Managed Payroll · 100 employees
A hundred people means multi-state exposure is likely, benefits administration is continuous rather than annual, and payroll has enough moving parts that one person doing it part-time is a risk rather than a plan. The realistic internal build is a payroll manager, often with administrative support, at $110,000 to $160,000 loaded. BEG manages the function for $2,500 to $4,500 a month, all-inclusive.
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TL;DR
At 100 employees BEG runs $2,500 to $4,500 a month, all-inclusive. The internal equivalent is a payroll manager at $85,000 to $110,000 base, $110,000 to $160,000 loaded, which is $9,200 to $13,300 a month, and one person is still a single point of failure. This is the headcount where the outsourcing case stops being about cost and starts being about continuity.
What Changes At This Size
Companies at this size usually already have someone doing payroll and are deciding whether to promote them, backfill them, add a second person, or hand the function out entirely.
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 | $2,500-$4,500 all-in | See each alternative |
| Payroll manager (loaded) | $9,200-$13,300 per month | |
| Payroll software alone | $540-$1,350, work stays with you | |
| Coverage during absence | Continuous | Gap unless you staff two |
| Multi-state registration | Included, all 50 states | Your team tracks it |
| Process documentation | Maintained by BEG | Usually in one person head |
BEG at 100 employees: $2,500 to $4,500 per month, $25 to $45 PEPM, the published band. Payroll software at this size runs roughly $540 to $1,350 per month. The internal alternative is a payroll manager at $85,000 to $110,000 base, often plus part-time support, at $110,000 to $160,000 fully loaded, roughly $9,200 to $13,300 a month.
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 100 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
With BEG, $2,500 to $4,500 a month at the $25 to $45 PEPM band, all-inclusive. That covers processing, multi-state tax filings, W-2s, garnishments, compliance monitoring, and year-end close with no per-filing add-ons.
On cost alone, no. A payroll manager runs $110,000 to $160,000 loaded, roughly $9,200 to $13,300 a month, against $2,500 to $4,500 for managed payroll. Hiring makes sense if the role also owns HR generalist work, benefits strategy, or HRIS administration that you need internally anyway.
Yes. BEG maintains registrations across all 50 states and allocates wages by work location, which is the specific mechanic most companies get wrong when remote hiring outpaces their registration footprint.
In most cases they move to higher-value HR work rather than leaving. Companies at this size rarely have a shortage of HR work, they have a shortage of time, because payroll processing consumes the person who should be handling recruiting, onboarding, and retention.
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