WORKERS COMP PAY-BY-PAY INSURANCE
Pay as you go.
No surprise audit bill.
Workers' comp premiums that follow your actual payroll.
Your premium is calculated from your real payroll and paid with each run, so there is no large deposit up front and far less to settle at audit.
Workers' Comp, Adjusted & Paid as You Go
Avoid a big catch-up bill. Know your premium matches your real payroll.
- Manage cash flow by paying premiums as you run payroll.
- Skip the large upfront deposit that traditional coverage requires.
- Pay premiums calculated from your actual payroll, not an estimate.
- Take audits and manual payments off your plate and put it on ours.
Traditional Workers' Comp
❌ A large upfront deposit
❌ Premiums based on estimated payroll
❌ A year-end audit with a surprise bill
❌Manual payments to track and send
❌ Missed payments can cancel your policy
❌ Cash tied up
RPM's Pay-By-Pay
✓ No large upfront deposit to get started
✓ Premiums calculated from your payroll
✓ Accurate amounts shrink audit surprises
✓ Payments auto-sent to your carrier
✓ Auto-pay protects your coverage
✓ More cash that stays in your business
Top Tech & Team at RPM
Your pay-by-pay program runs on ADP, the same workers' comp payment system trusted by some of the largest employers in the country.
Your premiums are calculated from real payroll data and sent to your carrier automatically, with the accuracy and reliability of enterprise-grade technology behind every payment.
You get that national program with a local team servicing it. Your dedicated RPM contact sets it up, answers your questions, and is the person you call when something comes up. Instead of a national help line, you reach someone who knows your business and your account.
What To Expect
With RPM Payroll, your workers compensation is accumulated over time instead of a surprise end-of-year catch-up.
Keep Your Cash in Your Pocket
Instead of handing over a big deposit before coverage even starts, you pay small amounts as you run payroll. The money you would have tied up stays available for the things that grow your business.
No Surprise Bill at Audit
Since your premium tracks your actual payroll all year, there is far less to reconcile at audit time. You are far less likely to open a bill you never budgeted for.
You Never Miss a Payment
Premiums are sent to your carrier automatically every time you run payroll. There are no checks to write, no due dates to track, and no risk of a missed payment putting your coverage at risk.
Your Premium Matches Reality
When your payroll goes up or down, your premium follows. You are paying for the workforce you actually have rather than an estimate made months ago.
Connected to Payroll
With your workers comp connected to your payroll system, there is no separate system, no double entry, and no gap between your payroll and your coverage.
You Have Someone to Call
When a question comes up about your policy or your audit, you reach your RPM contact, a real person who knows your account, instead of a national service center.
What Our Customers Say
"Our RPM rep set the whole thing up and explained exactly how the payments would work. When our audit came around, there were no surprises for the first time ever. That was a relief."
Plumbing Company
"Not having to write a big check up front made a real difference for our cash flow. Now the premium just comes out as we run payroll and I do not think about it."
Mom n Pop Retail Store
"We used to get hit with an audit bill every year that threw off our budget. Since switching to pay-by-pay through RPM, that surprise is gone. I wish we had done it sooner."
Carpet Cleaning Service Company
Frequently Asked Questions
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What is pay-by-pay workers' comp?
Pay-by-pay is a way of paying your workers' comp premiums based on your actual payroll, spread across the year, instead of a large deposit and an estimated premium up front. Each time you run payroll with RPM, your premium is calculated from real wages and sent to your carrier. It improves cash flow and accuracy, while the coverage itself is the same workers' comp policy you would carry anyway.
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Does pay-by-pay make my workers' comp cheaper?
Not by itself. Pay-by-pay does not lower your rates, but it does make your payments more accurate, because they are based on your real payroll instead of an estimate. That accuracy often means fewer surprises at audit and less chance of overpaying through the year.
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How does the premium get calculated and paid?
Every time you run payroll, your premium is calculated from your actual wages and the carrier's rates, then sent to your carrier for you. There is nothing to calculate by hand and no separate payment to schedule. It happens as part of the payroll you are already running.
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Will I still have a year-end audit?
In most cases, yes, workers' comp policies still include an audit. The difference is that because you have been paying against your actual payroll all year, the audit is far less likely to produce a large surprise bill or a big refund. There is simply less to reconcile.
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Do I still need a workers' comp policy?
Yes. Pay-by-pay is the way you pay your premiums. The coverage itself is a separate workers' comp policy that meets your state's requirements. We help you set up both the coverage and the pay-by-pay payments so they work together.
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How is this different from getting workers' comp on my own?
Yes. Pay-by-pay is the way you pay your premiums. The coverage itself is a separate workers' comp policy that meets your state's requirements. We help you set up both the coverage and the pay-by-pay payments so they work together.
Talk to an RPM Specialist About How Pay-by-Pay Works for Your Business
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