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Fractional HR, Seattle, Washington

Fractional HR for Seattle small businesses

Bevel HR runs the people function for Seattle 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 Seattle

Seattle businesses that need real HR, not another tool.

We work with cloud and software, e-commerce and logistics, aerospace, biotech, and gaming across the Seattle 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
Seattle's cloud, e-commerce, and aerospace giants set the pace, but it's the small firms in their orbit that get caught between Washington State law and Seattle's own aggressive ordinances, 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
The team is expanding, but there's no repeatable way to bring someone on. Improvised starts turn into preventable six-month departures.
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Washington compliance gaps piling up
Washington has Paid Family and Medical Leave (employer contributions), statewide paid sick leave, pay-transparency in postings, and strong non-compete restrictions. Seattle adds its own higher minimum wage, Paid Sick and Safe Time, secure-scheduling, and independent-contractor-protection ordinances. The Seattle city layer is where small employers most often fall short.
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A full-time hire doesn't pencil out
At $70,000–$90,000 fully loaded, a full-time HR hire is premature at your size. The work calls for experienced judgment a few hours a week, not a salaried desk.

HR compliance in Washington, what Seattle employers need to know

Washington has Paid Family and Medical Leave (employer contributions), statewide paid sick leave, pay-transparency in postings, and strong non-compete restrictions. Seattle adds its own higher minimum wage, Paid Sick and Safe Time, secure-scheduling, and independent-contractor-protection ordinances. The Seattle city layer is where small employers most often fall short. 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 Seattle

Why Seattle businesses bring in fractional HR

Seattle's economy has its own texture, and it drives the HR work. Seattle's cloud, e-commerce, and aerospace giants set the pace, but it's the small firms in their orbit that get caught between Washington State law and Seattle's own aggressive ordinances.

We work with cloud and software, e-commerce and logistics, aerospace, biotech, and gaming, the kinds of Seattle-area employers where headcount has outrun the systems meant to support it.

Compliance is the quiet risk. Washington has Paid Family and Medical Leave (employer contributions), statewide paid sick leave, pay-transparency in postings, and strong non-compete restrictions. Seattle adds its own higher minimum wage, Paid Sick and Safe Time, secure-scheduling, and independent-contractor-protection ordinances. The Seattle city layer is where small employers most often fall short. We track it continuously so Seattle founders don't have to.

The Seattle market

What HR actually looks like in Seattle

Seattle is a tech giant's hometown several times over (Amazon and Microsoft anchor the region), with a deep cloud, e-commerce, and software economy, aerospace heritage in Boeing, a major port, and a strong biotech and global-health sector.

Washington is strongly employee-protective and Seattle is stricter still: the state has paid family and medical leave, mandatory sick time, a high minimum wage, and Seattle layers on its own higher minimum wage, secure-scheduling rules, and the new app-based and gig-worker protections. No state income tax, but the labor-law load is heavy.

A Seattle company faces Washington's strict rules plus the city's own higher minimum wage and scheduling ordinances, often on the same employee. We keep both layers straight. See HR compliance.

Fractional HR services & pricing

Senior HR for Seattle 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 Seattle businesses

How much does fractional HR cost for a Seattle business?

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Bevel HR retainers start at $1,800/month for Seattle businesses with 1–20 employees. Most Seattle 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 Washington employment laws do Seattle employers need to know?

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Washington has paid family leave, paid sick leave, pay-transparency, and non-compete limits, and Seattle adds a higher minimum wage, secure-scheduling, and contractor-protection ordinances. A compliant Washington policy can still miss a Seattle requirement.

Do you work with Seattle businesses remotely?

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Yes, remote is how we work best. Seattle businesses get a senior HR partner reachable over video, Slack, and email, usually more available than an overloaded internal hire. Distance has never been the constraint; attention is.

How quickly can you start with a Seattle 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 Seattle metro.

What size Seattle companies do you work with?

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We focus on Seattle 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 cloud and software, e-commerce and logistics, aerospace, biotech, and gaming.
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