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Fractional HR, Tucson, Arizona

Fractional HR for Tucson small businesses

Bevel HR runs the people function for Tucson 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 Tucson

Tucson businesses that need real HR, not another tool.

We work with aerospace and defense, optics and photonics, healthcare, logistics, and higher education across the Tucson 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
Tucson's aerospace, optics, and defense employers combine federal-contractor compliance with Arizona's earned-paid-sick-time and rising-minimum-wage requirements, 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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Arizona compliance gaps piling up
Arizona requires earned paid sick time for nearly all employers under the Fair Wages and Healthy Families Act, has a rising minimum wage, and specific wage-payment timing. Tucson's defense and aerospace contractors layer federal wage-determination and EEO obligations on top. Paid-sick-time accrual and contractor overlays are the usual 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 Arizona, what Tucson employers need to know

Arizona requires earned paid sick time for nearly all employers under the Fair Wages and Healthy Families Act, has a rising minimum wage, and specific wage-payment timing. Tucson's defense and aerospace contractors layer federal wage-determination and EEO obligations on top. Paid-sick-time accrual and contractor overlays are the usual 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 Tucson

Why Tucson businesses bring in fractional HR

Tucson's aerospace, optics, and defense employers combine federal-contractor compliance with Arizona's earned-paid-sick-time and rising-minimum-wage requirements. That mix shapes the people problems we see most in the Tucson metro.

Whether in aerospace and defense, optics and photonics, healthcare, logistics, and higher education, Tucson employers reach the same inflection point: too many people for ad-hoc HR, too few for a full department.

Compliance is the quiet risk. Arizona requires earned paid sick time for nearly all employers under the Fair Wages and Healthy Families Act, has a rising minimum wage, and specific wage-payment timing. Tucson's defense and aerospace contractors layer federal wage-determination and EEO obligations on top. Paid-sick-time accrual and contractor overlays are the usual gaps. We track it continuously so Tucson founders don't have to.

The Tucson market

What HR actually looks like in Tucson

Tucson's economy centers on the University of Arizona, a significant aerospace and defense sector (Raytheon is the area's largest private employer), optics and photonics (a genuine local specialty), and healthcare, with a lower cost base than Phoenix.

Arizona has a voter-raised minimum wage above the federal floor, mandatory paid sick time under the Fair Wages and Healthy Families Act, and specific wage rules, while staying lighter than coastal states. Tucson's defense and aerospace employers add federal-contractor obligations to the mix.

A Tucson aerospace or defense company has to satisfy Arizona's sick-time and wage rules plus federal-contractor requirements. We keep both handled. See HR compliance.

Fractional HR services & pricing

Senior HR for Tucson 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 Tucson businesses

How much does fractional HR cost for a Tucson business?

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

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Arizona mandates earned paid sick time and has a rising minimum wage with specific pay timing. Tucson's aerospace and defense contractors also carry federal wage-determination and affirmative-action requirements, two layers that small employers often track poorly.

Do you work with Tucson businesses remotely?

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Yes. Bevel HR is fully remote, and Tucson 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 Tucson 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 Tucson metro.

What size Tucson companies do you work with?

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We focus on Tucson 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 aerospace and defense, optics and photonics, healthcare, logistics, and higher education.
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