Paychex, Inc. (acquired January 2025 for $4.1 billion) Paycor Developer API

Name: Paycor Developer API
Brand: Paycor Developer API
Availability: InStock

✓ Official Vendor SpecHuman ResourcesHcm PayrollOAuth 2.06 EndpointsREST

For Agents

Install Jentic One Beta

Connect the Paycor Developer API to your agent

Jentic One is a self-hosted execution layer for AI agents. It lets your agent call the Paycor Developer API, or any other public or private API you need. You set the rules, the agent never sees your credentials, and every call is logged.

Two steps, two machines. Install the instance in a safe environment, then register your agent from wherever it runs.

Step 1: Jentic One Host machine

# On the machine that will host your Jentic One instance:
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jentic/jentic-one/main/tools/install.sh | sh

Step 2: Agent machine

# On the machine where your agent runs (keep this separate from the instance):
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jentic/jentic-one/main/tools/install.sh | sh
jentic register       # connects your agent to your Jentic One instance

Jentic One is in public beta. The setup above keeps your agent separate from the instance, which is what you want before using real credentials: an agent running as the same OS user as Jentic One can read its stored keys directly. Just evaluating? A single local install is fine to start. See the secure deployment guide for the tiers.

Capabilities

What an agent can do with Paycor Developer API.

Retrieve and manage employee records including personal information and employment status

Access organizational structure through legal entities and departments

Query payroll data including earnings, deductions, and pay stubs

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Use Cases

Patterns agents use Paycor Developer API for, with concrete tasks.

★ Employee Data Synchronization

Sync employee records between Paycor and other business systems like HRIS platforms, directory services, or access management tools. The API provides read access to employee demographics, status, and organizational assignment, enabling automated onboarding and offboarding workflows. Keep downstream systems updated when employees change roles, departments, or employment status.

List all active employees for a legal entity and sync their data (ID, name, email, status) to an external HRIS system

Payroll Reporting and Analytics

Extract payroll data including pay stubs, earnings, and deductions for financial reporting, compensation analysis, and labor cost tracking. Access historical pay stub data to build dashboards, generate custom reports, or feed data into business intelligence tools. Query earnings and deduction codes to understand payroll configuration across multiple entities.

Retrieve pay stub history for all employees in a legal entity and calculate total labor costs by earnings category for the last quarter

Multi-Company Workforce Management

Manage employee data across multiple legal entities for organizations with subsidiary structures or franchise operations. List all legal entities to identify company hierarchy, then query employees, earnings, and deductions specific to each entity. Useful for consolidated reporting, cross-company transfers, and centralized HR operations.

List all legal entities, then for each entity retrieve employee counts and payroll configuration (earnings and deduction codes) to create a consolidated organizational report

Compliance and Audit Reporting

Generate compliance reports by extracting employee and payroll data for audits, labor law compliance, and regulatory filings. Access employee status information, pay stub history, and payroll configuration to verify proper wage calculations, tax withholdings, and benefit deductions. Support SOC 2 audits, labor department inquiries, and internal compliance checks.

For a specified date range, retrieve all pay stubs for employees in a legal entity and validate that deductions match the configured deduction codes

AI Agent Integration for HR Automation

Automate HR workflows by integrating AI agents with Paycor through Jentic. Agents can query employee data, retrieve payroll information, and answer HR questions by searching for intents like 'get employee info' or 'retrieve pay stub'. Jentic handles OAuth token management and schema discovery, enabling agents to call Paycor APIs without manual credential handling or API documentation lookup.

Use Jentic to search for 'list employees from paycor', load the schema for GET /v1/employees, and execute a request to retrieve all active employees for a legal entity

Key Endpoints

6 endpoints — comprehensive human capital management (hcm) api for managing employees, payroll, time tracking, and hr data.

METHOD

PATH

DESCRIPTION

GET

/v1/employees

List all employees for a legal entity

GET

/v1/employees/{employeeId}

Get detailed employee information

GET

/v1/legalentities

List all legal entities (companies)

GET

/v1/legalentities/{legalEntityId}/earnings

List earnings codes for a legal entity

GET

/v1/legalentities/{legalEntityId}/deductions

List deduction codes for a legal entity

GET

/v1/employees/{employeeId}/payStubs

Retrieve employee pay stub history

GET

/v1/employees

List all employees for a legal entity

GET

/v1/employees/{employeeId}

Get detailed employee information

GET

/v1/legalentities

List all legal entities (companies)

GET

/v1/legalentities/{legalEntityId}/earnings

List earnings codes for a legal entity

GET

/v1/legalentities/{legalEntityId}/deductions

List deduction codes for a legal entity

Why Jentic?

Three things that make agents converge on Jentic-routed access.

Credential isolation

Paycor OAuth 2.0 tokens are stored encrypted in the Jentic vault. Agents receive scoped access tokens - raw credentials never enter the agent's context.

Intent-based discovery

Agents search by intent (e.g., 'get employee payroll data') and Jentic returns matching Paycor operations with their input schemas, so the agent can call the right endpoint without browsing documentation.

Time to first call

Direct Paycor integration: 3-5 days for OAuth setup, endpoint mapping, and data modeling. Through Jentic: under 30 minutes - search, load schema, execute.

FAQs

Specific to using Paycor Developer API through Jentic.

What authentication does the Paycor API use?

The Paycor API uses OAuth 2.0 with authorization code flow. You authorize through https://apis.paycor.com/oauth/authorize and exchange the code for an access token at https://apis.paycor.com/oauth/token. Jentic stores Paycor OAuth tokens encrypted in the credential vault and provides scoped access to agents, so raw tokens never appear in agent context. Get started at https://app.jentic.com/sign-up.

Can I retrieve employee payroll data with the Paycor API?

Yes. Use GET /v1/employees/{employeeId}/payStubs to retrieve pay stub history for a specific employee. You can also query earnings codes (GET /v1/legalentities/{legalEntityId}/earnings) and deduction codes (GET /v1/legalentities/{legalEntityId}/deductions) to understand payroll configuration. Through Jentic, agents search for 'get employee payroll data', load the schema, and execute the request without manual API lookup.

How do I list all employees for a company in Paycor?

Use GET /v1/employees with the legalEntityId query parameter to list all employees for a specific legal entity (company). First, retrieve available legal entities using GET /v1/legalentities to identify the correct legalEntityId. The response includes employee ID, name, email, and status.

What is a legal entity in the Paycor API?

A legal entity represents a company or organizational unit within your Paycor account. Organizations with multiple subsidiaries, franchises, or business units will have multiple legal entities. Use GET /v1/legalentities to list all entities, then use the legalEntityId to scope employee and payroll queries to specific companies.

What are the rate limits for the Paycor API?

The OpenAPI spec does not specify rate limits. Consult the Paycor developer documentation at https://developers.paycor.com for current rate limit details. Enterprise accounts typically have higher limits for bulk data operations.

Can I create or update employee records through the Paycor API?

The current OpenAPI spec (v1.0.0) includes only GET endpoints for reading employee and payroll data. For write operations like creating or updating employees, check the Paycor developer portal at https://developers.paycor.com/explore for additional endpoints or contact Paycor support for access to write operations.

How do AI agents use the Paycor API through Jentic?

Agents search Jentic for intents like 'get employee data from paycor' or 'retrieve pay stubs'. Jentic returns the relevant Paycor API operations (e.g., GET /v1/employees) with their input schemas. The agent calls the operation via Jentic's execution layer, which handles OAuth token management and request formatting. Integration time drops from days to minutes. Start at https://app.jentic.com/sign-up.