INDUSTRY SOLUTIONS
Make Payroll While You Wait on Net-60
You pay hundreds of warehouse workers every Friday, plus employer taxes and workers' comp, weeks before clients settle their net-30 to net-60 invoices. We give light-industrial and warehouse staffing agencies fast, flexible working capital so a missed payroll, or a peak season you can't pre-fund, never costs you a contract.
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Funding Amounts
$10,000 – $500,000
Approval Speed
4 – 8 hours
Credit
All credit profiles considered
Use
Weekly payroll, peak-season ramp, growth & more
THE CHALLENGE
You Pay the Crew Friday. The Client Pays You in 60 Days.
Light-industrial and warehouse staffing is the single largest segment in the entire staffing world, roughly 36 percent of all temporary and contract employees on the American Staffing Association's occupational breakdown (2024). It's also the purest payroll-funding play in staffing: high-volume, commodity labor paid weekly or even daily, on the thinnest margins in the industry, while clients pay on net-30 to net-60. In the Federal Reserve's Small Business Credit Survey, the most common reason firms seek financing is simply to cover operating expenses, and for a light-industrial agency that gap has a very specific, unforgiving shape. Here's where the cash gets stuck.
You front a weekly payroll for hundreds of people, weeks before the invoice clears
Unlike a permanent-placement recruiter who bills a one-time fee, a light-industrial agency floats payroll for a sea of workers every single Friday. You front the wages, the employer payroll taxes (FICA, FUTA, SUTA), and the workers' compensation, which costs materially more on physical-labor and warehouse class codes than on office work, all before the matching client invoice is collected 30 to 60 days later. The math is unforgiving on commodity-margin labor, and a single missed Friday payroll can empty your labor pool to a competitor overnight. That structural, multi-week negative gap on every active worker is the cash-flow problem that defines this business.
Peak season makes you fund a doubled payroll before the surge revenue arrives
Warehousing, fulfillment, and third-party-logistics clients ramp hard for the Q4 holiday peak, and warehouse and parcel employment build through the fall as online shopping climbs. To staff a client's peak you have to recruit, onboard, background-check, and start paying a surge crew weeks before peak, then float that doubled or tripled weekly payroll across the same net-30 to net-60 terms. The cash crunch is worst exactly when the opportunity is biggest, and the agency that can't pre-fund the surge simply turns down the most profitable weeks of its year.
Every big new contract enlarges the payroll you have to carry first
Because the product is undifferentiated and margins are thin, you grow by winning bigger headcount contracts. But each new 50 or 100 worker account immediately enlarges the weekly payroll you must front for 30 to 60 days before the first invoice clears. Agencies are often forced to decline a contract they've already won, purely because they can't carry the added float. Capital availability, not sales, becomes the governor on growth, and a single large warehouse win can break a healthy agency that isn't funded for it.
You carry the labor cost and the compliance, the client pays later
Direct labor is the dominant cost, and the workers you place don't come cheap to carry: the median annual wage for hand laborers and material movers, the core warehouse occupation, was $37,680 in May 2024, below the $49,500 national median for all workers (Bureau of Labor Statistics). Layered on top are the employer taxes and the higher warehouse-class workers' comp. You and the client are also joint employers of those temporary workers, jointly responsible for a safe workplace under OSHA's Temporary Worker Initiative, so the obligations land on you in real time while the invoice still sits on net terms.
Staffing firms are exactly the kind of asset-light, collateral-light business banks ration. In the 2024 Small Business Credit Survey, of firms that applied for financing only 41 percent received all they sought, 36 percent received some, and 24 percent received none, and an SBA loan can take 30 to 90 days on top of that. Friday's payroll doesn't negotiate. We fund light-industrial staffing agencies in days, against the receivables the placements are already generating.
How Staffing Agencies Use Our Funding
Cover This Friday's Payroll
Pay your placed workers, plus employer payroll taxes and workers' comp, the moment timesheets land, weeks before the matching client invoice is collected.
Bridge Net-30 to Net-60 Invoices
Carry the float on approved timesheets while clients work through their 30 to 60 day payment terms, so a slow-paying account never empties your labor pool.
Pre-Fund the Q4 Surge
Recruit, background-check, onboard, and start paying a warehouse and 3PL surge crew before the holiday peak revenue arrives, instead of turning down your best weeks.
Take On a Bigger Contract
Won a 50 or 100 worker warehouse account? Fund the added weekly payroll for the 30 to 60 days before the first invoice clears, so you can say yes instead of declining.
Turn Invoices Into Same-Week Cash
Convert approved timesheets and client invoices into cash that scales with your payroll through invoice factoring, a natural fit for a recurring book of net-term receivables.
Recruit, Screen & Grow
Fund sourcing, background checks, onboarding, software, and a new branch, the off-cycle costs that come long before the related invoices ever get paid.
One Application. We Match You to the Funding That Fits.
Most agencies we fund use working capital they can put toward payroll, the ramp, or growth. You don't need to know which product you want, apply once and we'll match you to what you qualify for.
Working Capital
Flexible funding for weekly payroll, the pre-peak ramp, employer taxes and workers' comp, recruiting, or a new contract. Not tied to specific invoices. This is where most staffing agencies start.
Learn MoreAR / Invoice Factoring
Turn approved timesheets and client invoices into same-week cash that scales 1:1 with your payroll. A staffing book of clean net-30/60 receivables is the textbook factoring asset.
Learn MoreBusiness Line of Credit
Revolving cash you draw on to smooth payroll between billing cycles, then repay as invoices land. Interest applies only to what you actually use.
Learn MoreSBA Loans
Government-backed funding with longer terms and competitive rates for a branch or a vertical expansion, when you have time for a more involved process.
Learn MoreBusiness Loans
Lump-sum capital for a bigger move: opening a new market, taking on a major multi-site account, or a full peak-season ramp, on a longer, structured term.
Learn MoreRevenue-Based Financing
Funding with repayment that flexes with your billings, easing off between cycles instead of holding a fixed payment.
Learn MoreWhy Staffing Agencies Choose Us
We've funded newer agencies winning their first big warehouse account as well as established operations running hundreds of placed workers across multiple 3PL and fulfillment clients at once. We know your money goes out every Friday, weeks before the invoice comes back, and that a single peak season carries much of the year.
Fast, flexible working capital is built for that reality. We know the weekly-payroll-vs-net-60 float, the asset-light balance sheet banks ration, and what it takes to pre-fund a surge or a big new contract without floating it all yourself.
See What You Qualify For- We understand the weekly-payroll-vs-net-60 float
- Funding fast enough to make this Friday's payroll
- Pre-fund a Q4 warehouse and 3PL surge before the revenue lands
- Carry a big new contract's added payroll without floating it yourself
- Approval in 4 – 8 hours, not weeks
- Asset-light and all credit profiles considered
Simple Requirements to Get Started
If your staffing agency has been operating for at least 6 months and generates $10,000 or more in monthly revenue, you're likely a fit.
6+ Months
In Business
$10K+
Monthly Revenue
All Credit
Profiles Welcome
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Staffing Funding FAQs
Can I get funding to cover this Friday's payroll before my client pays the invoice?
Yes, this is the most common reason light-industrial and warehouse staffing agencies come to us. You pay your placed workers weekly the moment timesheets are approved, then often wait 30 to 60 days for the client to pay the invoice. Working capital advances the cash now so payroll, employer taxes, and workers' comp are covered while that invoice clears, and you repay as the money comes in. You don't have to choose a product up front, you apply once and we match you to the funding you qualify for.
How does invoice factoring work for a light-industrial or warehouse staffing agency?
Factoring converts your approved timesheets and client invoices into same-week cash instead of waiting out net terms. Because the cash that comes in scales with the payroll you have to fund, a recurring book of net-30 to net-60 staffing receivables is a natural fit. It sits second to working capital because we still lead you toward flexible capital that isn't tied to specific invoices and that also covers the pre-peak ramp and recruiting costs factoring can't, but if your problem is purely the receivable, factoring may be the cleanest match.
Do you fund weekly and daily-pay payroll, including the employer payroll taxes and workers' compensation?
Yes. The funding covers the full cost of carrying your crew, not just the wages: the employer payroll taxes (FICA, FUTA, SUTA) and the workers' compensation accrual, which runs materially higher on physical-labor and warehouse class codes than on office work. That entire burden goes out alongside the weekly or daily pay, weeks before the client invoice is collected, and it's exactly the gap working capital is built to bridge.
Can you fund a Q4 or peak-season ramp where I have to staff up a warehouse before the surge revenue comes in?
Yes. Warehousing, fulfillment, and third-party-logistics clients build their crews in the fall ahead of the holidays, so you have to recruit, background-check, onboard, and start paying a surge crew weeks before that peak revenue lands, all on the same net-30 to net-60 terms. Working capital or a line of credit lets you pre-fund the doubled payroll so you can take the most profitable weeks of your year instead of turning them down.
I just won a big new warehouse contract but can't carry the added payroll. Can you fund the headcount ramp?
Yes, and it's one of the most common situations we fund. Each new 50 or 100 worker account immediately enlarges the weekly payroll you have to front for 30 to 60 days before the first invoice clears. Many agencies are forced to decline a contract they've already won purely because they can't carry the float. Funding lets you say yes to the win and grow on contracts rather than on cash on hand.
Do you require my client invoices to be on net-30 or net-60 specifically, and how long can the terms be?
No, there's no fixed requirement on your terms. Light-industrial staffing commonly bills net-30 to net-60 and sometimes longer, and the funding is built around exactly that gap between paying your crew now and getting paid later. We look at your monthly revenue and how you actually bill and collect, then match you to the funding that fits your cycle.
Will Monera become the employer of record or a PEO, or do I stay the employer of my temporary workers?
You stay the employer. Monera funds your agency's own working capital and receivables, we do not become a PEO or employer of record, we don't take over the employment relationship, and we don't process your payroll for you. We're also not financing your end-clients. We provide the capital so your business can make payroll and carry the net-term float while you stay in full control of your workers, your clients, and your back office.
Do you work with newer staffing agencies that are asset-light and don't have equipment or real estate as collateral?
Yes. Staffing firms are asset-light by nature: your balance-sheet value is your people and your receivables, not equipment or buildings, which is exactly why traditional collateral-based bank lending under-serves the segment. Our funding is built around your revenue and your receivables, not hard collateral, so being asset-light doesn't count against you.
What if most of my receivables come from one large client. Can I still get funded?
Often yes. Client concentration is common in light-industrial staffing, where a single large warehouse or 3PL account can drive much of the book. We look at your overall revenue, billing history, and the makeup of your accounts. Concentration is one factor we consider, not an automatic no, and we'll tell you straight what we can do for your situation.
How fast can I get capital, and do you consider all credit profiles?
Approval typically comes within 4 to 8 hours, with funds following shortly after. That speed is the main reason agency owners choose us over a bank or an SBA loan, where the same request can take 30 to 90 days, long after a payroll is due. All credit profiles are considered, your revenue and billing history matter more than a perfect credit score.
What can the funding be used for besides payroll?
Anything the agency needs. Beyond covering weekly payroll, agencies use Monera funding to recruit and source workers, run background checks and onboarding, pay for applicant-tracking and scheduling software, pre-fund a peak-season surge, take on a larger contract, and open a new branch. You apply once and put the capital toward whatever the business needs next.
How is working capital different from factoring for a staffing agency, and which is right for my cash-flow gap?
Working capital is flexible funding that isn't tied to any specific invoice, so it covers the whole problem: the pre-peak ramp, recruiting, employer taxes and workers' comp, and the payroll float. Factoring advances cash against approved invoices, so it scales tightly with your receivables but only funds what you've already billed. If your need is purely the net-term float on a clean book of invoices, factoring can fit. If you also need to fund the ramp and off-cycle costs, working capital is usually the better lead. You apply once and we'll match you to the right one for your gap.
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