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

QuickBooks Payroll price history

QuickBooks Payroll price history on PayrollPriceWatch. Current pricing status: public. Last checked Nov 10, 2026. Source: https://quickbooks.intuit.com/payroll/full-service/.

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What the log contains for this vendor

Snapshot 2026-11-10

Initial snapshot. Each figure was read from the vendor source URL on this date. Quote-only and conflicting vendors have no chosen price.

Recorded status on Nov 10, 2026: public. Fetch status: ok. Snapshot source: https://quickbooks.intuit.com/payroll/full-service/.

Workforce Payroll: base $50, per employee $7, per contractor $7.
Workforce Premium: base $88, per employee $13, per contractor $13.
Workforce Elite: base $134, per employee $17, per contractor $17.

Change log

May 6, 2026 (rename). Intuit announced QuickBooks Workforce on May 6, 2026. The press release names three tiers: Workforce Payroll (formerly QuickBooks Payroll Core), Workforce Premium (formerly QuickBooks Payroll Premium), and Workforce Elite (formerly QuickBooks Payroll Elite). On November 10, 2026 the public payroll pages list regular prices of $50 + $7, $88 + $13, and $134 + $17 per month, before a 50% discount on the base fee for the first 3 months. This entry records the rename. A separate before-and-after list-price change, and an October 22 effective date, were not verified on an Intuit page. Source: https://investors.intuit.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/1310/intuit-unveils-quickbooks-workforce-radically-transforming-human-capital-management-for-small-and-mid-market-businesses. Earlier source: https://quickbooks.intuit.com/payroll/full-service/.

Price checks

Nov 10, 2026: unchanged. Extracted prices match the latest snapshot.

Current plan file

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.

Notes stored from the source

Intuit's May 6, 2026 press release names the tiers Workforce Payroll (formerly QuickBooks Payroll Core), Workforce Premium (formerly QuickBooks Payroll Premium), and Workforce Elite (formerly QuickBooks Payroll Elite).
Introductory offer: 50% off the monthly base price for 3 months for new subscribers. A separate 30-day trial covers the base price only. Neither offer applies to per-employee fees, per-contractor fees, or state tax filing fees.
Disclosure: one state tax filing is included. Each additional state is $12/month for Workforce Payroll and Workforce Premium only.
Disclosure: contractor payments via direct deposit are $7/month for Core, $13/month for Premium, and $17/month for Elite, per contractor payment. The disclosure still says Core for the $7 tier. That per-contractor amount is what the calculator uses. The phrase 'per contractor payment' is Intuit's wording.

Those notes are the evidence for the snapshot. If a fee is not in the notes or the plan fields, it is not published, including setup fees, cancellation fees, and any price from before the first snapshot.

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