Why choose BambooHR® Payroll?
Variable payroll costs tracking
Track payroll costs for employees who perform various tasks.
Location-based rates
Create location-based pay rates for job sites in different cities, states, or countries.
Variable hourly rates
Automatically calculate the correct pay for employees who perform roles at different rates.
Complex projects management
Track time and costs for multiple clients, projects, and tasks within a project or client relationship.
Pay your US-based employees on time, every time
HRIS Platform
Manage HR, time, and payroll in one platform
Pay employees accurately every time with payroll that seamlessly syncs with your HR data. Employees get transparent insights into their compensation, and you'll get more flexibility and freedom to help your business thrive.


TIME TRACKING
Accurately track hours across pay rates
Pay your employees the right rate for their roles, locations, projects, and more. Define pay rates in BambooHR®, then watch as the hours flow effortlessly into payroll.
PAYROLL
Pay your people with confidence
Confidently run payroll, knowing your employees are being paid accurately for their hours, tasks, projects, and more.


DATA AND REPORTING
Access powerful insights in just a few clicks
Easily pull reports that break down payroll costs by employee, project, task, location, shift, and more.
See how BambooHR Payroll works
We make payroll easier, so you can set people free to do great work
Get even more out of BambooHR with 150+ integrations
Our Payroll customers say it best

Saving $20,000 and 20 hours on payroll
“Compared to how much time I spent doing payroll before, we’ve saved over $20,000 over a year by switching to BambooHR. I feel spoiled now! It’s saved me almost 20 hours each week.”
Rachel Schau | Chief Of Staff | Rockford Silk Screen Process
Frequently Asked Questions
How does BambooHR Payroll handle benefits and deductions?
If you have BambooHR® Benefits Administration, elections will flow automatically into BambooHR Payroll. Additional non-benefit deductions, such as garnishments, tax levies, and loan repayments, are also managed on the employee profile under the Pay Info tab.
Can I pay 1099 contractors via BambooHR?
Yes! You can include contractors in Payroll as long as they are active in BambooHR and use their Social Security Number, and not EINs or TINs. They’ll be paid using the direct deposit on file on the Pay Info tab in BambooHR.
How do my employees receive their pay stubs?
On payday, employees will receive an automated email with a quick link to their latest pay stub. They can also find new and previous pay stubs by going into their profile within BambooHR.
What kind of payroll reporting capabilities does BambooHR have?
BambooHR has numerous standard payroll reports that can be filtered by pay cycle or date range and downloaded in a PDF or Excel format. Some of these reports include:
- Payroll Summary
- Payroll Register
- Cash Requirement
- All Deductions
- New Hire List
- A Complete Summary by Employee
- And many more!
How is our sensitive data kept secure and private?
We use a Zero Trust model to keep your data locked down at every level, and we take multiple measures to ensure it stays that way.
BambooHR customer data is hosted in the United States, Canada, or Ireland, depending on the location and needs of individual customers, as well as applicable laws. All information is encrypted in transit, and sensitive fields remain encrypted. In addition, the data center in Ireland meets all of the data requirements of the European Union, European Economic Area, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
Here are just some of the measures we take to prevent data leaks and unauthorized data access:
- Defense in Depth multi-level data security
- Annual third-party SOC II security audit
- Frequent vulnerability scans
- SAML Support
- Web application firewall
- Annual penetration test
