Paychex (PAYX) Other Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)
Paychex's Other Operating Expenses came in at $364.6 million for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Aug 31, 2026), up 10.8% from $329 million a year earlier and up 5.3% from the prior quarter.
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Paychex (PAYX) Other Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Aug 31, 2026, Paychex reported Other Operating Expenses of $1.41 billion, up 5.9% year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended May 31, 2026), it was $1.37 billion, down 0.6% from FY2025.
- Other Operating Expenses carries a five-year compound annual growth rate of 1.5% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- Going back by fiscal year, Other Operating Expenses was $1.38 billion in FY2025 (-6.8%), $1.48 billion in FY2024 (+1.8%), $1.45 billion in FY2023 (+7.1%) and $1.36 billion in FY2022 (+6.7%).
- The fiscal Q1 2027 figure represents the highest quarterly Other Operating Expenses since fiscal Q3 2025.
- Year-over-year, Other Operating Expenses increased in three of the last eight quarters, with an average decline of 1.2%.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Other Operating Expenses over five years came in fiscal Q4 2026 (growth of 39.4%), and the weakest in fiscal Q4 2025 (a decline of 33.8%).
- Business Quant data shows PAYX's Other Operating Expenses at $346.2 million (Q4 2026), $360 million (Q3 2026) and $335.1 million (Q2 2026) in the three fiscal quarters before Q1 2027.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 456.40 Bn | 425.35 Bn | 1.64 Bn |
| 2 | Oracle | 382.94 Bn | 255.07 Bn | - |
| 3 | Sap Se | 261.10 Bn | 188.88 Bn | 8.40 Bn |
| 4 | Salesforce | 194.91 Bn | 150.78 Bn | 8.70 Bn |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 145.90 Bn | 124.36 Bn | 2.82 Bn |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 115.58 Bn | 97.71 Bn | 2.51 Bn |
| 7 | Intuit | 89.20 Bn | 68.55 Bn | 3.44 Bn |
| 8 | Relx | 71.58 Bn | 70.67 Bn | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 50.00 Bn | 42.99 Bn | 81.55 Mn |
| 10 | Paychex | 39.43 Bn | 34.51 Bn | 1.20 Bn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | 364.60 Mn |
| May 31, 2026 | 346.20 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 360.00 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2025 | 335.10 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 329.00 Mn |
| May 31, 2025 | 248.30 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 370.70 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2024 | 379.10 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2024 | 380.00 Mn |
| May 31, 2024 | 375.20 Mn |
| Feb 29, 2024 | 379.80 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2023 | 364.10 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 360.20 Mn |
| May 31, 2023 | 369.80 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2023 | 372.90 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2022 | 359.30 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2022 | 351.00 Mn |
| May 31, 2022 | 360.00 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2022 | 352.20 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2021 | 331.60 Mn |
API Access
Paychex Other Operating Expenses API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=other-operating-expenses&ticker=PAYX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "other-operating-expenses", "ticker": "PAYX", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=other-operating-expenses&ticker=PAYX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();