Payroll Made Easy

Payroll Made Easy

HR solutions tailored to your business. From payroll management to compliance and onboarding, we provide expert support to keep your team and operations running smoothly.

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Payroll Made Easy

Modern payroll software with personalized service from HR Nerd. Payroll doesn’t have to be complicated or time-consuming. At HR Nerd, we’ve partnered with Gusto and Rippling, two of the top payroll and HR platforms on the market, to bring you a powerful solution that’s easy to use and fully compliant.

When you sign up through HR Nerd, you don’t just get great software you also get direct access to an experienced HR professional who can answer questions, help with setup, and guide you every step of the way. Ready to simplify your payroll?

Why Choose Payroll Through HR Nerd?

When you sign up for payroll through HR Nerd, you get more than just great software you get a partner in payroll. Here’s what makes us different:

Done-for-you setup

No guesswork. We handle multi-state tax accounts, integrations, and year-to-date data cleanup.

Direct Access to HR Nerd

Skip call centers, email, text, or call us directly. It’s like having a free account manager!

Tech that fits your business

We partner with both Gusto and Rippling, so we’ll choose the right system for your team not just the one someone’s paid to sell.

Flexible support

Want to run payroll yourself? Go for it. Need help training your admin? I’ll show them how. Want me to run it? I’m on it.

No extra monthly fees

Gusto or Rippling pays me. I don’t tack on support charges unless we’re doing a bigger project.

Ready to scale when you are

You get a partner who grows with your business from payroll setup to onboarding, compliance, and beyond.

Payroll That Works for You

Whether you’re a one-person S‑Corp or a growing team, get payroll done right. That includes:

  • Unlimited payrolls
  • Automated tax filings
  • Direct deposit
  • New hire reporting
  • Year-end W-2s and 1099s
  • And much more

Pay your team as often as you like: weekly, biweekly, monthly—with no extra fees.

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Payroll That’s Smart & Simple

Whether you’re hiring your first employee or scaling across multiple states, HR Nerd gives you:

Contractor & Employee Payroll

Handle both in one place

Multi-State Compliance

Great for hybrid and remote teams

Time Tracking & Benefits Integration

Built-In Compliance

Labor laws, new hire reporting, and tax filings done for you

A Human on Your Team

I’m here when you need help (not a chatbot)

Thinking about switching payroll providers? 

Download our free Payroll Transition Checklist.

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Integrated platform

Everything you need, synced with payroll.

All our features work together seamlessly on one platform — health insurance, 401(k), workers’ comp, time tracking, PTO, and more.

We play nice with others too.

  • Xero
  • Clover
  • Trainual
  • TSheets
  • QuickBooks
  • and more

Compliance

Compliance, accuracy,
and peace of mind.

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“My favorite thing about HR Nerd is the compliance aspect. They make quarterly taxes, onboarding, and everything else so simple and easy, which saves me a ton of time.”

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Luke Henke

Accounting Manager at Amplio Digital LLC

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Workers’ compensation

Workers’ comp with no lump sums.

Protect your business and your employees. Set up and sign your workers’ comp policy all online, then pay as you go instead of all at once.

HR Nerd Global

Onboard and pay your global team.

HR Nerd Global, powered by Remote, is our robust Employer of Record (EOR) service. With your local and international team members in one seamless platform, you can easily hire, manage, and pay your global team in their local currency, while avoiding costly compliance penalties.

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Customer Support team

Customer support

Help from people who care about your team.

The one thing that makes smart technology better? Even smarter people who care about you, your business, and your team.

Pay contractors in more than 120 countries.

Growing businesses can’t always limit themselves to one time zone. We handle contractor payments in more than 120 countries so you can tap into great talent all over the world.

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“As soon as I saw how easy it was to set everything up I liked it, but the first time I ever dealt with customer service is when I really knew we chose the right payroll company.”

HR Nerd Client

Kyle Woodman

Co-founder of Matchless Builds

HR and payroll do better together

Starting at $55 per month

✓   Unlimited monthly payrolls. Pay your team every week, or use different pay schedules for different employees– with no extra charge

✓   Track time, in no time. PTO reporting and time-off requests integrated with payroll

✓   Workers’ comp with no lump sums. Set up your workers’ comp policy online, then pay as you go instead of all at once

Hassle-Free Payroll

Payroll Management

Need someone to take care of payroll processing for you? We take care of any updates, and compliance, ensuring timely and accurate employee compensation.

  • Full-service payroll management
  • Accurate and timely payroll processing
  • Reduce administrative burden
  • Stay compliant with tax and labor laws

Simplify your payroll—get expert management today!

Investment

Starting at $250 per payroll

Stress-Free Transitions

Payroll Implementation

Launching or switching payroll systems can be overwhelming—but it doesn’t have to be. We take the stress out of payroll implementation by managing every detail from kickoff to go-live—without disrupting your day-to-day.

  • Expert-led project management from start to finish

  • Seamless data migration and system setup

  • Compliance checks to avoid costly errors

  • Clear timelines, real-time updates, and zero surprises

Whether you’re onboarding a new system or fixing a failed implementation, we make sure your payroll runs smoothly—right from day one.

Investment

Starting at $150

Investment

$200 per registration

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State Tax Registration

We will complete federal, state, or local payroll tax registration to keep you in compliance and reduce tax notices.

  • Registration completed quickly

  • Register for applciable unemployment, withholding and local tax agencies

  • Simplify multi-state registrations

  • Save 5 hours of work per state

Generally, if an employee lives or works in a state your business should be registered to pay taxes for income earned and work performed.

Want Ongoing Support Instead?

All of these services are included in our HR Subscription, starting at $500/month.