ADP Workforce Now

ADP Workforce Now is ADP's cloud-based human capital management (HCM) suite for mid-sized businesses, covering payroll, HR, benefits administration, time and attendance, talent management, and analytics in a single platform. The product offers tax filing, compliance reporting, mobile self-service, and marketplace integrations through ADP's developer ecosystem. The ADP Workforce Now APIs (HCM v2) use OAuth 2.0 / OpenID Connect with mutual TLS client certificates and expose worker, payroll, time, benefits, and talent data through ADP API Central.

ADP Workforce Now publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include HCM, Human Capital Management, Payroll, HR, and Workforce Management.

ADP Workforce Now’s developer surface includes engineering blog, documentation, pricing, signup flow, support, and 6 more developer resources.

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18.8/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-21 · rubric v0.4

1 APIs 0 Features

HCMHuman Capital ManagementPayrollHRWorkforce ManagementBenefitsTime and AttendanceTalent Management

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scored 2026-07-21 · rubric v0.4

Composite quality — 18.8/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 4.8 / 20

Commercial Clarity 4.7 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 9.3 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

Signup

Signup

Login

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Blog

Blog

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Marketplace

Marketplace

Source (apis.yml)

aid: adp-workforce-now
name: ADP Workforce Now
description: ADP Workforce Now is ADP's cloud-based human capital management (HCM) suite for mid-sized businesses, covering
  payroll, HR, benefits administration, time and attendance, talent management, and analytics in a single platform. The product
  offers tax filing, compliance reporting, mobile self-service, and marketplace integrations through ADP's developer ecosystem.
  The ADP Workforce Now APIs (HCM v2) use OAuth 2.0 / OpenID Connect with mutual TLS client certificates and expose worker,
  payroll, time, benefits, and talent data through ADP API Central.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- HCM
- Human Capital Management
- Payroll
- HR
- Workforce Management
- Benefits
- Time and Attendance
- Talent Management
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/adp-workforce-now/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-11'
modified: '2026-05-11'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: adp-workforce-now:hcm-api
  name: ADP Workforce Now HCM API
  description: HCM v2 REST API for accessing worker demographics, payroll, time and attendance, benefits, talent, and organization
    data in ADP Workforce Now. Authentication uses OAuth 2.0 (client credentials) with mutual TLS client certificates issued
    by ADP.
  humanURL: https://developers.adp.com/build/api-explorer/hcm-offrg-wfn
  baseURL: https://api.adp.com
  tags:
  - Workers
  - Payroll
  - Time and Attendance
  - Benefits
  - Talent
  - Organization
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.adp.com/build/api-explorer/hcm-offrg-wfn
  - type: DeveloperPortal
    url: https://developers.adp.com
  - type: API Central
    url: https://apps.adp.com/en-US/apps/410612/adp-api-central-for-adp-workforce-now-and-adp-workforce-now-next-generation/features
  - url: graphql/adp-workforce-now-graphql.md
    type: GraphQL
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/adp-workforce-now-domain-security.yml
- url: https://www.adp.com/~/spark_feed/insights-trends
  type: Blog
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/adpworkforcenow
- type: Website
  url: https://www.adp.com/what-we-offer/products/adp-workforce-now.aspx
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developers.adp.com
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developers.adp.com
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.adp.com/what-we-offer/products/adp-workforce-now.aspx
- type: Signup
  url: https://developers.adp.com/register
- type: Login
  url: https://workforcenow.adp.com
- type: Marketplace
  url: https://apps.adp.com
- type: Support
  url: https://www.adp.com/contact-us/customer-service.aspx
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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