Payroll
Your business is complex. Payroll software shouldn’t be.
With a 100% error-free guarantee, compliance automation, and endless configurability, Rippling runs payroll in minutes—so your teams can focus on other priorities.
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RELIABILITY
Run payroll accurately. On time. Every time.
We built Rippling’s payroll software on a unified record of employee data, meaning it can automate manual work and reduce the risk of human error.
Payroll Automation
100% error-free guarantee
You just click “Run." Rippling automatically calculates your payroll taxes and files them with the right federal, state, and local agencies at the right time, every time.
Pay Run comparison
Get visibility into changes across pay runs
Compare your current pay run with previous runs before clicking “Approve.” Dig into changes in gross pay, taxes, deductions, and more with the click of a button.
Configurability
Fully customizable payroll software
Your payroll software should adapt to your business, not the other way around.
Delegate control without sacrificing control
Use employee attributes to control who can view, create, manage, and approve pay runs—automatically.
Run payroll as many times as you like
Need to run payroll off-cycle? No problem. Rippling gives the flexibility to do so, at no extra charge.
Create pay types for your exact needs
Choose default pay types, like tips or bonuses, or customize your own on a one-off or recurring basis.
Unified System
Every tool payroll depends on, in one place
Benefits
Time & Attendance
Expense Management
Time Off
Automatically sync payroll with benefits, expenses, and more
Every Rippling product shares data in real time, eliminating manual work and human error.
Benefits deductions
Approved hours
Reimbursements
Approved time off
THE RIPPLING EFFECT
Companies that run on Rippling perform better
Built different
Analyze, automate, and orchestrate anything
Most "all-in-one" software consists of acquired systems. These modules don't connect, which means your business data remains fragmented too. Rippling takes a platform approach, building products on a single source of truth for all the business data related to employees. This rich, flexible data source unlocks a powerful set of capabilities.
Permissions
Automatically govern what each person in your company can see, do, and access.
Policies
Build custom policies that enforce your business’s unique rules and procedures.
Workflows
Automate virtually anything with hyper-custom triggers and advanced workflow actions.
Analytics
Make better decisions faster with real-time, unified data in an easy-to-use report builder.
Payroll Features
Payroll software for businesses of every size
Paperless W-2, W-4, 1099, and new hire filings
Garnishments
Multiple pay rates
Multiple approvers
Retroactive pay
Mobile app
Run payroll around the world
Run payroll for employees and contractors around the world in minutes.
Give employees access to pay stubs and tax docs
Employees can view pay stubs and W-2’s at any time (even if they leave your company), with quick access to withholdings and other details.
See how easy payroll can be
Rippling can help you manage all of your employee data and operations in one place, no matter your business's size.
FAQs
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