“California payroll done right”
Vanta PayrollA clearer payday.
Your people, hours and payroll records in one place. Built for California employers who want clarity before every approval.
Pay stubs, tax calculations and reports included. You stay in control of every payment.
Payroll / October 2026
October payroll
Pay date: October 16, 2026
Confirm $6,400.00 in net pay
Every tax line is calculated before you approve.
- Submit by
- Oct 14
- Payday on
- Oct 16
- Hours worked
- 84 hrs
- Total gross
- $8,000.00
- Jordan Lee32 hrs$3,200.00
- Ava Nguyen28 hrs$2,850.00
- Marco Ruiz24 hrs$1,950.00
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- Forbes
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- Inc.
- San Diego Business Journal
A clearer payday
From your team to their pay stub.
California overtime built in
Daily and weekly rules, worked out for you.
Review payroll
Enter hours or contractor amounts. Review gross pay, withholding, employer taxes and any pay-rate warnings before finalizing.
Illustrative preview
Total gross
$8,000.00
Total net pay
$6,400.00
Regular
80 hours
Overtime
4 hours
Double time
0 hours
Federal · Social Security · Medicare · CA PIT · CA SDI
Know what you're getting
Clear scope. No surprises.
Run payroll with confidence
Add your team, review the calculations and finalize. Every run produces detailed pay stubs, an employee portal and the reports your business needs.
You stay in control
Vanta works out every payment and tax amount precisely. How your company arranges payments is covered during setup once you sign up.
Built on current federal and California tax tables, reviewed for each new tax year.
Security & privacy
Sensitive data. Thoughtful boundaries.
Last four digits only
SSNs, TINs and bank accounts stay partial.
Company-specific access
Company membership and permissions restrict payroll access. Authorized platform administrators also have administrative access.
Employee permissions
Workers access their own available pay records and supported tax-form updates, not other employees' payroll or pay-rate editing.
Less sensitive data stored
Designated fields keep only the last four digits of SSNs, TINs and bank accounts. Full identifiers must not be entered elsewhere.
Simple pricing
A lean price for complete payroll clarity.
Unlimited pay runs
Every pay frequency, in every plan.
Payroll built specifically for California, at half the price of the big national platforms.
One plan. Every feature. No surprises.
Complete payroll
$15 / month
+ $3 per active worker / month
- Salaried, hourly and contractor records
- Payroll review and detailed pay stubs
- Employee portal and CSV reports
- Unlimited pay runs, every pay frequency
WITH EVERY PLAN
Real human support
Questions about setup or payroll? Contact us from your workspace and a real person helps you directly.
Current tax tables
Federal and California rates are maintained for every tax year, so each run uses current figures.
Customer reviews
What employers say.
“Payroll used to be the most frustrating part of running our business. Vanta completely changed that.”
What used to take hours now takes minutes. Everything is intuitive, organized, and incredibly easy to manage. It feels like payroll software was finally built for the way modern businesses actually operate.
“Finally, payroll software that feels as professional as the business we're building.”
Vanta makes managing our team and payroll feel effortless. The interface is clean, the process is straightforward, and we have much better visibility into everything. It's exactly what we wanted in a payroll platform.
“It's refreshing to use business software that doesn't feel like it was built 20 years ago.”
Vanta brings everything together in one place. From managing employees to handling payroll, the experience feels simple, modern, and thoughtfully designed. It's the kind of platform that makes running a growing business easier.
Reviews are published with permission from each customer and reflect their own experience with Vanta.
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Set up your company in minutes.
Built around your people
Every payday. Every detail.
Withholding breakdowns
Review federal and California withholding and employer tax amounts, calculated from current tax tables.
Daily overtime
1.5x after 8 hours, 2x after 12, weekly 40 and the seventh-day rule, worked out from daily hours.
Detailed pay stubs
Earnings, hours, deductions and sick leave balances in one record. Print or save as PDF.
Everyone you pay
Salaried, hourly and 1099 contractors in one place. Employees get their own portal.
Export-ready payroll
Export a payroll register and tax-liability reports with every finalized run.
Review before approval
Review pay-rate warnings and payroll totals before finalizing. Activity records help track key administrative actions.
Before you begin