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Paychex (PAYX) Operating Margin (2016 - 2025)

Historic Operating Margin for Paychex (PAYX) over the last 17 years, with Q4 2025 value amounting to 36.72%.

  • Paychex's Operating Margin fell 41400.0% to 36.72% in Q4 2025 from the same period last year, while for Nov 2025 it was 37.07%, marking a year-over-year decrease of 42100.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 39.62% for FY2025, which is 15700.0% down from last year.
  • Per Paychex's latest filing, its Operating Margin stood at 36.72% for Q4 2025, which was down 41400.0% from 35.19% recorded in Q3 2025.
  • In the past 5 years, Paychex's Operating Margin ranged from a high of 45.84% in Q1 2025 and a low of 30.2% during Q2 2025
  • In the last 5 years, Paychex's Operating Margin had a median value of 40.55% in 2023 and averaged 39.61%.
  • In the last 5 years, Paychex's Operating Margin skyrocketed by 104300bps in 2021 and then crashed by -70000bps in 2025.
  • Over the past 5 years, Paychex's Operating Margin (Quarter) stood at 39.72% in 2021, then dropped by 0bps to 39.68% in 2022, then grew by 1bps to 40.24% in 2023, then grew by 2bps to 40.86% in 2024, then dropped by -10bps to 36.72% in 2025.
  • Its Operating Margin was 36.72% in Q4 2025, compared to 35.19% in Q3 2025 and 30.2% in Q2 2025.