Provider verification
Confirming that each listed provider is a real, operating payroll service and that the details on their listing match reality. It is checking, cross-referencing, and following up until the record is right.
Help businesses find a payroll provider they can actually trust.
PayrollModo verifies payroll service providers, publishes what each one handles in every state, and connects businesses with the ones that fit. Doing that well takes careful research, clear writing, and software that stays fast and accurate. That is the work.
What you would work on
Three things we get right, or nothing else matters
Everything on PayrollModo comes down to verification, useful research, and a directory that holds up under scrutiny.
Research and free tools
The calculators, checklists, quizzes, and guides that let a business work out cost and fit before it talks to a single provider. Original research, honest math, plain explanations.
The directory itself
State by state pages, ratings, badges, and quote requests. Fast to load, easy to compare, accurate everywhere payroll rules differ, which is to say everywhere.
How we work
The standards we hold ourselves to
These are the rules that shape the site, and they shape the job too.
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Accuracy comes before volume
A listing goes up when it has been checked, and a badge comes down when a provider no longer qualifies. Getting the record right beats getting more of it.
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Ratings stay independent
The PayrollModo Rating weighs service coverage, verified customer feedback, pricing clarity, support quality, and time in operation. Providers cannot pay to raise it, and that stays true no matter who asks.
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Plain language, always
Payroll is already dense enough. We explain fees, filings, and compliance the way you would explain them to a friend who runs a shop, then cut whatever is left over.
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Small scope, finished work
We would rather ship one page, tool, or check that is genuinely done than five that are nearly there. You will own what you build and see it in front of real users.
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Show the method
Anything we assert, a reader can trace. Our methodology and verification process are published, and the work you do should be able to stand next to them.
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The business owner decides
Our job is to lay out the options clearly and get out of the way. No pressure tactics, no obligation, no steering someone toward a choice that suits us more than it suits them.
Where we hire
Areas we look for people in
These are the two areas we hire for. Named roles are posted here when they open, and an application still reaches us when nothing is posted.
Content and editorial
Writing and editing the guides, state pages, and tool explanations. Payroll and compliance knowledge helps; the ability to write clearly about them helps more.
Customer support
Helping the businesses who use the site: questions about quotes, comparisons, and what a provider actually handles in their state.
Pick the area that fits in the form below and tell us what you would want to work on. Curious how the standards behind these roles work in practice? Read how we verify providers and our methodology.
What to expect
How our hiring process runs
The same four steps for every application, so you always know where you stand.
Your application
You send the form below with a link or a resume. A person reads it and looks for the overlap between what you do well and what we need done.
An intro conversation
A call to cover what you are looking for, what the role involves day to day, and anything on your side that would make or break it. Questions welcome from the start.
A practical exercise
A short piece of work that looks like the real job: verify a listing, draft an explainer, or work through a build. Scoped to respect your time, and we tell you upfront what we are looking for.
Final conversation and offer
A last conversation about the work and the terms, then a written offer with the details spelled out before you are asked to decide anything.
If a step needs to change to fit your situation, say so and we will work with it. Every application is read by a person, whether or not a matching role is open at the time.
Apply
Send us your application
Tell us where you would fit and what you have built or checked or written. Specifics beat polish here, and a short note about work you are proud of goes further than a long list of tools.
- A link to your work is enough, a resume is optional.
- An application still reaches us when no role is posted for your area.
- Your details are used to consider you for work here, nothing else.
Application form
Fields marked with an asterisk are required. Everything else helps, but skip what does not apply.
See what you would be working on
The directory, the ratings, and the free tools are all open. Have a look around before you apply.