PCTY Paylocity Holding margins

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Relative Profitability: Rel. Profitability: 93

Gross margin

68.9%

Operating margin

21.7%

EBITDA margin

28.1%

Net margin

15.4%

For the latest period, Paylocity Holding has a gross margin of 68.9%, an operating margin of 21.7%, an EBITDA margin of 28.1%, and a net margin of 15.4%. The company's available margins all advanced, with operating margin reporting the strongest expansion of 2.6 percentage points.

PCTY margin history

Gross, operating, EBITDA and net margin trends

Paylocity Holding's margins averaged 68.84% gross, 19.54% operating, 26.07% EBITDA, and 14.54% net over the last 3 years. Compared with their three-year averages, all four current margins are higher.

PCTY margin expansion

Year-over-year margin changes in percentage points

Gross margin expanded by 0.1 percentage points, operating margin by 2.6 percentage points, EBITDA margin by 2.5 percentage points, and net margin by 1.7 percentage points, led by operating margin with an increase of 2.6 percentage points.

Gross margin expansion

0.1pp

Operating margin expansion

2.6pp

EBITDA margin expansion

2.5pp

Net margin expansion

1.7pp

PCTY Gross margin

Over the last 3 years, Paylocity Holding's gross margin averaged 68.84%. Currently, Paylocity Holding's current gross margin is 68.9%, which is 0.1 percentage points above its three-year average. During this period, gross margin reached a high of 69.3% in Mar 2026 and a low of 68.5% in Jun 2024.

PCTY Operating margin

Over the last 3 years, the average operating margin for Paylocity Holding was 19.54%. As of the latest period, Paylocity Holding's current operating margin is 21.7%, which is 2.2 percentage points above its three-year average. Paylocity Holding's operating margin ranged from a low of 17.1% in Dec 2023 to a high of 21.8% in Jun 2026.

PCTY EBITDA margin

Across the last 3 years, Paylocity Holding had an average EBITDA margin of 26.07%. The latest EBITDA margin for Paylocity Holding is 28.1%, 2 percentage points above its three-year average. Looking back over the last 3 years, Paylocity Holding's EBITDA margin reached 28.2% at its highest point in Jun 2026 and 23.1% at its lowest in Dec 2023.

PCTY Net margin

Over the last 3 years, Paylocity Holding recorded an average net margin of 14.54%. Paylocity Holding currently reports a net margin of 15.4%, 0.9 percentage points above its three-year average. The highest net margin for Paylocity Holding was 15.4% in Sep 2026, while the lowest was 13% in Dec 2023.

PCTY margin group comparison

Margins compared with peer-group, industry and sector averages

Paylocity Holding's gross margin of 68.9% is higher than the Technology sector, the industry and its peers average. In comparison with the Technology sector average of 52.5%, Paylocity Holding's gross margin is 31% higher.

PCTY margin peer comparison

Compare margins with selected peers

Frequently asked questions

What is Paylocity Holding's gross margin?

The current gross margin for PCTY is 68.9% as of Sep 30, 2026.

What is Paylocity Holding's operating margin?

For the period ending Sep 30, 2026, PCTY recorded an operating margin of 21.7%.

What is Paylocity Holding's EBITDA margin?

For the period ending Sep 30, 2026, PCTY recorded an EBITDA margin of 28.1%.

What is Paylocity Holding's net margin?

As of Sep 30, 2026, PCTY has a net margin of 15.4%.

What are the average margins of PCTY?

The three-year average margins for PCTY were 68.8% gross, 19.5% operating, 26.1% EBITDA, and 14.5% net.

What are the highest historical margins of PCTY?

Looking back across 5 years, PCTY reached 69.3% gross in Mar 2026, 21.8% operating in Jun 2026, 28.2% EBITDA in Jun 2026, and 15.4% net in Sep 2026.

What are the lowest historical margins of PCTY?

Within the 5-year period, PCTY recorded its lowest margins at 65.8% gross in Dec 2021, 8.8% operating in Sep 2022, 14.4% EBITDA in Sep 2022, and 9.6% net in Dec 2022.