Managed Payroll · 10 employees
We are going to argue against ourselves for a minute. At 10 employees, good payroll software runs roughly $90 to $270 a month and handles a straightforward single-state W-2 payroll perfectly well. BEG carries a $500 monthly minimum, so at this headcount you would pay $500, an effective $50 per employee per month. That is a real premium and it is only worth paying for specific reasons. This page covers what those reasons are, and tells you plainly when to stay where you are.
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TL;DR
At 10 employees BEG costs $500 a month, an effective $50 PEPM, against roughly $90 to $270 for payroll software. That premium is only justified by complexity: a second state, a garnishment order, tipped or commission pay, certified payroll, or a second EIN. If none of those apply, stay on software. We will tell you that on the call.
What Changes At This Size
At this size there is rarely a dedicated payroll person. Payroll is something the owner, the office manager, or the outside bookkeeper does between other work, and it usually runs fine until one complication arrives.
The Numbers
Published figures where they exist, and our own rate stated plainly. Payroll software is genuinely cheaper on the invoice. The comparison only becomes useful once the work it leaves behind is priced too.
| Option | BEG managed payroll | The alternative |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly cost | $500 all-in | $90-$270 payroll software |
| Effective PEPM | $50 | $9-$27 |
| Who runs payroll | BEG: fully managed | You or your office manager |
| Multi-state filing | Included | Manual setup, often extra |
| Garnishments | Handled end to end | You process manually |
| Coverage if your payroll person leaves | Unaffected | Payroll stops |
BEG at 10 employees: $500 per month, $50 PEPM effective, because the $500 minimum binds. Payroll software at this size runs roughly $90 to $270 per month. The internal alternative is the owner or office manager doing it personally, at typically 3 to 6 hours per month of owner time.
What Is Included
$25 per employee per month inside your existing platform, or $45 on BEG isolved. A $500 monthly minimum applies.
How It Works
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This page uses 10 employees as the example. Your actual rate depends on states, pay types, and platform. A fifteen minute scope review gets you a firm number, and if managed payroll is the wrong call at your size we will say so rather than quote you anyway.
FAQ
Often not, and we will say so. At 10 employees the $500 monthly minimum means you pay an effective $50 PEPM against $90 to $270 a month for capable payroll software. It becomes worth it when complexity arrives: a second state, a garnishment, tipped or commission pay, certified payroll, or a second EIN.
With BEG it is $500 per month, because the $500 monthly minimum is above what 10 employees would generate at the $25 to $45 PEPM rate. That price is all-inclusive: processing, tax filings, W-2s, direct deposit, compliance monitoring, garnishments, and year-end close.
Purely on price, around 20 employees, where the $25 PEPM rate finally exceeds the $500 minimum. On value, it depends entirely on complexity, and plenty of 10-person companies with multi-state or certified payroll exposure are better served by a managed service than a 40-person single-state company.
Yes, and that is frequently the right sequence. Moving to BEG later costs nothing upfront, there is no implementation fee, and live payroll typically runs 3 to 5 business days from signing. Growing into managed payroll is a normal path.
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