Helping Cultivators Who Are Fed Up with Payroll BS, Compliance Confusion, and Being Treated Like a Risk Instead of a Real Business

You didn’t start growing to become a tax attorney. But here you are—juggling worker classifications, tracking hours on clipboards, and getting ghosted by payroll companies the second you say “cannabis.” It’s exhausting. It’s unfair. And you’re not alone. At Paragon, we built this for you—the cultivators who carry the supply chain on their backs and still get side-eyed by banks and platforms. You’re doing the heavy lifting. We just make sure your crew gets paid, your reports are airtight, and your peace of mind finally gets a chance to grow, too.

Let's Talk Emergency Relief

Get Paid Without Payroll Drama

We automate payroll processing, filings, and deposits—so you don’t waste hours fixing errors during harvest.

Seasonal Crew? No Problem

We track rotating trimmers and farmhands accurately, making classification and pay fast and legally sound.

Time Tracking Built for Fields, Not Cubicles

Use our offline punch feature anywhere—greenhouses, remote acres, mountain grows. It syncs automatically when you’re back online.

You Grow Fire. We Make Sure Payroll Doesn’t Burn You.

The Real Problems You’re Facing

You're managing dozens of moving parts—soil, light cycles, trichome maturity—yet forced to chase down timecards and double-check compliance logs after midnight. Add banking restrictions, transient labor, and the constant threat of audits, and it's no wonder payroll is a pain point.

Fumbled By People Meant To Support

You’ve been dropped, denied, or ignored just for being in cannabis.

Seasonal Staff, Year-Round Headaches

Hiring and paying seasonal trimmers feels like legal roulette.

Wearing Every Hat But The One That Matters

You’re doing five jobs and still wondering if payroll is “technically” compliant.

Grow With Confidence

We Know What It Takes to Grow—and We'll Help You Scale Without Payroll Headaches

Our tools are designed with cultivators in mind. From rotating trimmers to state-specific compliance, we’ve built solutions that respect the plant and protect your business.

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Compliant, Field-Tested Payroll

Make payday painless with automated payroll that accounts for 280E, seasonal staff, and variable hours.

Trimmer-Friendly Time Tracking

Mobile punches and offline syncing make time capture accurate—even in remote greenhouses.

Tools That Scale with You

Whether you’ve got 5 or 50 employees, we help you stay agile while staying compliant.

Support From People Who Get It

Access real HR experts who know cannabis law, seasonal hiring, and the pressure you’re under.

Onboarding and Training via Canna U

Keep your team confident and educated with seamless onboarding and continued educational development.

The 3 Step Plan

You’ve Got Enough on Your Plate. Let’s Make This Easy.

You’ve already done the hard part—keeping your cannabis business alive in a system that wasn’t built for you.

You’ve handled the cash. The compliance. The curveballs. Maybe you’ve been dropped by a provider. Maybe you’ve been making it work on fumes and spreadsheets. Either way, we see you—and we built this plan with you in mind.

Schedule a Call

Got growers, trimmers, and shift workers with different pay needs? Having any specific pain points? Let’s talk it through. One of our cannabis-specialized payroll advisors will walk through your unique setup.

Create a Tailored Solution

We’ll present a demo built specifically for you—highlighting how Paragon handles things like shift differentials, time tracking across rows or rooms, and audit-ready reporting. You’ll see exactly how our tools support smoother operations from seed to sale.

Gain Efficiencies, Increase Productivity, Save Money

We don’t leave you hanging. We implement your solution and walk your crew through it—from payroll admins to HR leads to field supervisors. You'll gain full control over onboarding, payroll processing, and real-time reporting—so you can keep your operation lean, compliant, and scalable.

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Word on the Street

“I will say, I am quite impressed with Paragon’s commitment to the cannabis industry. From seeing ads, to your posts on LinkedIn on Paragon’s behalf etc. I am just very happy to see a company that is so openly stating that they support us. It’s a very nice change from what seems to be the norm. Two thumbs up to you guys at Paragon!

Also, I forgot to add, that not only is great to see the support of the industry, but Paragon seems to one of the few if not the only payroll company that seems to understand the pricing schedule that is realistic within this industry. Too many companies operate under the “cannabis tax” model when doing business with a cannabis company that further strains the success of the growth of this industry. So, I am very thankful that Paragon is not one of those companies and is realistic with their fees.”

Owner With It Weed

“We transitioned to isolved at the first of this year. Naturally, that came with a steep learning curve for our payroll processing. With other payroll software transitions in my career, this has been a very difficult process.
Ever since our implementation resource was introduced, it's been like having someone right beside me along the way to ensure things are 100% accurate. She's taken a ton of questions from me over the past few weeks and provided timely (and accurate) answers to every one of them. She made this transition easier than anything I've seen doing payroll for over 18 years. It's obvious she knows the system inside-and-out because she knew how to explain complex procedures in an easy-to-understand way. I could write paragraphs on how she walked me through our complex payroll and increased my understanding of the isolved platform. This is even more commendable since we are a PEO, which only adds to the complexity of how we are using the program.

In short, she is my hero!"

Owner UpSource PEO

"Paragon's service has been great. Implementation and support have been very responsive and helped us out when we needed to find a new provider and had tight timeframes. They made the process of switching providers nearly painless and they seem to really care and show a lot of empathy for our situation. A big thank you to their team."

CFO Drops Candies

Most Popular Bundle & What it Costs

Managing hourly crews across grow sites gets messy fast without the right tools. That’s why most cultivators choose our Payroll + HCM Bundle with the Timekeeping Add-On—a setup built for how cannabis operations actually run.

🌿 Payroll + HCM Bundle
$9 per employee/month + $95 base fee
Includes onboarding, PTO tracking, license alerts, and cannabis-specific compliance tools like I-9, OSHA, and EEO-1—so your team stays audit-ready and focused on the grow.

⏱ Timekeeping Bundle
$3 per employee/month
Automates time tracking with mobile punch, geofencing, web kiosks, and optional biometric clocks—ideal for crews spread across greenhouses, farms, or off-site locations.

Pricing may vary based on hardware and bundle needs.

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Trusted payroll tools built to grow with your cannabis team

FAQs

Whether you're evaluating us for the first time or you're knee-deep in a harvest with questions that can't wait, we get it—cultivators have specific needs that off-the-shelf solutions just don't answer. Here are some of the most common questions we hear from growers just like you, with answers grounded in our experience working with over 650 cannabis operators nationwide.

Can my crew onboard from the field?

How fast is support, really?

What happens if state compliance laws change?

Let’s turn your what-ifs into wins.

Ready to Stop Wondering and Start Winning?

You're not here by accident. You're here because something’s not working—or because you know there’s a better way. We’re not just another solution. We’re the one built with your reality in mind.

So if you’re tired of guessing, tired of being underserved, or just tired of carrying all the weight alone—this is your moment. You're choosing a partner that gets it, shows up, and delivers.