Paychex (PAYX) Selling, General & Administrative (2009 - 2026)
Paychex's Selling, General & Administrative came in at $581.2 million for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Aug 31, 2026), down 0.5% from $584.3 million a year earlier and down 0.4% from the prior quarter.
Paychex (PAYX) Selling, General & Administrative (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Aug 31, 2026, Paychex reported Selling, General & Administrative of $2.32 billion, up 15.3% year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended May 31, 2026), it came in at $2.33 billion, up 27.6% from FY2025.
- Selling, General & Administrative has increased in each of the last 17 fiscal years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 11.9% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- Going back by fiscal year, Selling, General & Administrative was $1.82 billion in FY2025 (+12.2%), $1.62 billion in FY2024 (+6.8%), $1.52 billion in FY2023 (+7.5%) and $1.42 billion in FY2022 (+6.8%).
- The five-year range for quarterly Selling, General & Administrative is $336.6 million (fiscal Q2 2022) to $602.3 million (fiscal Q4 2025).
- Year-over-year, Selling, General & Administrative increased in six of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 21.3%.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Selling, General & Administrative over five years came in fiscal Q1 2026 (growth of 49.1%), and the weakest in fiscal Q4 2026 (a decline of 3.1%).
- Business Quant data shows PAYX's Selling, General & Administrative at $583.5 million (Q4 2026), $585.7 million (Q3 2026) and $573.5 million (Q2 2026) in the three fiscal quarters before Q1 2027.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | SG&A (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 456.40 Bn | 425.35 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 194.58 Mn |
| 2 | Oracle | 382.94 Bn | 255.07 Bn | - | 376.00 Mn |
| 3 | Sap Se | 261.10 Bn | 188.88 Bn | 8.40 Bn | -469.59 Mn |
| 4 | Salesforce | 194.91 Bn | 150.78 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 725.00 Mn |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 145.90 Bn | 124.36 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 369.00 Mn |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 115.58 Bn | 97.71 Bn | 2.51 Bn | 1.25 Bn |
| 7 | Intuit | 89.20 Bn | 68.55 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 391.00 Mn |
| 8 | Relx | 71.58 Bn | 70.67 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 50.00 Bn | 42.99 Bn | 81.55 Mn | 39.92 Mn |
| 10 | Paychex | 39.43 Bn | 34.51 Bn | 1.20 Bn | 581.20 Mn |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | 581.20 Mn |
| May 31, 2026 | 583.50 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2026 | 585.70 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2025 | 573.50 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2025 | 584.30 Mn |
| May 31, 2025 | 602.30 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2025 | 429.80 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2024 | 399.70 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2024 | 391.80 Mn |
| May 31, 2024 | 438.10 Mn |
| Feb 29, 2024 | 409.70 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2023 | 387.60 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 389.50 Mn |
| May 31, 2023 | 406.50 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2023 | 396.20 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2022 | 358.70 Mn |
| Aug 31, 2022 | 359.60 Mn |
| May 31, 2022 | 390.30 Mn |
| Feb 28, 2022 | 361.00 Mn |
| Nov 30, 2021 | 336.60 Mn |
Paychex Selling, General & Administrative 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=selling-general-and-administrative&ticker=PAYX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "selling-general-and-administrative", "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=selling-general-and-administrative&ticker=PAYX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();