Papaya Global, a cloud-based payroll and workforce management provider, employs approximately 580 people worldwide. The current headcount reflects 84 new hires alongside 137 recorded departures, indicating ongoing hiring activity as well as some workforce turnover. The company maintains a diversified talent base that supports its global payroll platform used by multinational clients.
Sales and Support is the largest team at Papaya Global with around 168 employees, underscoring the company’s emphasis on client engagement and customer success. Engineering follows with roughly 109 professionals who build and maintain the core SaaS platform, while Finance & Administration (92) and Business Management (72) provide essential operational oversight. Marketing & Product (56) and Operations (28) round out the next-largest groups, and smaller yet important functions such as Program & Project Management, Human Resources, and Legal each have about a dozen team members. The distribution shows a balanced investment across go-to-market, technical, and back-office functions.
Papaya Global’s workforce is geographically dispersed, with the largest concentration in Israel—about 72 employees in Tel Aviv and another 126 across other Israeli locations. The United States represents the next significant cluster, led by Austin, Texas (33) and New York City (20). Additional hubs include Bengaluru in India (25), London in the United Kingdom (23), Barcelona in Spain (18), and Cracow in Poland (17). Smaller teams operate from Melbourne, Australia (6) and various other remote locations (40), highlighting the company’s globally distributed operating model.