When it comes to selecting a payroll vendor, often times having a local office can be the difference between talking to a real person when you call for help or getting a ticket number and 48-hour callback window. We call this getting the Fortune-500 treatment.

For employers in the Albany Capital Region looking for locally headquartered payroll providers, we’ve compiled a short list of backyard payroll vendors that have a vested interest in the local community and real-life local reps ready to field your phone calls or show up onsite. 

In the grid below, we’ve provided  some side-by-side comparison of services and capabilities based on information found on vendor websites, LinkedIn, and the Albany Business Review Book of Lists. Specifically, we researched each vendors offerings in the area of:

• Market Focus (small 2-24, mid-size 25-500, large 500+)
• Time and Labor Management
• HRIS Offerings
• Health Insurance Expertise
• ACA Administrative Services
• Customer Service Hours
• Additional Services

Finally, for the ease of your research we’ve also listed website and contact information for each Capital Region payroll vendor to help expedite your research. You can see that each has it’s areas of expertise and market focus. One is bound to fit your needs!

Albany Capital Region Local Payroll Vendor Comparison

In circumstances where we were unable to find information, we listed “unknown.” This does not mean that the service does not exist, but rather that we did not find it explicitly listed on the vendor website. These vendors were selected based on the top results for “Albany NY Payroll Vendors”.

Please contact the vendors for more specific information. Enjoy!

Certainly hope that this was a helpful resource for you! Check out some websites, shop for some quotes, and see which provider best fits your present and future needs.