Managed Payroll · 250 employees
This is the size where an internal payroll team of two to three people becomes defensible, where an HCM platform decision carries real weight, and where the two choices interact. BEG manages payroll for $6,250 to $11,250 a month at this headcount, and can do it inside whatever platform you land on. If the platform itself is the open question, the isolved HCM conversation is the more useful one to have first.
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TL;DR
At 250 employees BEG runs $6,250 to $11,250 a month. An internal payroll team of two to three costs $200,000 to $320,000 loaded, roughly $16,700 to $26,700 a month. Managed payroll still wins on cost, but at this size the platform decision matters as much as the staffing one, so the two should be scoped together.
What Changes At This Size
Companies at this size are usually running a real HCM platform already, and the decision is whether to keep staffing against it or to hand the operating layer to a managed partner while keeping the platform.
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 | $6,250-$11,250 all-in | See each alternative |
| Internal payroll team (loaded) | $16,700-$26,700 per month | |
| HCM platform alone | $1,290-$3,150, work stays with you | |
| Platform flexibility | We work in yours or isolved | Locked to your choice |
| ACA and compliance reporting | Managed | Your team owns it |
| Scaling cost | Linear PEPM | Step function: another hire |
BEG at 250 employees: $6,250 to $11,250 per month, $25 to $45 PEPM, the published band. Payroll software at this size runs roughly $1,290 to $3,150 per month for the platform alone. The internal alternative is a payroll team of two to three, typically a manager plus specialists, at $200,000 to $320,000 fully loaded, roughly $16,700 to $26,700 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
Get The Number For Your Headcount
This page uses 250 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, $6,250 to $11,250 a month at the $25 to $45 PEPM band, all-inclusive. An internal payroll team of two to three people at this headcount typically costs $200,000 to $320,000 a year fully loaded.
On cost, clearly. The comparison is $6,250 to $11,250 a month against $16,700 to $26,700 for an internal team. The stronger argument against outsourcing at this size is control and immediacy, which is a legitimate preference and worth weighing on its own terms rather than pretending the economics are close.
Look at both together. At 250 employees the platform decision and the staffing decision affect each other, and settling one without the other usually means redoing it. BEG resells isolved and manages payroll on it, so a single scope review can cover both paths.
Yes. BEG operates inside your existing platform at $25 PEPM, which preserves the implementation you have already paid for. Moving to BEG isolved at $45 PEPM is an option when the current platform is genuinely the problem.
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