RIGHT AT HOME FRANCHISE PAYROLL · INDEPENDENTLY OWNED OFFICES

A companion, a CNA, an RN: one payroll. WageTime runs the whole roster right.

WageTime is payroll for Right at Home franchise owners. Most offices employ every caregiver directly, and many are licensed for skilled care, so one week can span companion hours, CNA shifts, LPN per-diem days, and RN visits: WageTime pays it all as one run.

Built on infrastructure processing $35B+ in payroll & taxes · 2.8M+ employees paid

For independently owned and operated Right at Home® franchise offices. WageTime is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Right at Home, LLC, and is not a brand-designated or preferred vendor. All trademarks belong to their respective owners. This page is for franchise owners and their payroll, not a caregiver wage lookup.

SOUND FAMILIAR?

The brand built you a system for care. The paychecks never came with one.

A thirty-year franchise gives an owner a lot: programs, training, a name families trust. What it hands nobody is the Friday math for a roster that spans companions to registered nurses.

YOURS, ALL THE WAY DOWN

One brand, one employer: you

Right at Home has been held since 2016 by a family holding company that talks in decades, and the brand’s own anniversary announcement says most offices directly employ and supervise all caregiving staff. There is no platform layer waiting to take the W-2s off your desk. The 941s, the workers’ comp audit, the caregiver who needs Friday’s check corrected: all yours.

THE WEEKLY METER

The royalty reads your week before you do

Analyses of the 2025 franchise disclosure document describe a royalty of 5 percent of Net Billings (or a quarterly minimum) collected weekly, a brand fee computed on weekly Net Billings, and late reporting items billed at $50 a week. That cadence turns every week into a small close: hours, billings, and payroll either reconcile by Monday or drift apart quietly.

NURSE MATH

An RN visit is not an aide hour

Where an office is licensed for skilled care, the pay bases multiply: RN visits at a fee, LPN days per diem, CNA shifts hourly with a weekend differential, sometimes a supplemental staffing block at a nursing home. Stack two bases in one person’s week and the overtime rate is the weighted average of everything earned. A spreadsheet picks one number and hopes; an auditor picks the other one.

THE TRAINING BILL

Certification is twelve paid hours, times your roster

The Cognitive Support Program certifies a provider after 12 hours of specialized training. Offices in the Parkinson’s Foundation’s Community Partners program commit to training at least 70 percent of all care staff. Right at Home University carries the annual CE load, and offices advertise that training as paid. Those hours hit payroll at a rate, inside the overtime math, and every one produces a certificate somebody has to track.

Four problems, one common denominator: the pay run. Here’s how WageTime carries each.
01 · ONE ROSTER, FIVE PAY BASES

How does one Right at Home office pay companions, CNAs, LPNs, and RNs in the same week?

The whole roster runs as one WageTime payroll, a pay code per basis: hourly companion and CNA rates, LPN per-diem days, RN visits priced per visit type, and facility staffing shifts. When a week mixes rates, overtime computes on the weighted-average regular rate automatically.

  • Weighted-average overtime: every code’s straight-time pay divided by the week’s hours, premium after.
  • Drive time counts toward overtime; mileage stays a non-taxable reimbursement line.
  • Weekend, overnight, and holiday differentials run as pay codes.
  • Short no-minimum visits multiply rates and drive legs in one day.
  • Minimum-wage processing underneath it all: federal, state, and local floors.
app.wagetime.com/payroll/pay-classes

One Week, Whole Roster · Week of Oct 6

5 pay bases in one run2 mixed-rate weeks
One payroll, a pay code per basis: hourly, per diem, per visit, facility shifts
5Pay bases
$3,115.00Straight-time gross
Nora B.$570.00
Companion · $15.00 hourly38.0 hrs
Deshawn K.44.0 hrs$764.00
CNA · $17.00 hourly + $2.00 weekend
Priya S.$560.00
LPN · $140.00 per diem4 days
Marta O.$765.00
RN · $85.00 per visit9 visits
Evan T.$456.00
Facility staffing · $19.00 hourly24.0 hrs
One run, every pay basisovertime premiums on the weighted average

Replaces the three spreadsheets that each understood exactly one kind of hour.

02 · THE WEEKLY METER

How does payroll line up with Right at Home’s weekly Net Billings reporting?

Right at Home’s Net Billings report goes out weekly; WageTime closes payroll on the same clock. FDD analyses describe a 5 percent royalty on Net Billings plus a 2 percent brand fee on the first $1,000,000 each year: the labor underneath is what gets paid.

  • Hours import against the right caregiver, client, and rate.
  • Job costing reports labor by client, program, and crew, weekly.
  • Finished payroll posts to QuickBooks mapped by department, with a GL export.
  • Role-based access and full audit logging behind the numbers.
  • FDD analyses: 1 percent on the next $2,000,000, local advertising 1-2 percent.
app.wagetime.com/reports/weekly-tieout

Weekly Tie-Out · Billings vs Labor · Week of Oct 6

Labor closed FridayBillings report basis ready
Billed hours, paid hours and the labor behind them, on one weekly clock
$38,970.00Billed this week
$21,589.00Labor this week
44.6%Gross margin
LineAmountStatus
Billed visit hours1,214.0 hrs on the schedule$38,970.00On schedule
Paid care hours1,214.0 hrs on the clock$19,765.00Posted
Facility staffing shifts96.0 hrs$1,824.00Posted
Labor cost by client34 clients-Scheduled Mon
QuickBooks postingby department-Done
Labor against billings, week by weeka margin you can see on Friday, not at month end

Replaces the month-end archaeology that explained a week-old number too late to fix it.

03 · TWELVE HOURS TO CERTIFIED

Is Cognitive Support Program training time paid?

Cognitive Support Program training time is generally paid when an office requires it; your employment counsel makes the per-program call, and WageTime handles the mechanics either way. Twelve hours to certification, times 70 percent roster coverage, is an office-wide payroll event, not a one-off.

  • Training hours run at a training rate inside weighted-average overtime.
  • Courses assigned and completions tracked in the learning module.
  • Certificates and licenses carry 30/60/90-day expiration alerts.
  • Coverage reports show who counts toward a program threshold.
  • The Cognitive Support Program was developed with dementia care specialist Jackie Pool.
app.wagetime.com/hr/training

Programs & Certifications · All care staff

Parkinson’s training coverage 74%3 items expiring soon
Paid training hours on their own code, every certificate on the employee record
46Care staff tracked
74%Program coverage
PersonExpiresStatus
Nora B.Cognitive Support Program 12hApr 2027Certified
Deshawn K.Parkinson’s care trainingRenews Feb 2027Completed
Priya S.Annual CE (paid, online)Due Dec 156 of 8 hrs
Marta O.RN licenseJan 2027Current
Evan T.CPR certificationNov 230-day alert
Coverage and certificates, tracked per personalerts on schedule

Replaces the certificate binder that couldn’t say who counts toward the 70 percent.

04 · THE MARGIN YOU MANAGE

What does payroll cost an office that steers by a published gross margin?

$50 a month per company plus $10 per person paid that month, every run included. The brand’s recruiting site reports a 44.60 percent average gross margin for 2025, and in home care that margin is billings minus caregiver wages: payroll is the line you steer.

  • The margin figure spans 482 of 566 franchised businesses.
  • Caregivers see paystubs, W-2s, and PTO balances in the WageTime app.
  • Self-onboarding with e-signatures, electronic I-9, and E-Verify inside.
  • ACA look-back tracks variable-hour caregivers; 1094-C/1095-C e-filed.
  • A second territory runs under its own EIN on one login.
app.wagetime.com/billing/invoice

October Invoice · One Office

5 weekly runs · $0 extraAll filings current
Federal, state and local tax filings included; runs and final checks unlimited
One office · one monthly bill
Base · 1 company$50.00
48 caregivers + 4 staff$520.00
5 Fridays in October$0.00
1 same-week final check$0.00
Tax filings, all levelsincluded
Invoice total$570.00
October totalevery run and filing in the price

Replaces the payroll line that moved every month for reasons nobody could name.

PRICING

Simple payroll pricing. No surprises.

Full-service payroll is $10 a month per person paid that month, plus $50 a month per company, with unlimited runs. No long-term contracts, no per-run charges.

  • Full-service payroll, unlimited runs
  • Federal, state & local tax filing
  • Year-end W-2s & 1099s
  • Direct deposit, checks & pay cards
  • Contractor payments & filings
  • Off-cycle runs & bonuses, no extra fee
  • Employee paystubs & W-2 access
  • QuickBooks integration
$10/mo per person paid
+ $50/mo per company

Off-cycle runs and bonuses cost nothing extra. No long-term contracts; cancel anytime.

Example: 50 people paid × $10 + $50 company = $550 for the month

HR & hiring, onboarding, PTO, time tracking, benefits, and workers’ comp are optional add-ons, priced separately when you’re ready.

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THE INFRASTRUCTURE BEHIND WAGETIME
$35B+
in payroll & taxes paid
2.8M+
employees paid
4.3M+
W-2s & 1099s filed
100%
of tax filings automated

Right at Home franchise payroll questions

Who employs the caregivers at a Right at Home office: corporate or the franchise owner?

The franchise owner, in nearly every case. Right at Home’s 30th-anniversary announcement states that most offices are independently owned and operated and directly employ and supervise all caregiving staff; a small number of company-owned offices differ. Wages, employment taxes, and W-2s run under your company’s EIN, not the brand’s.

Can WageTime pay RNs and LPNs per visit next to hourly caregivers?

Yes. Per-visit fees run as per-unit pay codes with a different rate per visit type, per-diem days run as flat-amount codes, and hourly aide time runs beside them in the same payroll. Mixed weeks compute overtime on the weighted-average regular rate; whether a clinician is overtime-exempt is your employment counsel’s call.

Does Right at Home hand franchisees a payroll system?

No. FDD analyses show designated home care operating software billed per client, and the brand has announced preferred back-office vendors, but the payroll seat stays the owner’s choice. WageTime fills it as an independent option: we import clock and visit hours so there’s no double entry, and we’ll confirm the exact flow for your setup on the demo.

Is Cognitive Support Program or Parkinson’s training time paid?

Employer-required training is generally compensable; your employment counsel makes the call per program. WageTime’s side is mechanical either way: certified hours get their own code and rate, count inside that week’s weighted-average overtime, and leave a certificate on the employee record where renewal alerts fire at 30, 60, and 90 days.

Do Right at Home offices pay caregivers weekly or biweekly?

Pay cadence varies by office: candidates ask that question verbatim on job boards, and many franchise postings advertise weekly pay. WageTime prices every cadence the same, so an office already reporting Net Billings weekly can pay caregivers on that same clock without buying extra runs, and a Friday departure still gets its check that week.

How much does a Right at Home franchise owner make?

Right at Home publishes Item 19 figures and states their basis: the franchise recruiting site reports average annual net billings of $1,836,498 for offices open at least one year as of December 31, 2025, and a 44.60 percent average gross margin for 2025. Third-party estimates circulate lower and disagree; confirm the current numbers in the FDD itself.

What does WageTime cost for a Right at Home office?

$50 per month per company plus $10 per person paid that month, with unlimited runs. The price includes weekly pay day, off-cycle and final checks, and automatic filing of every federal, state, and local tax with year-end W-2s and 1099s. No long-term contracts, cancel anytime; onboarding and migration are full-service and paid, scoped on the demo.

Bring one mixed week.

One companion, one CNA, one nurse, and your weekly billings export. Twenty minutes with a payroll specialist on a live demo company: the pay-class board, the weighted-average overtime, the training pay codes, and the invoice sitting next to your weekly royalty line.

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