Prices verified Nov 10, 2026 from vendor sites. Written by PayrollPriceWatch.

Payroll for churches

A church that pays W-2 wages has a payroll to run. That sentence does not say who on a church staff is an employee, how a housing allowance is treated, or whether a particular minister's pay is subject to a particular tax. Those are tax questions, and this site does not answer them. None of the 16 vendor files publishes a church price, a clergy price, or a house-of-worship discount.

A small congregation and a large one are different headcounts, not different products, in this dataset. Use the team-size hub for 1, 2, 3, 4, or a larger staff. The formula is still employees, zero contractors, and one state. A second state is an extra-state fee only where the plan publishes one. Volunteer stipends are not a stored fee.

Some churches pay a musician or a cleaner as a contractor and a secretary as an employee. Those are the contractor line and the employee line, not a church package. If the contractor fee is not published, it stays not published even if the employee price is.

Every dollar below is copied from the vendor file that was checked on the date shown. If a plan has no stored fee, the line says not published. If the vendor asks for a quote, the line says Quote only. This page does not average competitors, invent an add-on, or turn a feature name into a price.

How vendors are chosen

A vendor matches only when stored text mentions church, clergy, worship, or ministry. There is no match list unless that language is actually in the file.

No vendor in this dataset publishes a matching feature or fee. The sections below say that one by one, then give the ordinary published payroll price so the gap is visible.

Stored matches

None. Not published.

No matching published price

No church price is published for these vendors. Do not treat the ordinary list price as a faith-based discount. It is the same small-business price printed for every other employer.

Gusto

Nothing in the stored pricing page matches this use case. The ordinary payroll record is: Gusto, last checked Nov 10, 2026. Three published payroll plans. Simple is one state. Plus and Premium add multi-state payroll and faster pay. Contractors are billed at the plan's per-person rate only in months they are paid. Simple (payroll): base $49, per employee $6, per contractor $6. Contractor billing: same as employee. Tax filing: included. States: one. Extra state fee: not published on this plan. Plus (payroll): base $80, per employee $12, per contractor $12. Contractor billing: same as employee. Tax filing: included. States: all included. Extra state fee: not published on this plan. Premium (payroll): base $180, per employee $22, per contractor $22. Contractor billing: same as employee. Tax filing: included. States: all included. Extra state fee: not published on this plan.

OnPay

Nothing in the stored pricing page matches this use case. The ordinary payroll record is: OnPay, last checked Nov 10, 2026. Payroll Essentials is $49 a month plus $6 per worker, with tax filing in every state included. HR, time tracking, and bundles are priced on the same page. Payroll Essentials (payroll): base $49, per employee $6, per contractor $6. Contractor billing: same as employee. Tax filing: included. States: all included. Extra state fee: not published on this plan. Payroll + Time Tracking + HR (bundle): base $70, per employee $10, per contractor $10. Contractor billing: same as employee. Tax filing: included. States: all included. Extra state fee: not published on this plan. Payroll + HR + Compliance + Live HR (bundle): base $120, per employee $7, per contractor $7. Contractor billing: same as employee. Tax filing: included. States: all included. Extra state fee: not published on this plan. Payroll + Time + HR + Compliance + Live HR (bundle): base $130, per employee $10, per contractor $10. Contractor billing: same as employee. Tax filing: included. States: all included. Extra state fee: not published on this plan.

QuickBooks Payroll

Nothing in the stored pricing page matches this use case. The ordinary payroll record is: QuickBooks Payroll, last checked Nov 10, 2026. Sold as QuickBooks Workforce. List prices are Workforce Payroll $50 + $7, Premium $88 + $13, and Elite $134 + $17. New subscribers see 50% off the base fee for 3 months. Comparisons use the list price. Workforce Payroll (payroll): base $50, per employee $7, per contractor $7. Contractor billing: separate. Tax filing: included. States: extra fee. Extra state fee: $12 a month. Workforce Premium (payroll): base $88, per employee $13, per contractor $13. Contractor billing: separate. Tax filing: included. States: extra fee. Extra state fee: $12 a month. Workforce Elite (payroll): base $134, per employee $17, per contractor $17. Contractor billing: separate. Tax filing: included. States: all included. Extra state fee: not published on this plan.

Roll by ADP

Nothing in the stored pricing page matches this use case. The ordinary payroll record is: Roll by ADP, last checked Nov 10, 2026. One plan: $59 a month plus $7 for each W-2 employee or 1099 contractor paid that month. Tax filing in all 50 states is included. New U.S. customers get three months free. Roll (payroll): base $59, per employee $7, per contractor $7. Contractor billing: same as employee. Tax filing: included. States: all included. Extra state fee: not published on this plan.

ADP RUN

Nothing in the stored pricing page matches this use case. The ordinary payroll record is: ADP RUN is Quote only as of Nov 10, 2026. Quote only. ADP does not publish a RUN list price. A direct fetch of the packages page on November 10, 2026 returned HTTP 403 from this environment.

Paychex Flex

Nothing in the stored pricing page matches this use case. The ordinary payroll record is: Paychex Flex is Quote only as of Nov 10, 2026. Quote only. The compare page describes Paychex Flex and tells visitors to contact sales. No monthly or per-employee list price is published.

Patriot Payroll

Nothing in the stored pricing page matches this use case. The ordinary payroll record is: Patriot Payroll, last checked Nov 10, 2026. Basic Payroll is $17 plus $4 per worker paid and does not file taxes. Full Service Payroll is $37 plus $5 per worker paid and does. Each additional state on Full Service is $12 a month. Basic Payroll (payroll): base $17, per employee $4, per contractor $4. Contractor billing: same as employee. Tax filing: not included. States: all included. Extra state fee: not published on this plan. Full Service Payroll (payroll): base $37, per employee $5, per contractor $5. Contractor billing: same as employee. Tax filing: included. States: extra fee. Extra state fee: $12 a month.

SurePayroll

Nothing in the stored pricing page matches this use case. The ordinary payroll record is: SurePayroll has conflicting published prices as of Nov 10, 2026, so it is not ranked. The pricing page was fetched, and it does not agree with itself. Full Service appears as both $29 and $39 plus $7 per employee. The plan where you file taxes appears as both $20 and $29 plus $4 per employee. No single price is shown in the comparison.

Homebase Payroll

Nothing in the stored pricing page matches this use case. The ordinary payroll record is: Homebase Payroll, last checked Nov 10, 2026. One published price: $49 a month plus $6 per active employee. Tax filing is included. Payroll is available in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. A separate contractor fee is not published. Homebase Payroll (payroll): base $49, per employee $6, per contractor not published. Contractor billing: not published. Tax filing: included. States: all included. Extra state fee: not published on this plan.

Hourly

Nothing in the stored pricing page matches this use case. The ordinary payroll record is: Hourly is Quote only as of Nov 10, 2026. Quote only. The pricing page names Gold, Platinum, and Platinum+ and describes a monthly fee plus a per-employee fee, then says to request a quote. No dollar amounts are listed.

Rippling

Nothing in the stored pricing page matches this use case. The ordinary payroll record is: Rippling is Quote only as of Nov 10, 2026. Quote only for payroll. The pricing page says Rippling Payroll pricing depends on headcount and products, and asks you to request a quote.

Justworks

Nothing in the stored pricing page matches this use case. The ordinary payroll record is: Justworks, last checked Nov 10, 2026. Payroll is $50 a month plus $8 per employee. U.S. contractors are $8 per paid contractor. PEO Basic is $79 per employee and PEO Plus is $124 per employee, with no base fee. PEO is a different product and is off by default in the comparison. Payroll (payroll): base $50, per employee $8, per contractor $8. Contractor billing: separate. Tax filing: included. States: all included. Extra state fee: not published on this plan. PEO Basic (peo): base $0, per employee $79, per contractor $8. Contractor billing: separate. Tax filing: included. States: all included. Extra state fee: not published on this plan. PEO Plus (peo): base $0, per employee $124, per contractor $8. Contractor billing: separate. Tax filing: included. States: all included. Extra state fee: not published on this plan.

Square Payroll

Nothing in the stored pricing page matches this use case. The ordinary payroll record is: Square Payroll, last checked Nov 10, 2026. Full-service payroll is $35 a month plus $6 per person paid. Contractor-only payroll is $6 per person paid, with no base fee. Tax filing for employees is included on the full-service plan. Full-service payroll (payroll): base $35, per employee $6, per contractor $6. Contractor billing: same as employee. Tax filing: included. States: all included. Extra state fee: not published on this plan. Contractor-only payroll (contractor_only): base $0, per employee $0, per contractor $6. Contractor billing: separate. Tax filing: not included. States: all included. Extra state fee: not published on this plan.

Wave Payroll

Nothing in the stored pricing page matches this use case. The ordinary payroll record is: Wave Payroll, last checked Nov 10, 2026. U.S. full-access payroll is $40 a month plus $6 per active employee and $6 per independent contractor paid. The employee fee applies even in a month the person is not paid, as long as they are active and not on leave. U.S. full-access payroll (payroll): base $40, per employee $6, per contractor $6. Contractor billing: separate. Tax filing: included. States: all included. Extra state fee: not published on this plan.

Deel

Nothing in the stored pricing page matches this use case. The ordinary payroll record is: Deel, last checked Nov 10, 2026. U.S. self-serve payroll is bundled with Deel HR and priced per employee with no base fee: Core $22, Advanced $39, Elite $49. PEO Starter on the same page is $110 per employee. Deel HR + Deel Payroll — US (Core) (payroll): base $0, per employee $22, per contractor not published. Contractor billing: not published. Tax filing: included. States: all included. Extra state fee: not published on this plan. Deel HR + Deel Payroll — US (Advanced) (payroll): base $0, per employee $39, per contractor not published. Contractor billing: not published. Tax filing: included. States: all included. Extra state fee: not published on this plan. Deel HR + Deel Payroll — US (Elite) (payroll): base $0, per employee $49, per contractor not published. Contractor billing: not published. Tax filing: included. States: all included. Extra state fee: not published on this plan. Deel HR + PEO Starter (Core) (peo): base $0, per employee $110, per contractor not published. Contractor billing: not published. Tax filing: included. States: all included. Extra state fee: not published on this plan.

BambooHR Payroll

Nothing in the stored pricing page matches this use case. The ordinary payroll record is: BambooHR Payroll is Quote only as of Nov 10, 2026. Quote only. Payroll is an add-on on the pricing page. The add-on lists direct deposit and federal and state tax filing, and it does not list a price.

Published price at 10 employees

The list below is the ordinary rank: 10 employees, 0 contractors, 1 state, tax filing included, and PEO plans left out. It is not a special price for the topic of this page. Quote only and conflicting vendors stay unlabeled with a dollar amount. Annual figures are the monthly list price times 12. Promotional months are not applied.

• Patriot Payroll Full Service Payroll: $87 a month ($1,044 a year at twelve times the monthly list price).
• Square Payroll Full-service payroll: $95 a month ($1,140 a year at twelve times the monthly list price).
• Wave Payroll U.S. full-access payroll: $100 a month ($1,200 a year at twelve times the monthly list price).
• Gusto Simple: $109 a month ($1,308 a year at twelve times the monthly list price).
• Homebase Payroll Homebase Payroll: $109 a month ($1,308 a year at twelve times the monthly list price).
• OnPay Payroll Essentials: $109 a month ($1,308 a year at twelve times the monthly list price).
• QuickBooks Payroll Workforce Payroll: $120 a month ($1,440 a year at twelve times the monthly list price).
• Roll by ADP Roll: $129 a month ($1,548 a year at twelve times the monthly list price).
• Justworks Payroll: $130 a month ($1,560 a year at twelve times the monthly list price).
• Deel Deel HR + Deel Payroll — US (Core): $220 a month ($2,640 a year at twelve times the monthly list price).
• SurePayroll: conflicting published prices, not ranked.
• ADP RUN: Quote only.
• BambooHR Payroll: Quote only.
• Hourly: Quote only.
• Paychex Flex: Quote only.
• Rippling: Quote only.

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