Payroll, perfected.
Tuxelo is building the payroll tool small US businesses actually want — one that's fast, transparent, and free for the teams that need it most.
Why we started
Payroll in the US is uniquely complicated. Every state has its own rules. Some cities layer their own income and disability taxes on top. The calculators you find online are either behind a paywall, stuffed with ads, or quietly out of date — and when a small business owner gets it wrong, the penalty lands on them, not on the calculator vendor.
Tuxelo started as an internal tool for one small business's payroll. Along the way we ran into the edge cases — the uncapped California SDI, the Philadelphia wage tax, the aggregate-method bonus math — and built each one into our own calculation engine. The calculators on this site run on that engine, for free.
Who we build for
Small US businesses — bakeries, agencies, clinics, construction shops, SaaS teams of five — who want payroll to be clear, fast, and boring. Not another platform with a dashboard full of upsells. Just the numbers, with the math visible.
The calculators are also for employees checking a new offer and HR teams estimating what a bonus will pay. If you're trying to answer “what does this actually cost?” or “what does this actually pay?”, we built Tuxelo for you.
How it's built
The Tuxelo payroll engine is our own calculation library, and it produces every number you see on this site. It works from the check date you enter: federal withholding, state withholding, FICA, Additional Medicare, state disability programs, and supplemental bonus methods are all looked up for that date.
Every result is an estimate for planning. Tax rates change, and some states publish changes mid-year, so check important numbers against your employer's payroll records or with a tax professional before you rely on them.
What's coming next
- Tuxelo Payroll, launching soon. Planned: free for up to 5 employees, then $15/month flat — never per-employee.
- Deeper state guides. Every state × calculator pairing with real, useful context — not SEO filler.
- Downloadable paystubs. Take any calculator result and export a clean, branded PDF for your records.
- Gross-up calculator. Work backwards from a take-home amount to the gross pay needed, for relocation and signing bonuses.
Try the calculators
Free estimates, no signup.