Payroll Software for Manufacturing
Built for Manufacturing, Designed for Agility
Streamline payroll and time tracking to drive workforce efficiency for your organization.
In manufacturing, payroll moves as fast as the production floor, and keeping up can feel impossible. You’re juggling complex shift structures, constant schedule changes, overtime spikes, and strict compliance requirements. Ensuring accurate pay while tracking labor across multiple roles, lines, and locations is time-consuming and leaves you with little time to focus on supporting your workforce.
80%
Among organizations using manual time tracking, 80% of their timesheets must be corrected due to errors.
63%
63% of manufacturers report spending more than 2000 hours annually ensuring HR compliance.
39%
39% of manufacturing employees turnover within the first year.
Focus on production—let us take payroll and compliance off your hands.
Support You Can Trust
From onboarding to ongoing support, get fast, reliable service from specialists who understand the unique payroll and compliance demands of manufacturing.
- Partner with a team that understands the challenges of manufacturing payroll, while benefiting from U.S.-based service.
- Strengthen compliance with access to HR and employment attorneys that guide you through your biggest workplace challenges.
- Deliver attorney-reviewed training (e.g., OSHA, workplace safety) through your LMS to stay compliant and safeguard your organization.
Shift management for manufacturing.
Shift Management Made Easy
Manage complex shift schedules, enable geofenced time tracking for accurate punches, and ensure accurate payroll with connected time and attendance built for production environments.
- Handle multi-shift, multi-line scheduling while honoring employee availability.
- Maintain verifiable, audit-ready time tracking with geofencing, ensuring employees clock in and out only from approved manufacturing locations.
- Ensure precise pay by storing hourly rates, overtime rules, shift differentials, and union rates in time & attendance.
Payroll for manufacturing, optimized.
Effortless Payroll for Manufacturing
Run payroll in minutes across every facility, even with complex shifts, multiple job roles, and varying pay rates.
- Automate manufacturing payroll for hourly, salaried, union, and multi-role employees with built-in error detection.
- Accurately calculate overtime, shift differentials, union rules, and multi-rate pay.
- Manage multi-state payroll and tax filing with ease, including wage regulations, union requirements, and local labor laws.
What Our Clients Say About Us
All A Manufacturer Needs in One Place
Payroll
Automated, compliant payroll that streamlines tax filing, worker’s comp, and built in error alerts.
Learn About Our Payroll SoftwareTime & Attendance
Payroll-connected tracking that manages time off, holidays, accruals, absences, and scheduling.
See Our Time Functionality in ActionCompliance
Integrated add-on services that automate record-keeping & reporting and makes HR legally compliant.
Applicant Tracking
Intuitive online recruiting that simplifies job postings, and manages applicants & hiring of employees.
Learn More About Applicant TrackingHR & Onboarding
HR Services that you need and expect like Performance Management, Learning Management, and HR Legal Advice.
Learn More About Our HR SoftwareBenefits Services
Comprehensive employee programs, refined for modern workforce needs, delivering confidence and compliance.
See Our Benefits Admin Capabilities
Frequently Asked Questions
How can payroll software help manufacturers manage labor costs?
Payroll software helps manufacturers control labor costs by automating time capture, overtime calculations, shift differentials, and multi-rate pay structures. With real-time payroll data, manufacturers can immediately see labor spending by line, department, or facility—helping prevent overstaffing and costly errors. By connecting payroll with time and attendance, teams gain accurate labor cost reporting that keeps budgets on track and supports better production planning.
How does payroll software streamline wage calculations and union compliance for manufacturing?
Payroll software automates complex wage calculations, including overtime, blended rates, multi-role pay, shift premiums, and union dues deductions. It supports compliance with FLSA, OSHA recordkeeping expectations, and union labor agreements by ensuring the correct pay rules apply to every shift and job role. Automated tax filing, real-time error detection, and compliance alerts reduce administrative workload and help manufacturers avoid costly penalties.
What payroll challenges do manufacturers face most often?
Manufacturers commonly struggle with variable pay rates, multi-shift operations, high turnover, and tracking hours across multiple lines or facilities. Payroll teams must manage overtime spikes, job transfers, certifications tied to pay differentials, and union requirements—all of which can increase the risk of payroll errors. Payroll software streamlines these complexities by automating calculations and centralizing worker data for greater accuracy and efficiency.
Do manufacturing companies typically have dedicated payroll teams?
Yes. Most manufacturing organizations have some level of dedicated payroll support, whether it’s a full team or shared HR/payroll roles. Because of complex hourly workforces, certification-based pay, shift differentials, and union contracts, having focused payroll oversight is essential to minimizing errors and maintaining compliance.
How does payroll software improve efficiency in manufacturing operations?
Payroll software reduces manual calculations, eliminates repetitive tasks, and automates overtime processing, rate changes, and tax updates. With accurate time data flowing directly into payroll, manufacturers reduce rework, process payroll faster, and ensure employees are paid accurately the first time.
How does payroll software help manufacturers attract and retain skilled workers?
Accurate, on-time pay builds trust—an important differentiator in a competitive labor market. Payroll software supports retention by eliminating paycheck errors, providing transparent self-service access to pay information, and managing complex pay rules tied to skills, certifications, and experience. When workers can rely on their pay, they are more likely to stay.
What is position management in HCM?
Many leading HR software solutions still couple employee and position data together, meaning that HR teams lose important strategic workforce planning data anytime an employee terms. Unlike other HCM software, PrimePay’s position management core architecture keeps the position and employee profile distinct in the platform. This separation enables businesses to easily transfer employee profile information (such as contact details, performance data, and compensation history) across the organization while ensuring position data (like job title, department, and salary range) remains intact, allowing for streamlined employee movement across roles or departments without losing critical position-related information. Additionally, PrimePay’s patented time relational data model provides real-time insights into staffing needs, vacancy trends, and labor costs, helping healthcare providers optimize workforce planning and patient coverage.