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Fractional HR, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Fractional HR for Pittsburgh small businesses

Bevel HR runs the people function for Pittsburgh companies with 10–75 employees, compliance, onboarding, payroll, and employee relations, so founders can get back to the business. Senior HR and people & culture support, starting at $1,800/month.

$1,800/mo
Starting retainer
~25%
Of a full-time HR hire
Days
To start, not months
Who we help in Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh businesses that need real HR, not another tool.

We work with robotics and AI, healthcare and life sciences, advanced manufacturing, higher education, and financial services across the Pittsburgh metro. If you have 10–75 employees and HR keeps landing on the founder or ops lead, that's exactly who Bevel HR is built for.

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HR keeps landing on the founder
Pittsburgh's robotics, AI, and healthcare research economy hires dense technical teams, and the city's own paid-sick-leave ordinance adds a layer on top of Pennsylvania law, and every offer letter, complaint, and policy question routes straight to the top. That's founder time you can't get back.
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Hiring fast with no system
Growth is good, but the onboarding is ad hoc and nobody owns it. New people ramp slowly and some leave before they ever hit their stride.
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Pennsylvania compliance gaps piling up
Pennsylvania's Wage Payment and Collection Law governs final pay and deductions, with federal overtime. Pittsburgh has its own Paid Sick Days Act requiring accrued sick leave. For Pittsburgh's research and tech employers, the city sick-leave ordinance and proper classification of researchers and contractors are the common gaps.
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A full-time hire doesn't pencil out
A full-time HR manager runs $70,000–$90,000/year fully loaded. At 10–50 employees you don't need 40 hours a week of HR, you need senior judgment at the volume you actually use.

HR compliance in Pennsylvania, what Pittsburgh employers need to know

Pennsylvania's Wage Payment and Collection Law governs final pay and deductions, with federal overtime. Pittsburgh has its own Paid Sick Days Act requiring accrued sick leave. For Pittsburgh's research and tech employers, the city sick-leave ordinance and proper classification of researchers and contractors are the common gaps. If you're also hiring remotely across state lines, the complexity compounds fast. We track state-specific requirements for every client so you're never blindsided by a rule you didn't know applied. See our multi-state hiring and HR compliance services.

Fractional HR in Pittsburgh

Why Pittsburgh businesses bring in fractional HR

Pittsburgh's robotics, AI, and healthcare research economy hires dense technical teams, and the city's own paid-sick-leave ordinance adds a layer on top of Pennsylvania law. That mix shapes the people problems we see most in the Pittsburgh metro.

Whether in robotics and AI, healthcare and life sciences, advanced manufacturing, higher education, and financial services, Pittsburgh employers reach the same inflection point: too many people for ad-hoc HR, too few for a full department.

And the regulatory picture matters here: pennsylvania's Wage Payment and Collection Law governs final pay and deductions, with federal overtime. Pittsburgh has its own Paid Sick Days Act requiring accrued sick leave. For Pittsburgh's research and tech employers, the city sick-leave ordinance and proper classification of researchers and contractors are the common gaps. Staying ahead of it is part of what we do for every Pittsburgh client.

The Pittsburgh market

What HR actually looks like in Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh reinvented itself from steel into robotics, AI, healthcare, and education. Carnegie Mellon seeds one of the country's deepest robotics and AI talent pools, UPMC is an enormous health-system employer, and a real startup scene has grown around the universities.

Pennsylvania follows federal wage law with its own wage-payment and final-pay rules, staying moderate on mandates, though Pittsburgh has its own paid sick-leave ordinance. For the robotics and AI startups, the dominant issue is fast, often multi-state and equity-heavy hiring outrunning their HR.

A Pittsburgh robotics or AI company scaling on university talent is usually hiring across state lines with equity comp before it has HR in place. That is exactly what we handle. See multi-state hiring.

Fractional HR services & pricing

Senior HR for Pittsburgh businesses. A fraction of the cost.

Monthly retainers that flex with your company. Minimum 3-month engagement, cancel anytime after. Fully remote, we can start the same week you sign. Full pricing & comparison →

Foundation
$1,800/mo
6–8 hrs/mo · 1–20 employees

  • Dedicated HR request channel
  • Compliance monitoring & calendar
  • On-call Q&A (up to 2 hrs/mo)
  • New-hire paperwork guidance
  • One policy update per month
  • Monthly People Report
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Embedded
$6,500/mo
22–26 hrs/mo · 40–75 employees

  • Everything in Growth
  • Leadership team attendance
  • People strategy & org design
  • Comp benchmarking
  • Manager coaching
  • HRIS implementation
  • Quarterly board report
  • 4-hr urgent response SLA
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Common questions

Questions from Pittsburgh businesses

How much does fractional HR cost for a Pittsburgh business?

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Bevel HR retainers start at $1,800/month for Pittsburgh businesses with 1–20 employees. Most Pittsburgh clients at 15–40 employees land on the Growth package at $3,500/month, roughly 25% of the ~$70,000–$90,000 fully loaded annual cost of a full-time HR manager.

What Pennsylvania employment laws do Pittsburgh employers need to know?

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Pennsylvania governs final pay through its Wage Payment and Collection Law, and Pittsburgh adds its own Paid Sick Days Act. Pittsburgh's research-heavy employers also face classification questions around postdocs, contractors, and grant-funded staff.

Do you work with Pittsburgh businesses remotely?

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Yes. Bevel HR is fully remote, and Pittsburgh clients get the same responsiveness as anywhere else, over video, Slack, email, and shared HR platforms. Most find remote HR faster than an in-house hire juggling other duties.

How quickly can you start with a Pittsburgh business?

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Within days of a signed agreement. Book a free 30-minute HR Assessment this week; if it's a fit, you'll have a proposal within 24 hours. Week one is your HR Audit, we review your current setup and surface what actually matters in the Pittsburgh metro.

What size Pittsburgh companies do you work with?

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We focus on Pittsburgh businesses with 10–75 employees, the stage where HR is too complex to ignore but a full-time hire doesn't pencil out yet. We commonly work with robotics and AI, healthcare and life sciences, advanced manufacturing, higher education, and financial services.
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