base fee stops mattering

On Small Business Payroll, the $29 base fee is 45% of the monthly bill at 5 employees and 8% at 50. That is the whole of why the effective figure falls as a team grows: the fee does not change, the number of people carrying it does.

Who this suits, and who it does not

• If price is the only thing you are deciding on, Patriot Software is cheaper at 10 employees ($57 against $99) — see its figures.
• If your headcount is under 5, the base fee of $29 dominates the bill. Check the per-employee column at your actual size before comparing anything.
• If you are not ready to decide, wait. Published prices change without notice and the figures here are only as current as 2026-09-06. Confirm on the vendor's own page before you sign.

Price history

The same entries, next to every other vendor's, are on the price history (RSS).

Where each figure comes from

Every figure above is either a number SurePayroll publishes or a gap it leaves. Field by field: what we hold, which of the vendor's own pages it was read from, the day it was read, and the vendor's wording where we have it. Nothing in this table comes from a third party, and no blank is filled with an estimate.

Where to check this yourself

Go to SurePayroll and open its pricing page. Everything above comes from https://www.surepayroll.com/pricing, read on 2026-09-06.

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