Justworks pricing in 2026
Published rates and provenance
| Pricing model | Four published plans. Two PEO tiers, PEO Basic $79 and PEO Plus $124 per employee per month, both with no base fee. A separate non-PEO Payroll plan at $8 per employee per month plus a $50 per month base fee. EOR at $599 per employee per month. All list-priced on the pricing page. |
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| Provenance | vendor-published list rate |
| Cheapest rate | PEO Basic $79 per employee per month, no base fee (list, published). The separate non-PEO Payroll plan is cheaper at $8 per employee per month plus a $50 per month base fee. |
| PEPM band (low / mid / high) | $79.00 $101.50 $124.00 |
| Implementation fee band | $0.00 to $0.00 |
| Source | https://www.justworks.com/pricing [1] |
| Last re-verified | 2026-09-22 |
| Recent changes | Re-verified 2026-09-22 against the live pricing page, which returns list rates to a plain request. The figures we carried were wrong in both directions: PEO Basic is $79 per employee per month, not the $59 we published, and PEO Plus is $124, not $109. Both PEO tiers state No base fee. The Plus With Benefits tier at $159 that we described as discontinued does not appear on the page and we have withdrawn that claim rather than restate it. The page also publishes two plans we were not carrying at all: a non-PEO Payroll plan at $8 per employee per month plus a $50 per month base fee, and EOR at $599 per employee per month. |
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What the buying committee actually pays
The PEPM band is the PEO ladder, $79 Basic to $124 Plus, because that is the product this site compares; monthlyBase is 0 because both PEO tiers carry no base fee. The Payroll plan at $8 plus a $50 monthly base and EOR at $599 sit outside the band, as Remote and Oyster's non-HRIS products do. PEO Basic already includes payroll, tax filing, EPLI, state unemployment insurance administration, 401(k), commuter benefits, life and disability, standard HR consulting and 24/7 support. Plus is what adds access to medical, dental and vision insurance, health insurance administration, COBRA administration, mental health resources and health advocacy. Advanced time tracking ($8 per employee per month), dedicated HR consulting ($30 per employee per month, Basic and Plus only) and HSA/FSA access are paid add-ons on every plan, not bundled. PEO sign-up needs at least two W-2 employees; the Payroll plan has no stated headcount minimum. The ledger applies a default 12% annual renewal uplift unless the buyer caps it in the MSA - our own central modelling assumption, adjustable on the renewal-uplift page, not a vendor-published rate.
What are the 2026 plans?
Four, published on one page. The two PEO tiers are Basic at $79 PEPM and Plus at $124 PEPM, each marked No base fee. Alongside them sit Payroll, a non-PEO plan at $8 PEPM plus a $50 per month base fee, and EOR at $599 per employee per month for international hires. We previously published Basic at $59 and Plus at $109; both were wrong, and we have corrected them against the live page.
What does Plus add over Basic?
Benefits. Basic already carries payroll, tax filings, EPLI, state unemployment insurance administration, 401(k), commuter benefits, life and disability, standard HR consulting and 24/7 support. Plus is what adds access to medical insurance, access to dental and vision insurance, health insurance administration, COBRA administration, mental health resources, health advocacy services and fertility benefits. The $45 PEPM gap between the tiers is the benefits-access gap.
What additional fees sit on top?
The paid add-ons are listed with their own rates: advanced time tracking at $8 per employee per month, dedicated HR consulting at $30 per employee per month (Basic and Plus only), international contractors at $39 per paid contractor per month, US-based contractors at $8 per paid contractor per month, EOR at $599 per employee per month (Basic and Plus only), and ICHRA health insurance reimbursements at $25 per enrolled employee per month. HSA and FSA access is also an add-on rather than bundled. Off-cycle payments, by contrast, are included on every plan rather than quoted per run.
Is there a headcount minimum?
For the PEO, yes: signing up needs at least two full-time or part-time W-2 employees. The Payroll plan carries no stated minimum, and Justworks says any size company can be on it. Part-time employees, defined as 29 or fewer expected hours per week, are billed at $79 each on both PEO tiers and are not benefits-eligible there.
When does Justworks make sense vs Gusto at 50-150?
When the buyer wants PEO benefits aggregation (master health plan, workers comp pass-through). Gusto Plus at $80 + $12 PEPM lands cheaper if the buyer is willing to broker benefits separately. Note that Justworks Payroll at $8 PEPM + $50 base is the closer like-for-like against Gusto; PEO Plus at $124 is a different purchase.