Paycor

Paycor is a cloud-based human capital management (HCM) platform that provides payroll, HR, benefits administration, talent management, time and attendance, and workforce analytics for small and mid-sized businesses. The platform serves HR and finance teams with a unified system of record for employees, pay, time, and benefits data. Paycor exposes a Public REST API authenticated via OAuth 2.0 with authorization at secure.paycor.com and resource endpoints at apis.paycor.com (production) and apis-sandbox.paycor.com (sandbox).

Paycor publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Human Capital Management, HCM, Payroll, Human Resources, and Benefits Administration.

Paycor’s developer surface includes documentation, pricing, signup flow, and 5 more developer resources.

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11.4/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1

1 APIs

Human Capital ManagementHCMPayrollHuman ResourcesBenefits AdministrationTime and Attendance

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Composite quality — 11.4/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 1.7 / 20

Commercial Clarity 2.1 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.7 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.9 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

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

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Signup

Signup

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LlmsText

LlmsText

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: paycor
name: Paycor
description: Paycor is a cloud-based human capital management (HCM) platform that provides payroll, HR, benefits administration,
  talent management, time and attendance, and workforce analytics for small and mid-sized businesses. The platform serves
  HR and finance teams with a unified system of record for employees, pay, time, and benefits data. Paycor exposes a Public
  REST API authenticated via OAuth 2.0 with authorization at secure.paycor.com and resource endpoints at apis.paycor.com (production)
  and apis-sandbox.paycor.com (sandbox).
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/paycor.png
tags:
- Human Capital Management
- HCM
- Payroll
- Human Resources
- Benefits Administration
- Time and Attendance
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/paycor/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-11'
modified: '2026-05-11'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: paycor:public-api
  name: Paycor Public API v1
  description: REST API for accessing Paycor employees, payroll, benefits, time, and organizational data. Uses OAuth 2.0 authorization
    code flow with authorization at secure.paycor.com/connect/authorize and tokens issued by apis.paycor.com/sts/v1/common/token.
  humanURL: https://developers.paycor.com/explore
  baseURL: https://apis.paycor.com
  tags:
  - HCM
  - Payroll
  - Employees
  - Benefits
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.paycor.com/
  - type: Try It
    url: https://developers.paycor.com/try
  - type: Guides
    url: https://developers.paycor.com/guides
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developers.paycor.com/guides
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/paycor-domain-security.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/paycor
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/paycor
- type: Website
  url: https://www.paycor.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developers.paycor.com
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.paycor.com/pricing/
- type: Signup
  url: https://developers.paycor.com/register
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://developers.paycor.com/llms.txt
features:
- name: Payroll Processing
  description: End-to-end payroll processing with tax filing, direct deposit, and multi-state and multi-EIN support for US
    employers.
- name: HR Management
  description: Employee records, onboarding, document management, and HR workflow automation for small and mid-sized businesses.
- name: Benefits Administration
  description: Open enrollment, carrier connections, and ongoing benefits administration integrated with payroll deductions.
- name: Time and Attendance
  description: Time tracking, scheduling, and attendance management feeding directly into payroll calculations.
- name: Talent Management
  description: Recruiting, applicant tracking, performance reviews, learning, and compensation planning in a unified HCM suite.
- name: Workforce Analytics
  description: Dashboards and reporting on headcount, turnover, compensation, and labor cost trends for HR and finance leaders.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com