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                                                           March 18, 2020

Martin Mucci
President and Chief Executive Officer
Paychex, Inc.
911 Panorama Trail South
Rochester, New York 14625-2396

       Re: Paychex, Inc.
           Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended May 31, 2019
           Response dated March 11, 2020
           File No. 000-11330

Dear Mr. Mucci:

        We have reviewed your March 11, 2020 response to our comment letter and
have the
following comment. In our comment, we ask you to provide us with information so
we may
better understand your disclosure.

       Please respond to this comment within ten business days by providing the
requested
information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If you do
not believe our
comment applies to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your
response.

       After reviewing your response to the comment, we may have additional
comments. Unless we note otherwise, our references to prior comments are to
comments in our
February 27, 2020 letter.

Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended May 31, 2019

Consolidated Financial Statements
Note B - Service Revenue
Assets Recognized from the Costs to Obtain and Fulfill Contracts, page 55

1.    We read your response to comment 2. Please also tell us and disclose your
accounting
      policy for incremental costs of obtaining a contract renewal, including
whether a
      commission paid for a renewal is commensurate with a commission paid on
the initial
      contract, any material differences in the incremental costs capitalized
for a contract
      renewal versus the initial contract and the amortization period for
incremental costs
      capitalized upon obtaining a contract renewal. Refer to ASC 340-40-50-2
and Revenue
      Recognition Transition Resource Group Memo No. 23.
 Martin Mucci
Paychex, Inc.
March 18, 2020
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       You may contact Keira Nakada at (202) 551-3659 or Rufus Decker at (202)
551-3769
with any questions.



FirstName LastNameMartin Mucci                          Sincerely,
Comapany NamePaychex, Inc.
                                                        Division of Corporation
Finance
March 18, 2020 Page 2                                   Office of Trade &
Services
FirstName LastName
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