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

Payroll for restaurants

Restaurants often pay people by the hour and often handle tips. Those are ordinary facts about the work, not a statistic about the industry and not a price. Tip credit, tip pooling, service charges, and whether a particular payment is wages are payroll and tax questions this site does not answer. No vendor file in this dataset contains a restaurant plan, a tip-credit fee, or a hospitality discount.

The feature that does show up, for some vendors, is time tracking. A plan inclusion or a priced add-on is quoted only when it is already stored. A dollar amount is included only when the note already prints one. A plan that lists time tracking inside the plan is not given an extra add-on price on top of the plan price.

Multi-location restaurants also run into extra-state fees when the locations are in different states. That fee is on the hidden-fees page, and only for plans that publish one. A second location in the same state is not a stored price. We do not invent a per-location fee.

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 when an inclusion or note matches time tracking, tips, or restaurant. The match explanation quotes that stored line. It does not add a restaurant surcharge.

7 vendors have a stored feature or note that matches this topic. Everyone else is listed as not published for the topic.

Stored matches

Gusto

Gusto mentions time tracking, tips, or restaurants in the dataset. Stored inclusions: Plus: Time tracking and scheduling. That mention is not a new price. 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

OnPay mentions time tracking, tips, or restaurants in the dataset. Stored inclusions: Payroll + Time Tracking + HR: Time tracking; Payroll + Time + HR + Compliance + Live HR: Time tracking. Stored notes: Standalone add-ons, not included in Payroll Essentials: HR is $15 base plus $2 per worker; time tracking is $15 base plus $4 per worker; compliance resources are $10 base; live HR support is $65 base. Benefits administration is premiums only. That mention is not a new price. 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

QuickBooks Payroll mentions time tracking, tips, or restaurants in the dataset. Stored inclusions: Workforce Premium: Time tracking; Workforce Elite: Time tracking with projects. That mention is not a new price. 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.

Patriot Payroll

Patriot Payroll mentions time tracking, tips, or restaurants in the dataset. Stored notes: Time & Attendance and HR Software are each $6/month plus $2 per employee. They are add-ons, not included in the plan totals. That mention is not a new price. 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.

Hourly

Hourly mentions time tracking, tips, or restaurants in the dataset. Stored inclusions: Platinum+: Time tracking with GPS. That mention is not a new price. 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.

Justworks

Justworks mentions time tracking, tips, or restaurants in the dataset. Stored notes: Time tracking add-on: $8/month per employee. Not included in the plan totals. That mention is not a new price. 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.

Deel

Deel mentions time tracking, tips, or restaurants in the dataset. Stored inclusions: Deel HR + Deel Payroll — US (Core): Time off and time & attendance. That mention is not a new price. 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.

No matching published price

These vendors do not have stored restaurant, tip, or time-tracking language on the pricing record we keep. A restaurant price is not published for them. The ordinary plan price is shown so it is not confused with a hospitality package.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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