Solo
$300/mo
Solo S-Corp or LLC owners
- ✶ Owner payroll
- ✶ Gusto admin
- ✶ Quarterly or annual runs
- ✶ S-corp compliance
✶Payroll & HR
Everyone gets paid. On cue.
The cast gets paid on time, every time, with the taxes filed and the paperwork handled. From a solo S-corp of one to a multi-state team of fifty.
Balance, PLLC runs payroll and HR for businesses from one owner to 30+ employees, priced by headcount: $300 per month for solo S-corp owner payroll, $500 to $1250 per month for teams of 1 to 30, and $1750+ per month for larger multi-state teams with benefits. Every plan includes payroll tax filings and Gusto administration.
Payroll mistakes are expensive in trust and in penalties. Balance puts it on rails: runs happen on schedule, withholdings are right, filings go out on time, and when an employee question lands, there is a real person with an answer and a response-time commitment.
Payroll & HR plans by headcount
Start
$500/mo
1 to 2 staff
- ✶ Basic HR policies
- ✶ Simple payroll compliance
Most Popular
Run
$750/mo
3 to 10 employees, simple payroll and onboarding
- ✶ Monthly payroll
- ✶ Handbooks
- ✶ Onboarding and offboarding
Grow
$1250/mo
10 to 30 employees needing strong structure
- ✶ Bi-weekly payroll
- ✶ State registration
- ✶ PTO and benefits management
Plus
$1750+/mo
Teams with 30+ employees, multiple states, benefits
- ✶ Weekly payroll
- ✶ HRIS plus HR meetings
- ✶ Reviews and compliance
- ✶ Benefits and onboarding
HR add-ons: Zoom support from $300/mo, monthly onsite from $500/mo, full HR suite $1000/mo, employee handbook setup $1200 one-time.
✶Good Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
What is included in Balance payroll service?
Payroll runs on your schedule (monthly to weekly by plan), payroll tax filings, W-2s, benefits deductions, and Gusto administration. Higher tiers add state registrations, PTO and benefits management, HRIS support, handbooks, and structured onboarding and offboarding.
How much does payroll service cost?
By headcount: solo S-corp owner payroll at $300 per month, 1 to 2 staff at $500, 3 to 10 employees at $750, 10 to 30 at $1250, and 30+ employees with multi-state and benefits complexity from $1750 per month. Off-cycle runs are $100 per event.
I am a solo S-corp. Why do I need payroll at all?
The IRS requires S-corp owners who work in the business to pay themselves a reasonable salary through actual payroll, with withholding and quarterly filings, before taking distributions. The Solo plan handles exactly this: Gusto admin, quarterly or annual runs, and S-corp compliance, so the tax advantage stays intact.
Can you handle employees in multiple states?
Yes. Multi-state payroll, state tax registrations ($150 per state), and the compliance differences between them are routine work for Balance, including remote-team setups where every hire is in a new state.
Do you replace my HR department?
For most small teams, Balance is the HR department for operations: handbooks, policies, onboarding, PTO tracking, and compliance questions with response-time commitments. Add-on HR support tiers ($300 to $1000 per month) include Zoom sessions and monthly onsite visits.
Payday, handled.
Tell Pam your headcount and states in a free consultation and get a payroll plan scoped same-week.