Growth Metrics

Paylocity Holding (PCTY) Tax Rate (2013 - 2026)

Paylocity Holding's quarterly Tax Rate came in at 29.16% in Q1 2026, up 144.0% year-on-year from 11.95% in Q1 2025, and up 2.41% quarter-over-quarter from 28.47% in Q4 2025.

Paylocity Holding has reported Tax Rate for 14 years, with the latest figure at 29.16% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Tax Rate rose 144.0% year-over-year to 29.16%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 30.06% (up 321.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 26.51%, up 115.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate for Q1 2026 stood at 29.16%, up from 28.47% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Tax Rate was 35.94% in Q3 2025, with the low at 338.23% in Q3 2022.
  • Average Tax Rate over 5 years is 4.56%, with a median of 27.72% recorded in 2025.
  • Year-over-year, Tax Rate slumped 13303 bps in 2022 and jumped 36052 bps in 2023.
  • Tracing PCTY's Tax Rate over 5 years: stood at 14.3% in 2022, then soared by 101 bps to 28.76% in 2023, then sank by 31 bps to 19.97% in 2024, then soared by 43 bps to 28.47% in 2025, then rose by 2 bps to 29.16% in 2026.
  • The last three Tax Rate figures came in at 29.16% (Q1 2026), 28.47% (Q4 2025), and 35.94% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 253.17 Bn 235.20 Bn 8.16 Bn -
2 Salesforce 171.07 Bn 161.50 Bn 8.69 Bn 25.31
3 Uber Technologies 151.10 Bn 150.06 Bn 11.88 Bn 39.11
4 Shopify 134.25 Bn 128.50 Bn 1.55 Bn 8.36
5 ServiceNow 105.72 Bn 100.54 Bn 2.83 Bn 30.31
6 Cadence Design Systems 101.64 Bn 100.23 Bn 1.26 Bn 21.59
7 Adobe 100.35 Bn 93.46 Bn 5.73 Bn 22.01
8 Automatic Data Processing 90.91 Bn 87.68 Bn 2.87 Bn 23.68
9 Intuit 88.30 Bn 81.52 Bn 6.77 Bn 24.29
10 Paylocity Holding 6.07 Bn 5.77 Bn 363.19 Mn 29.16

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 29.16
Mar 31, 2026 29.16
Dec 31, 2025 28.47
Dec 31, 2025 28.47
Sep 30, 2025 35.94
Sep 30, 2025 35.94
Jun 30, 2025 27.24
Jun 30, 2025 27.24
Mar 31, 2025 27.72
Mar 31, 2025 27.72
Dec 31, 2024 19.97
Dec 31, 2024 19.97
Sep 30, 2024 28.04
Sep 30, 2024 28.04
Jun 30, 2024 28.71
Jun 30, 2024 28.71
Mar 31, 2024 22.87
Mar 31, 2024 22.87
Dec 31, 2023 28.76
Dec 31, 2023 28.76
Sep 30, 2023 22.28
Sep 30, 2023 22.28
Jun 30, 2023 28.31
Jun 30, 2023 28.31
Mar 31, 2023 29.32
Mar 31, 2023 29.32
Dec 31, 2022 14.30
Dec 31, 2022 14.30
Sep 30, 2022 -338.23
Sep 30, 2022 -338.23
Jun 30, 2022 18.70
Jun 30, 2022 18.70
Mar 31, 2022 25.97
Mar 31, 2022 25.97
Dec 31, 2021 -26.87
Dec 31, 2021 -26.87
Sep 30, 2021 -205.20
Sep 30, 2021 -205.20
Jun 30, 2021 -31.97
Jun 30, 2021 -31.97
Mar 31, 2021 5.40
Mar 31, 2021 5.40
Dec 31, 2020 -61.45
Dec 31, 2020 -61.45
Sep 30, 2020 -290.35
Sep 30, 2020 -290.35
Jun 30, 2020 18.44
Jun 30, 2020 18.44
Mar 31, 2020 16.70
Mar 31, 2020 16.70
Dec 31, 2019 14.56
Dec 31, 2019 14.56
Sep 30, 2019 -114.80
Sep 30, 2019 -114.80
Jun 30, 2019 -3.70
Jun 30, 2019 -3.70
Mar 31, 2019 23.74
Mar 31, 2019 23.74
Dec 31, 2018 22.64
Dec 31, 2018 22.64
Sep 30, 2018 -143.56
Sep 30, 2018 -143.56
Jun 30, 2018 -392.31
Jun 30, 2018 -392.31
Mar 31, 2018 -89.44
Mar 31, 2018 -89.44
Dec 31, 2017 -57.30
Dec 31, 2017 -57.30
Sep 30, 2017 12.98
Sep 30, 2017 12.98
Jun 30, 2017 -14.51
Jun 30, 2017 -14.51
Mar 31, 2017 0.22
Mar 31, 2017 0.22
Dec 31, 2016 -1.95
Dec 31, 2016 -1.95
Sep 30, 2016 -4.05
Sep 30, 2016 -4.05
Jun 30, 2016 -0.63
Jun 30, 2016 -0.63
Mar 31, 2016 -0.70
Mar 31, 2016 -0.70
Dec 31, 2015 -7.87
Dec 31, 2015 -7.87
Sep 30, 2015 -3.03
Sep 30, 2015 -3.03
Jun 30, 2015 1.18
Jun 30, 2015 1.18
Mar 31, 2015 0.23
Mar 31, 2015 0.23
Dec 31, 2014 -0.53
Dec 31, 2014 -0.53
Sep 30, 2014 -0.58
Sep 30, 2014 -0.58
Jun 30, 2014 -7.23
Jun 30, 2014 -7.23
Mar 31, 2014 47.54
Mar 31, 2014 47.54
Dec 31, 2013 36.71
Dec 31, 2013 36.71
Sep 30, 2013 89.16
Sep 30, 2013 89.16
Jun 30, 2013 57.14
Jun 30, 2013 57.14
Mar 31, 2013 22.15
Mar 31, 2013 22.15