Paychex, Inc.PAYX

Where PAYX's Dividend Yield sits inside its own 10-year distribution, with the yearly high, low and average.

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PAYX Dividend Yield: current value, 10-year range and year-by-year history

3.9%Near historic high

PAYX's dividend yield is higher than 95% of the last 10 years.

Dividend Yield History

Historically priceyAbove avgAround avgBelow avgHistorically cheap
PAYX Dividend Yield historyPAYX Dividend Yield from Sep 2023 to Sep 2026: low 1.94%, high 5.46%, latest 3.92%.1.66%2.68%3.7%4.72%5.74%Sep 23Apr 24Nov 24Jul 25Feb 26Sep 26med 2.94%

PAYX Dividend Yield by year

Yearly range of PAYX’s dividend yield from 2016 to 2026. Over the full period it ranged from 1.6% to 5.5%, averaging 2.9%.

PAYX Dividend Yield — yearly low, average, high and year-end values
YearLowAverageHighYear-end
20262.9%4.3%5.5%3.9%
20251.9%3.0%3.9%3.8%
20242.2%2.9%3.7%2.7%
20232.0%2.8%3.7%2.9%
20221.6%2.3%2.8%2.6%
20211.9%2.4%3.6%1.9%
20202.6%3.2%4.9%2.7%
20192.0%2.8%3.4%2.9%
20182.1%3.0%3.5%3.4%
20172.2%3.1%3.5%2.8%
20162.8%3.0%4.0%2.9%

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Annual dividends per share as a percentage of the stock price. Moves inversely with price — so a historically high yield for a quality business often means the stock is temporarily depressed.

FormulaAnnual Dividends / Price × 100%
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How to read this chart

For dividend investors, yield near the top of its historical range is the signal worth waiting for: same business, same dividend, lower price than usual. Zones are inverted vs P/E — green at the top (historically high yield = historically cheap stock), red at the bottom (low yield = historically expensive).

Key caveats
  • An unusually high yield can also signal an expected dividend cut — always check the payout ratio and recent earnings before acting on a high-yield signal.
  • Verify whether a rising yield comes from a price decline (potentially interesting) or from a growing dividend (healthy but changes the entry signal logic).

Is PAYX Dividend Yield High or Low Right Now?

Paychex, Inc.'s Dividend Yield is currently 3.9%, which is near historic high relative to its 10-year historical range. The 10-year median Dividend Yield for PAYX is approximately 2.9%. See all PAYX valuation metrics →

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