R&D expense · 2012–2025

Paycom Software R&D expense

$283M+16.8% · FY2025

Paycom Software (PAYC) reported $283M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, +16.8% year on year.

$1.6M2012$2.1M2013$4.3M2014$8.6M2015$21.0M2016$30.4M2017$46.2M2018$73.1M2019$90.2M2020$118M2021$148M2022$199M2023$243M2024$283M2025
Paycom Software — R&D expense, 2012–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$283M+16.8%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$243M+21.9%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$199M+34.2%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$148M+25.2%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$118M+31.2%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$90.2M+23.5%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$73.1M+58.0%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$46.2M+52.0%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$30.4M+45.1%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$21.0M+143.0%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$8.6M+99.5%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$4.3M+101.5%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$2.1M+31.5%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$1.6M—Open →

R&D expense — Research and development expense is what the company charged to R&D in the income statement for the year. Most companies report no R&D at all — the line is absent rather than zero — so this ranking covers the roughly 40% of filers that do.

Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2012–2025 compound annual growth +48.7%

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BibTeX

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Paycom Software R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/paycom-software/research-and-development-expense}},
  note         = {Compiled from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings; data as of 2026-09-25},
  urldate      = {2026-09-25}
}

The filing itself

The numbers above are read from this document: 10-K · 0001193125-26-059372 · February 19, 2026

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