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

Paylocity Holding's (PCTY) 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 (PCTY) Tax Rate (2013 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Paylocity Holding's Tax Rate history runs 14 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 29.16% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Tax Rate rose 144.0% year-over-year to 29.16% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 30.06%, a 321.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 26.51%, up 115.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate improved to 29.16% in Q1 2026 per PCTY's latest filing, from 28.47% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Tax Rate topped out at 35.94% in Q3 2025 and bottomed at 338.23% in Q3 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Tax Rate is 27.72% (2025), against an average of 4.56%.
  • Across the five-year window, Tax Rate slumped 13303 bps in 2022 and jumped 36052 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Tax Rate stood at 14.3% in 2022, then surged by 101 bps to 28.76% in 2023, then plunged by 31 bps to 19.97% in 2024, then surged by 43 bps to 28.47% in 2025, then increased by 2 bps to 29.16% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest PCTY Tax Rate figures stand at 29.16% (Q1 2026), 28.47% (Q4 2025), and 35.94% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 208.91 Bn 189.27 Bn 8.16 Bn -29.13%
2 Full Truck Alliance 188.77 Bn 186.13 Bn - -18.42%
3 Shopify 145.98 Bn 140.23 Bn 1.55 Bn 8.36%
4 Uber Technologies 141.48 Bn 140.44 Bn 5.95 Bn 39.11%
5 Salesforce 128.51 Bn 116.67 Bn 8.56 Bn 22.57%
6 ServiceNow 98.38 Bn 93.20 Bn 2.82 Bn 31.96%
7 Automatic Data Processing 97.56 Bn 94.34 Bn 2.87 Bn 23.68%
8 Snowflake 91.55 Bn 88.59 Bn 926.45 Mn 0.37%
9 Cadence Design Systems 89.91 Bn 88.50 Bn 1.41 Bn 21.59%
10 Paylocity Holding 6.48 Bn 6.18 Bn 363.19 Mn 29.16%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 29.16%
Mar 31, 2026 29.16%
Mar 31, 2026 29.16%
Dec 31, 2025 28.47%
Dec 31, 2025 28.47%
Dec 31, 2025 28.47%
Sep 30, 2025 35.94%
Sep 30, 2025 35.94%
Sep 30, 2025 35.94%
Jun 30, 2025 27.24%
Jun 30, 2025 27.24%
Jun 30, 2025 27.24%
Mar 31, 2025 27.72%
Mar 31, 2025 27.72%
Mar 31, 2025 27.72%
Dec 31, 2024 19.97%
Dec 31, 2024 19.97%
Dec 31, 2024 19.97%
Sep 30, 2024 28.04%
Sep 30, 2024 28.04%