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Title: Multi-State Payroll Setup, hybrid in Annapolis | Deftridge
Summary: Multi-State Payroll Setup for a senior Payroll Specialist, hybrid in Annapolis. $50-$59 an hour, about 7 hours in total. Starts next week.

One-off Posted Oct 22 · DT-3082120

# Multi-State Payroll Setup · Retail

Senior · Payroll Specialist · Hybrid · Annapolis

**$50–$59** / hour About $220–$550 in total. Set by the company within a range checked against market pay for the role; your recruiter agrees your exact rate with you before anything is sent. Deftridge adds 15% on top and bills it to the company, so **nothing comes out of your rate**.

- **Company** Retail chain selling outdoor gear · 201–500 employeesCL-81236 · based in Peoria

- **Where** Hybrid · Annapolis

- **Format** One-off task

- **Time needed** about 7 h in total

- **Start** Starts next week

- **Level** Senior · 5-10 years

- **When you work** Flexible hours, async

**10** professionals have asked about this task **235** tasks of this type completed on Deftridge

## About this task

This retail chain selling outdoor gear (201–500 employees) is looking for a senior Payroll Specialist for a single piece of work with a fixed scope and a fixed price. Registers accounts and rules for employees working in new states.

The company has a deadline, no one free to own it, and wants a person who has done the same job before. It is a retailer with stores and an online channel, and the team works to a weekly trading rhythm.

The team sits in Annapolis. Everything can be done remotely; an occasional visit is welcome and never required for the first month. You choose your hours; nothing is scheduled except an occasional short call.

## What you deliver

- Set up payroll tax accounts and withholding for remote employees in six new states.

- A final note stating what was checked and what was left out of scope

- A 20-minute walkthrough call, or a recorded screen share if you prefer

- The finished deliverable in the agreed file format, with sources and assumptions listed

## How the work runs

- Day 1: scope confirmed in writing, files shared

- Middle of the period: draft shared for early feedback

- Last day: final version and handover note

**Duration:** 1 to 2 weeks. Accepted on the company's written OK. If something is missed, you fix it in the same week at no extra charge to either side.

## Tools

ADP Gusto Excel

## Who fits

- 5-10 years of hands-on work as a Payroll Specialist, or the equivalent mix of roles

- Comfortable working in ADP, Gusto and Excel

- Your own work history stays private; the company sees a first name, your field and a rate

### Nice to have

- Experience in a similar industry

- Comfortable explaining numbers or decisions to a non-specialist reader

## Not included

- Managing other contractors or employees

- Travel or work at a fixed location

- Anything that needs a signature in your own name unless the brief says so

## How you get paid

- The company prepays Deftridge before your first hour, so payment does not depend on a late invoice.

- Deftridge pays you in USD after the company confirms the hours or the deliverable. The payment date is written in your task agreement.

- You work as an independent contractor: you report your own income, and your recruiter sends the statements your accountant needs.

- You never chase the company. Questions about money go to Deftridge.

## What happens after you say you're interested

1. **Within one working day** A recruiter writes to you to confirm your hours and the rate you want.

1. **You agree the rate** You and the recruiter fix an exact rate inside the company's range. You decide whether to go ahead.

1. **With your written OK** The company sees the anonymous profile below. Most companies answer within three working days.

1. **Start** You sign the task agreement and the company's confidentiality terms through Deftridge, and begin on the date above.

## What the company sees about you

First name, field, experience, tools and the hours you offer. Not your surname, your employer or your contact details.

Your profile
**Alex** Senior Payroll Specialist

- **Experience** 5-10 years in finance & accounting

- **Tools** ADP, Gusto, Excel

- **Offers** 7 hours in total, weekday evenings

- **Rate** $54 an hour, agreed with the recruiter

## How this rate compares

The midpoint of this range, $54 an hour, is **below** the median senior Payroll Specialist rate in Maryland ($55). The shaded band is the 25th to 75th percentile of the market.

Median $55

This task $54

$46 $69

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## Questions about pay and privacy

The rules are the same for every task. [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what the company sees and side work next to a job.

CL-81236 is the Deftridge code for this company. Its name is shared only after you agree to an introduction, and you decide whether to go ahead.

## Interested in this task?

Leave your first name and e-mail. You hear back from a recruiter inside one working day, and nothing reaches the company without your written OK.

- You see and agree the rate before the company hears about you

- Your employer and surname stay private

- E-mail only, no phone calls

Thank you, Multi-State Payroll Setup · Retail is noted. A recruiter writes to you from a @deftridge.com address within one working day; the next steps are listed on this page.

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