Payroll for small US teams
Payroll that takes four minutes, not your whole Friday.
Fernly pays your people, files every federal and state payroll tax form, and keeps benefits deductions in sync — built for companies with 5 to 50 employees. Plans start at $6 per person per month.
Everything a 20-person company needs, and nothing it doesn't
Unlimited pay runs
Weekly, biweekly, semimonthly or a one-off bonus run. Direct deposit lands in two business days, or next day on Plus.
Taxes filed for you
We calculate, pay and file federal, state and local payroll taxes, including Form 941 every quarter and W-2s every January.
Benefits that reconcile
Health, dental, vision, 401(k) and FSA deductions flow straight from enrollment into payroll. No spreadsheet in the middle.
Contractors too
Pay 1099 contractors alongside employees and we'll prepare their 1099-NECs at year end.
Employee self-service
Your team updates bank details, downloads pay stubs and signs their W-4 on their own. You stop being the help desk.
A real person on the phone
Every account gets a named payroll specialist based in Portland, Oregon. Median response time last quarter: 11 minutes.
“We switched from a big-name provider when we hit 18 people. Fernly caught a missed Colorado FAMLI registration in our first week and fixed it before it turned into a penalty.”
Switching takes one afternoon
Send us your last three pay registers. We import year-to-date totals, set up your tax accounts and run a parallel payroll with you before your first real one goes out.
How payroll works in Fernly