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Pace of U.S. Small Business Employment Increases in April

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8:30 AM | Tuesday | May 5, 2026

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ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $PAYX #employmenttrends--The pace of job growth among U.S. small businesses showed an increase in April, marking the second consecutive month of gains as employers continued to demonstrate resilience amid ongoing economic uncertainty, according to the latest Paychex Small Business Employment Watch.
The national jobs index, which reflects employment growth in U.S. small businesses with fewer than 50 employees, rose 0.35 percentage points from March to April (99.16), the largest one‑mont.

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8:30 AM | Tuesday | May 5, 2026

Pace of U.S. Small Business Employment Increases in April

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ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $PAYX #employmenttrends--The pace of job growth among U.S. small businesses showed an increase in April, marking the second consecutive month of gains as employers continued to demonstrate resilience amid ongoing economic uncertainty, according to the latest Paychex Small Business Employment Watch.
The national jobs index, which reflects employment growth in U.S. small businesses with fewer than 50 employees, rose 0.35 percentage points from March to April (99.16), the largest one‑mont.

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8:30 AM | Tuesday | May 5, 2026

Pace of U.S. Small Business Employment Increases in April

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ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $PAYX #employmenttrends--The pace of job growth among U.S. small businesses showed an increase in April, marking the second consecutive month of gains as employers continued to demonstrate resilience amid ongoing economic uncertainty, according to the latest Paychex Small Business Employment Watch.
The national jobs index, which reflects employment growth in U.S. small businesses with fewer than 50 employees, rose 0.35 percentage points from March to April (99.16), the largest one‑mont.

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12:30 PM | Friday | May 1, 2026

Paychex Declares a 10% Increase to Quarterly Cash Dividend

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ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Paychex, Inc. (Nasdaq: PAYX), an industry-leading human capital management ("HCM") company, today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend on Paychex common stock of $1.19 per share, an increase of $0.
11 (or 10%) from the prior quarterly dividend of $1.08 per share, payable on May 29, 2026 to shareholders of record as of May 13, 2026. “Our decision to raise the dividend by 10%—our fifth consecutive double-digit increa.

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9:30 AM | Wednesday | Apr 1, 2026

Tapcheck Teams with Paychex to Deliver Seamless Embedded On-Demand Pay Solution Giving Instant Access to Worksite Employees

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PLANO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #EarnedWageAccess--Tapcheck Inc, and Paychex, Inc. team to provide real-time access to earned wages through new embedded solution.

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8:30 AM | Tuesday | Mar 31, 2026

Pace of U.S. Small Business Employment Remains Consistent in March

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ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $PAYX #employmenttrends--Employment and wage growth among U.S. small businesses remained stable from February to March, according to the latest Paychex Small Business Employment Watch, which reflects the payroll data of a subset of Paychex U.
S. small business clients with fewer than 50 employees. The Small Business Jobs Index ticked up 0.04 percentage points from February to 98.81 in March, while hourly earnings growth for workers remained below three percent for the 17th consecutive m.

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8:30 AM | Wednesday | Mar 25, 2026

Paychex Reports Third Quarter Results

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ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Paychex, Inc. (Nasdaq: PAYX) (the "Company," "Paychex," "we," "our," or "us"), an industry-leading human capital management ("HCM") company, today reported results for the fiscal quarter ended February 28, 2026 (the "third quarter") of the fiscal year ending May 31, 2026 ("fiscal 2026"). Results compared with the same period last year were as follows:     For the three months ended             For the nine months ended               February 28,             Feb.

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9:00 AM | Wednesday | Mar 18, 2026

Paychex Named a World's Most Ethical Company® by Ethisphere for the 18th Time

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ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Paychex has been named one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® by Ethisphere.

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8:30 AM | Wednesday | Mar 11, 2026

Paychex Schedules Third Quarter Fiscal 2026 Earnings Conference Call on March 25, 2026

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ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Paychex, Inc. (Nasdaq: PAYX), an industry-leading human capital management ("HCM") company, will release financial results for its fiscal 2026 third quarter ended February 28, 2026 on Wednesday, March 25, 2026, before the financial markets open. The company will host a conference call at 9:30 a.
m. ET on Wednesday, March 25, 2026 to discuss these results. Participating in this call will be John Gibson, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Bob Schrader, Chi.

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8:30 AM | Tuesday | Mar 3, 2026

U.S. Small Business Wage Growth Remains Steady in February

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ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $PAYX #employmenttrends--According to the latest Paychex Small Business Employment Watch, the Small Business Jobs Index registered 98.77 in February. Meanwhile, hourly earnings growth among small business workers was 2.
78% in February, remaining below three percent for the 16th consecutive month. The Small Business Employment Watch reflects the payroll data of a subset of Paychex U.S. small business clients with fewer than 50 employees. “The pace of job growth across our overall client.

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9:00 AM | Thursday | Feb 26, 2026

Paychex Unveils Cutting-Edge AI and Agentic Workforce Management Solutions

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ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Paychex, Inc. (Nasdaq: PAYX), an industry-leading human capital management (HCM) company, announced today new AI-driven advancements within its Paycor® and Paychex Flex® platforms to streamline workforce management and increase efficiency for businesses. Major enhancements to the Paycor Smart Scheduler and new automated time and attendance features across both platforms embody the company's commitment to infusing AI technology in its HCM platforms to democratiz.

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8:30 AM | Tuesday | Feb 3, 2026

U.S. Small Business Employment Trends Hold Steady to Start 2026

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ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $PAYX #employmenttrends--According to the January Paychex Small Business Employment Watch, job and wage growth trends among U.S. small businesses remained consistent to start 2026.
The Small Business Jobs Index — which reflects the payroll data of a subset of Paychex clients with fewer than 50 employees — increased 0.04 percentage points to 99.30 in January. Additionally, hourly earnings growth for workers has remained essentially unchanged since July 2025 at 2.68%.
“As we enter 2026,.

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