In Fiscal Year 2026, Paylocity delivered another year of strong results, driven by our award-winning culture, innovation, and commitment to clients, employees, and communities. We continued to strengthen our position as a leading provider of HCM, payroll, and spend management solutions, expanding our platform with new Finance and IT offerings. In FY26 we also added our Paylocity for Retirement product to help our clients and their employees manage their retirement plans, Elevate service offerings to better support our clients in managing their payroll and HR administration, and our Ignite AI capabilities to deliver even greater automation, productivity, insights, and value to our 44,000 clients. All of these market-leading innovations are built to solve complex challenges and drive meaningful business outcomes.
Our Corporate Social Responsibility
Our Corporate Social Responsibility
- Letter from CEO
- Who We Are
- Our CSR Mission
- Supporting Our People
- Uplifting Our Communities
- Sustainability
- Governance
Message from Our President and Chief Executive Officer
Toby Williams
President and Chief Executive Officer
About this Report
At Paylocity, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reflects our commitment to employees, communities, and responsible operations. Through volunteerism, giving, partnerships, and sustainability initiatives, we encourage engagement and impact across three pillars: supporting our people, uplifting communities, and promoting sustainability.
In Fiscal Year 2026, employees expanded participation in volunteer programs, ERG initiatives, and charitable campaigns, contributing to hunger relief, education, and digital inclusion efforts globally. Key highlights include providing nearly 186,000 meals, expanding scholarships by 20% through the Peter J. McGrail Scholarship program, and supporting community partners in India.
Monica Roberts
Vice President of Talent, Culture and Belonging
Who We Are
Founded in 1997 on a simple idea — to build an industry-leading payroll platform from the ground up — our story is a continuous journey forward. Today, we’re the award-winning provider of flexible, comprehensive solutions that evolve at the speed of business, unifying HR, Finance, and IT to streamline processes, boost agility, and surface actionable insights.
What We Do
Innovation isn’t just in our products — it’s in our DNA, woven into the way we partner with our clients to co-create solutions that meet today’s most pressing business needs and anticipate tomorrow’s challenges. Our U.S.-based implementation and service experts ensure a fast path to ROI and a partnership that lasts.
44,400
Clients
92%+
Revenue Retention
6.7M+
Employees on Platform
44,400
Clients
92%+
Revenue Retention
6.7M+
Employees on Platform
Awards
Our CSR Mission
We are a socially responsible corporation committed to making meaningful impacts by fostering awareness and understanding among our employees, clients, partners, and communities across the globe. Through collaborative efforts, we aim to create an informed, engaged, and responsible community committed to inspiring positive change.
Supporting Our People
We strive to maintain a culture where every employee feels truly welcomed and appreciated, and differences of experience and perspective make us stronger together. We lead by example and forge a path forward where dignity, respect, safety, and justice are for all.
We prioritize inclusion for every employee by eliminating barriers to opportunities in hiring, compensation, development, and advancement. We offer various programs that facilitate growth for all employees, ensuring we meet individuals where they are.
Wellness for the Whole Person
We take a holistic approach to well-being, offering a range of benefits to help our employees and their families lead healthy, fulfilling lives.
Inclusion and Belonging Council
Paylocity’s Inclusion and Belonging Council (IBC), established in 2020, continues to play a key role in driving our inclusion and belonging strategies across the organization. In fiscal 2026, the IBC strengthened its impact by providing strategic governance, alignment, and oversight for our robust network of Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), ensuring they are supported, sustainably led, and creating programming that drives engagement and measurable impact.
Uplifting Our Communities
“Forward Together” describes our partnership with clients, but it’s also a promise to our employees and communities.
Investing in our employees is foundational in building and maintaining a strong company culture. We’re committed to cultivating a well-rounded culture that supports the people who help drive our success, empowering our employees to enjoy the work they do and where they do it.
We invest in our communities through our corporate philanthropic partnerships with nonprofit organizations like those highlighted in this report. Through grant programming, we also support other nonprofits nominated by our employees, such as Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago and Colorectal Cancer Alliance. Our financial and in-kind donations provide resources to help local youth and community members facing economic hardship, support nonprofit leaders working to lift their communities, and more.
Paylocity Gives: Philanthropy and Service
Paylocity Gives empowers our workforce to make a difference through in-kind donations, grants that support nonprofits nominated by our employees, paid time off to volunteer, college scholarships, and more.
Executives in Action
At Paylocity, employees at every level engage in the practice of Corporate Citizenship, which is why we’ve decided to help them do good, even better. In partnership with Business Volunteers, we provide our executive leadership with the tools they need to practice corporate citizenship beyond their Paylocity roles, including guidance on nonprofit board service that enables them to lift their surrounding communities.
Volunteers in Action
Since our Volunteers in Action (VIA) program launched in 2021, Paylocity employees have dedicated more than 34,590 hours to bettering the communities where they work and live. To create a culture of giving into the employee experience, we support our employees and the causes that drive them to action with paid volunteer leave.
In-Kind Donations & Grant Programming
Our employees care deeply about giving back — and we’re intentional about supporting the causes that matter most to them.
- Elevate Your Passions Grant: A bi-annual grant based on employee nominations per location.
- Internal Give-Back Events: Inside and out, we live by our values and work to incorporate a culture of giving, starting indoors at our offices.
Action Meets Impact: Our Service Campaign
Our Action and Impact campaign is Paylocity’s two-month-long effort to bridge service and philanthropy and is held during the giving season. It is a friendly competition among our employees to spend the most number of hours giving back to their communities. Our employees gave 1,320 hours during the holiday season in support of the campaign.
Peter J. McGrail Scholarship
Created to honor the legacy of our late CFO and his passion for learning, this scholarship is how Paylocity invests in future generations of Paylocity families. Dependents of employees with at least one year of service are eligible for the program, which has awarded nearly $850,000.00 since its inception, helping support 297 scholars pursuing higher education.
Sustainability
At the core of our organizational values is a strong commitment to sustainability. As a company and as individuals, we promote sustainable practices and mindsets that positively impact the environment.
Our pursuit of eco-friendly practices is led by our Sustainability Employee Resource Group, which includes employees from across the organization. The group’s mission is to foster sustainable practices throughout our business and in the daily lives of our employees. In partnership with our Facilities team, the group works to advance sustainability initiatives across Paylocity.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Study
Our direct greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions, primarily from diesel and natural gas (Scope 1), together with our indirect emissions from purchased electricity (Scope 2), are generated by our leased office locations and data centers. Our total Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions decreased year over year despite growth in business activity and increased operational demands across our office locations. Because we lease all our office facilities, we work closely with our landlords to monitor energy consumption and to implement energy-efficient initiatives throughout our locations.
During fiscal 2026 we engaged an independent audit firm to review the accuracy and completeness of our historical Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions data and related calculations. As our business and operational footprint evolves, we are committed to implementing sustainable practices to manage energy consumption and GHG emissions over time.
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Fiscal 2026 Emissions |
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Fiscal 2025 Emissions |
Fiscal 2026 Emissions |
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Scope 1 |
78 metric tons CO2e |
89 metric tons CO2e |
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Scope 2 |
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Fiscal 2025 Emissions |
Fiscal 2026 Emissions |
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Scope 2 |
4,054 metric tons CO2e |
3,985 metric tons CO2e |
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Total Scope 1 &2 |
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Fiscal 2025 Emissions |
Fiscal 2026 Emissions |
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Total Scope 1 &2 |
4,132 metric tons CO2e |
4,074 metric tons CO2e |
Sustainability Initiatives
Governance
We are deeply committed to strong corporate governance as a foundation for sustainable success. Guided by our code of ethics, this commitment begins with our Executive Team and Board of Directors, whose leadership helps shape a culture of accountability, integrity, and transparency. Together, they focus on creating long-term value for our shareholders, making responsible decisions, and upholding the highest ethical standards across our organization.
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