Payroll Without the Headache

Contractor Payroll as Simple as a Text

Your crew texts their hours. Teero calculates overtime, generates pay stubs, and estimates withholding. You review, approve, and everyone gets paid — no spreadsheets required.

No credit card required. Set up in under 2 minutes.

Manual Payroll Wastes 5+ Hours Per Week and Still Gets It Wrong

For a contractor with 3-10 employees, manual payroll is a weekly grind. Collecting hours from handwritten timesheets, calculating overtime, figuring out withholding, and cutting checks takes 5-8 hours per pay period. Worse, manual calculations lead to errors — overpaying costs you money, underpaying creates legal liability. And when your crew works across multiple job sites in a single day, tracking hours accurately feels nearly impossible. This isn't what you signed up for when you started your business.

Everything you need for payroll

Powerful payroll tools designed for how contractors actually work.

SMS Time Tracking

Employees text their clock-in and clock-out times to Teero. No timesheets to collect, no apps to install, no buddy punching. Just simple texts like 'clocked in 7am at the Morrison job.'

Automatic Overtime Calculation

Teero tracks daily and weekly hours and automatically flags overtime. It calculates time-and-a-half (or your custom OT rate) so you never underpay or overpay on overtime.

Pay Stub Generation

Every pay period, Teero generates detailed pay stubs showing regular hours, overtime, gross pay, withholding estimates, and net pay. Professional and print-ready.

Tax Withholding Estimates

Teero calculates estimated federal and state withholding based on employee W-4 information. You'll know the tax obligation before payday — no surprises.

Multi-Employee Management

Manage your whole crew from one place. Each employee has their own Teero number for time tracking. You see everyone's hours, approve them, and run payroll in minutes.

Payroll Reports & Labor Costing

See total labor costs by employee, by job, and by time period. Know exactly how much labor went into each project for better estimating and pricing.

Your back-office fits in your pocket.

No app to download. No login to remember. Just text your Teero number from any phone and your AI assistant handles the rest.

Crew texts hours — no timesheets or time clock needed

Overtime calculated automatically at the right rate

Professional pay stubs generated every pay period

Track labor costs per job for accurate project costing

Teero Assistant

Your AI back-office

Show me this week's hours for the crew.
This week's hours: Miguel — 44 hrs (4 hrs OT), Jordan — 40 hrs, Alex — 38 hrs, Sam — 42 hrs (2 hrs OT). Total: 164 hours across 4 employees. 6 hours overtime total. Ready to approve and generate pay stubs?
Approve all. What's the total payroll cost this week?
Payroll approved. Total gross: $6,840 — Miguel $1,870 (incl. OT), Jordan $1,600, Alex $1,520, Sam $1,850 (incl. OT). Estimated withholding: $1,368. Net payroll: $5,472. Pay stubs generated and ready to distribute. Want me to break down labor costs by job site?

Built for every trade

See how contractors across different trades use Teero for payroll.

Plumber

Apprentice texts 'clocked in 7:30am, Hansen water line job.' Journeyman texts hours from a different site. Both tracked, overtime calculated, pay stubs ready by Friday.

Electrician

3-person crew splits time between rough-in and service calls. Each tech texts their time per job. Teero allocates labor costs to the right project automatically.

HVAC Tech

Seasonal summer help clocks in via text for 6 weeks. When the season ends, they stop texting hours. No complex onboarding or offboarding — just start and stop.

Painter

Two crews of 3 painters each work different job sites. Teero collects 6 sets of hours, calculates overtime for the week, and generates 6 pay stubs with one approval.

Landscaper

Crew of 4 hits 10 properties in a day. Each texts hours per property. Teero totals everything, calculates per-property labor costs, and handles weekly payroll.

Give your crew their own portal

Employees get a mobile-friendly portal to manage their work — no app download needed.

Job Assignments

Assign jobs to your crew, let employees accept or reject, and track status from pending to completed — all in real time.

Time Tracking

Employees log hours right from their phone. No more paper timesheets, no more guessing who worked what.

Time Off Management

Request and approve PTO, sick days, and personal time. Everyone stays on the same page without the back-and-forth.

Up and running in 3 steps

No training needed. No complex setup. If you can send a text, you can use Teero.

1

Sign up & set up your business

Create your account in under 2 minutes. Enter your business name, trade type, and invoice preferences. That’s it — your back-office is ready.

2

Text your AI assistant

Get a dedicated phone number. Text it to create invoices, log expenses, or check your finances. "Invoice John Smith $450 for pipe repair" — done.

3

Watch your business run itself

Your dashboard shows real-time financials. Invoices go out automatically. Receipts get categorized. Tax estimates stay current. You focus on the work.

Frequently asked questions

How do employees clock in and out?

Each employee texts their Teero number with simple messages like 'clocked in 7am' and 'clocked out 3:30pm.' They can include the job site name for per-job tracking. No app download needed — it works on any phone with texting.

How does overtime calculation work?

Teero tracks daily and weekly hours for each employee. When hours exceed your overtime threshold (40 hrs/week by default, customizable), it automatically applies the overtime rate. You'll see regular and OT hours broken out separately.

Does Teero handle tax withholding?

Teero calculates estimated federal and state withholding based on each employee's W-4 information. These are estimates to help you plan — for official payroll tax filing, we recommend working with a payroll tax provider.

Can I see labor costs per job?

Yes. When employees include the job name when clocking in, Teero tracks labor hours and costs per project. You'll see exactly how much labor went into each job — critical for accurate estimating on future projects.

What if an employee forgets to clock in or out?

Employees can text corrections like 'I forgot to clock in yesterday, started at 7am on the Baker job.' You review and approve all time entries before payroll runs, so errors are caught before anyone gets paid.

Can I manage employees with different pay rates?

Yes. Set individual hourly rates for each employee — apprentices, journeymen, foremen, etc. Teero applies the correct rate when calculating each person's pay, including their specific overtime rate.

Ready to simplify payroll?

Join hundreds of contractors who automated their payroll with Teero. Set up in under 2 minutes.