Patriot Software pricing, quoted from its own page
Patriot Software is the only provider in this record that publishes what it charges for filing in an additional state. That is the fee most buyers meet for the first time on an invoice, so having it in writing is worth more than a slightly lower headline. Both figures below were fetched from Patriot's own pricing page and matched word for word.
What Patriot Software publishes
| What | Figure | The provider's own words | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Per worker, per month | $4/worker/mo | "you will be charged $4 (Basic) or $5 (Full Service) per worker you pay during the month" | Patriot Software payroll pricing page checked September 2026 |
| Each additional state filed in | $12/state/mo | "there is a $12 fee for each additional state that we file in" | Patriot Software payroll pricing page checked September 2026 |
Patriot Software coverage, evidenced
Patriot Software publishes its own pages for 0 of the states this record tracks. Each link below is that live page, which is the evidence this site counts as coverage. A claim to serve all fifty states is not evidence and is not counted here.
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The charge nobody else prints
Multi-state filing is where payroll pricing quietly diverges. A business paying people in three states is buying three sets of registrations and returns, and providers price that very differently: some fold it in, some charge per state per month, and most do not say which until you ask.
Patriot publishes its per-additional-state figure outright. Whether it is cheap is a question for your own arithmetic; that it is knowable in advance is the point, and it makes Patriot the easiest provider here to price honestly for a multi-state employer.
Reading the per-worker figure
Patriot's published per-worker charge differs between its basic and full-service payroll, and the difference is tax filing: the cheaper tier calculates, the dearer one files and deposits. Those are not the same product and should not be compared as if they were.
For most employers the filing tier is the one worth pricing, because the reason to outsource payroll is usually the filings rather than the arithmetic. Compare Patriot's full-service per-worker figure against other providers' filing-inclusive rates, not against their calculation-only ones.
Common questions
- What does Patriot charge per employee?
- Patriot publishes different per-worker charges for its basic and full-service payroll; both are quoted verbatim in the table above with the date they were read.
- Does Patriot charge for extra states?
- Yes, and it says so on its own page: there is a stated monthly fee for each additional state it files in, quoted verbatim above. It is one of the few providers here that publishes that number.