Payroll Key Benchmarks

Last updated:

November 06, 2025

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APQC

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Gain insight into the efficiency and effectiveness of your organization’s processes by benchmarking common business activities. The process group “Process payroll” includes processes and activities such as report time, manage pay, and manage and process payroll taxes.

Prepared using data from APQC's Open Standards Benchmarking® in Payroll, this collection highlights financial management payroll key performance indicator (KPI) benchmarks for organizations across all industries. Organizations can use this information to benchmark and continuously improve their financial management processes. For more information on these measures and metrics, see the Summary of Open Standards Benchmarking Measures: Payroll.

Metrics provided include:

Cost effectiveness
Cycle time
Process efficiency
Staff productivity

Type:

Collections

Topics:

Finance and Accounting, Payroll

Tags:

Key performance indicators (KPIs)

Included in this Collection

Payroll Key Benchmarks: Cross Industry

Payroll Key Benchmarks: Automotive Industry

Payroll Key Benchmarks: Consumer Products/Packaged Goods Industry

Payroll Key Benchmarks: Distribution/Transportation Industry

Payroll Key Benchmarks: Electronics Industry

Payroll Key Benchmarks: Financial Services/Banking

Payroll Key Benchmarks: Food and Beverage Manufacturers Industry

Payroll Key Benchmarks: Government/Military Industry

Payroll Key Benchmarks: Industrial Products Industry

Payroll Key Benchmarks: Insurance Industry

Payroll Key Benchmarks: Petroleum/Chemical Industry

Payroll Key Benchmarks: Pharmaceutical Industry

Payroll Key Benchmarks: Retail and Wholesale Industry

Payroll Key Benchmarks: Services Industry

Payroll Key Benchmarks: Telecommunications Industry

Payroll Key Benchmarks: Utility Industry