KORE1 for Tampa Bay employers, priced November 2026
Temporary Staffing Agency in Tampa for finance, shared-service and service desk temps
Accounting, analyst and service desk temps for Tampa Bay back offices, with Florida E-Verify, sick leave and storm-season coverage explained first.
KORE1 is a temp agency in Tampa. A mid-level accounting temp bills $59 to $75 an hour nationally, median $65, about $33,900 for three months. A mid-level financial analyst bills $72 to $94. Neither is a Tampa Bay figure.
Last updated: November 13, 2026
- Covered here
- Office temps for Tampa Bay employers, meaning reconciliation and staff accountants, financial analysts and service desk technicians. Each one is employed by KORE1 on a W2 from day one.
- Covered elsewhere
- For direct hires and the rest of what KORE1 does around the bay, start at KORE1 staffing in Tampa. Controller-level finance searches have their own home at accounting and finance staffing in Tampa.
The rates below come straight out of KORE1’s Contract Rate Index (2026-Q4, in force since October 16, 2026). All three are national cells, because the index has no Tampa metro yet. No Tampa row exists. We won’t invent one. Each is built from BLS May 2025 national wages plus an employer burden, not from averaging our own placements, which is why a quote still has to price your actual seat against the live market before anyone budgets on a row.
Run a mid-level temp accountant at the median for three months and the total lands near $33,900. Use it as a yardstick. Nothing more. Your manager directs the work day to day, while the temp sits on KORE1’s W2 payroll and is paid every Friday. Never used a temp agency before? Start with national temporary staffing, then come back for the Florida rules.
What Do Tampa Temp Accountants, Analysts and Service Desk Temps Bill?
Three national cells, as of October 16, 2026. Each row says so, because the index has no Tampa cell yet. All three are modeled. A quote prices your seat against the live market.
| Temp seat | Index cell | Bill range | Median | 3 months | 6 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp accountantUnited States (national), no Tampa cell | Accountant, mid‑level | $59 to $75 | $65 | $33,900 | $67,900 |
| Financial analyst tempUnited States (national), no Tampa cell | Financial analyst, mid‑level | $72 to $94 | $82 | $42,400 | $84,800 |
| Service desk tempUnited States (national), no Tampa cell | Help desk, L1 | $35 to $44 | $38 | $20,000 | $40,000 |
Price a Tampa temp
Tell us the seat, the quarter-end or project window, the start date and whether the desk is onsite, hybrid or remote. We’ll price that one seat.
- Junior, senior and close-support accountant levels live on contract accountant bill rates by level, so they aren’t repeated here.
- Other roles and other metros sit on contract staffing rates across roles and metros, so nothing is repeated here.
- Hiring a controller or a senior finance lead instead? Different search. It has its own page.
Which Tampa Back Offices Order Temps, and for What?
The BLS Current Employment Statistics counted 1,557,700 nonfarm jobs in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater area in September 2026, a preliminary figure. Professional and business services held 284,800 of them, private education and health services held 267,100, and financial activities held 142,200. The Tampa Bay Economic Development Council lists financial and professional services, life sciences and healthcare, and defense and security among the region’s target industries.
Those industries decide which seats open.
Financial services and insurance shared-service centers
Reconciliation, AP and AR accountants are the classic order in Tampa and St. Petersburg, placed ahead of a quarter-end, with financial analysts added for reporting cycles, because a close has a fixed date and a finance team has a fixed headcount, which is the whole reason a temp makes sense for these seats. The seat opens with the close and ends when the close ends. Nobody plans a backlog. It just arrives.
Hospital systems
Tampa General Hospital, BayCare and Moffitt Cancer Center all run service desks and revenue-cycle teams, and a leave or a system cutover can stretch either one for a few weeks, which is where a service desk or billing temp shows up, on a short assignment with a start date, an end date and a specific job to do. Specific hands.
Business offices around MacDill
MacDill Air Force Base is home to U.S. Central Command and U.S. Special Operations Command, and the suppliers around it sometimes want extra hands on invoicing and timekeeping when a proposal deadline lands on a month-end. We staff finance seats only. Cleared work isn’t priced here. That’s a different lane.
Everyone named above is context for the Tampa Bay market. None is a KORE1 client, and nothing on this page says otherwise.
Who Runs E-Verify on a Tampa Temp?
The agency that hires the temp, if it has 25 or more employees.
Since July 1, 2023, Florida Statutes 448.095 has required a private employer with 25 or more employees to verify each new employee through E-Verify, within 3 business days after the first day the person works for pay. A temp’s employer is the agency that hires and pays them, so the agency runs the check on its own hire.
The statute never names staffing firms, so ask any firm, including us, to confirm in writing who runs the check on the temps it places, before the first shift rather than after.
Does Florida Require Sick Leave for Temps, and Can Tampa Add Its Own Rule?
No state law we found requires it, and a Tampa rule can’t add one.
Florida Statutes 218.077 bars counties and cities from requiring private employers to provide employment benefits beyond state or federal law, and it lists sick leave among those benefits. On a KORE1 assignment, sick leave is a KORE1 employer policy rather than a county rule, so ask for it in writing.
The floor is the state’s. Florida’s minimum wage reached $15.00 an hour on September 30, 2026 and holds there through December 31, 2027. FloridaCommerce then adjusts it for inflation each September, with the new rate taking effect the following January 1, so the next change lands on January 1, 2028. Employers post the state notice under Florida Statutes 448.109.
How Do Tampa Employers Keep Finance and Service Desks Covered Through Hurricane Season?
The Atlantic season runs June 1 to November 30, according to the NOAA National Hurricane Center. Four decisions go into the quote before it starts, the way plywood gets cut and numbered in May. Nothing here describes any particular storm.
Seats
Which seats can’t wait for the office to reopen?
Claims, month-end finance and the service desk.
A closure stalls the back office first, so pick the rows from the rate table that match the seats you can’t leave empty, then say how many people you need and for how long. Be specific.
- In the quote
- The seat, the head count and the first day
Closure
Does the temp work while the office is closed?
Only if it’s written.
Agree a remote or hybrid rule before the season, including who approves the hours and what happens to the assignment if your systems are down, because a manager can’t settle it on the morning of a closure while the phones ring and nobody can reach the network. Settle it early.
- In the quote
- Onsite, hybrid or remote, and who signs the hours
Catch-up
How are the catch-up weeks priced?
From the three-month column, at the same hourly rate.
A mid-level accountant at the $65 median is $2,600 for a 40-hour week. An analyst at $82 is $3,280, and a service desk temp at $38 is $1,520. That’s arithmetic on national medians. Not a Tampa quote.
- In the quote
- The weekly figure and the number of extra weeks
Season
When should the plan be settled?
Before June 1.
A seat that needs cover in September is easier to fill when its terms were agreed in May. Early beats late. We recheck it every spring.
- In the quote
- The season window and a review date
What Is a Tampa Temp’s Bill Rate Made Of?
As the W2 employer, KORE1 pays the temp each Friday and takes on payroll taxes, workers’ comp and liability insurance. Your manager approves the hours and runs the day. The figures below are an example. Not a quote.
- Hourly pay to the temp
- $100
- With the 24% burden added
- $124
- Typical bill, roughly
- $150 to $160
Three lines, nothing buried. If a Tampa agency quotes you a markup, ask whether it’s figured before or after the burden, because a percentage on $100 and a percentage on $124 aren’t the same number.
“You want to work with a boutique firm, you’re going to get that warm type family feel. It costs a little bit more, but you get taken care of and you get transparency.”
Get the burden in writing from whoever quotes you. Every time.
Can a Tampa Temp Move Onto Your Payroll?
Yes. There’s no conversion fee after 1,040 hours, which is about half a year of full-time work, and the full mechanics sit in the employer’s contract-to-hire guide. The service itself is contract-to-hire staffing.
Of 552 KORE1 contract-to-hire placements, 207 ended as direct hires. That’s 37.5%, from national records, not Tampa ones.
Hiring direct from day one is the other road, and it prices differently. A permanent hire through KORE1 is billed at 20% of base salary, with a 60-day replacement guarantee. With a temp you’re buying speed, plus a trial run before the decision.
One limit worth knowing. A temp carries no replacement guarantee.
How Does a W2 Temp Through KORE1 Work for a Tampa Bay Office?
From your side it looks simple. A colleague sits where you tell them to sit and works the hours you set, while KORE1 handles payroll, taxes and the Friday paycheck behind the scenes.
Speed matters. Across 1,997 starts in every role we fill, the median KORE1 placement began 3 days after the offer. That isn’t a Tampa number, since we don’t publish a local placement count.
Job seekers in Tampa Bay can search openings through KORE1’s job search. This page lists no openings.
Other KORE1 services in Tampa include IT staffing in Tampa, accounting and finance staffing in Tampa, ERP staffing in Tampa, NetSuite staffing in Tampa, data staffing in Tampa and engineering staffing in Tampa. Our office-temp desk also operates in other metros, including temp staffing in Dallas, temp staffing in Houston, Austin, Nashville, New Orleans, Washington, DC, Minneapolis, Phoenix, Long Beach, Los Angeles County and Orange County. In western Pennsylvania it also runs Pittsburgh temp help.
$65
typical hourly bill (median) for a mid-level temp accountant, national cell, modeled
$82
typical hourly bill (median) for a mid-level financial analyst temp, national cell, modeled
3 days
median wait between offer and first day, across all KORE1 placements (n=1,997)
37.5%
of KORE1 contract-to-hire placements ended as direct hires (207 of 552)
Rates are national cells in the 2026-Q4 index, in force since October 16, 2026, and the index has no Tampa metro. Placement numbers are historical records, so they describe what happened and promise nothing about what will.
Which Tampa Office Seats Does KORE1 Fill?
Whichever desk you need, the terms are the same W2 arrangement and the same recruiters stand behind it.
Finance
Reconciliation and staff accountants
Quarter-end closes and AP or AR backlogs at shared-service centers.
Accounting contract staffingAnalysis
Financial analysts
Reporting cycles and budget builds when a finance team is a person short.
Financial analyst contract bill ratesService desk
Service desk technicians
Hospital and back-office desks stretched by a leave or a system cutover.
Help desk staffingOffice
Billing and office support
Revenue-cycle, scheduling and records support through a leave or a busy season.
Staffing agency in Tampa
Common Questions
What does a temp accountant cost per hour in Tampa?
A mid-level temp accountant bills $59 to $75 an hour nationally through a staffing firm, median $65, as of October 16, 2026, and the index has no Tampa cell yet. Three months at the median runs about $33,900. Treat it as a starting point, because a quote prices the seat.
Does a Florida staffing agency have to E-Verify the temps it places?
Yes, if it has 25 or more employees. Florida Statutes 448.095 has required private employers of that size to verify each new employee through E-Verify since July 1, 2023, and the agency that hires the temp is the employer. Ask any firm to confirm it in writing.
Do Tampa temps get paid sick leave under Florida law?
No state law we found requires it, and Tampa can’t add one. Florida Statutes 218.077 bars counties and cities from requiring private employers to provide benefits beyond state or federal law. On a KORE1 assignment, sick leave is a KORE1 employer policy, so ask for it in writing.
Can we hire our Tampa temp permanently without a fee?
Yes, after 1,040 hours. A KORE1 temp can move onto your payroll with no conversion fee once the temp completes 1,040 hours, which means an assignment has to run about six months at full-time hours to get there. The full mechanics are in our contract-to-hire guide for employers.
Talk to KORE1 About Tampa Bay Quarter-End or Storm-Season Coverage
A close that’s running long, a leave on the calendar, or a season about to open with nothing written down. Whichever it is, send the five details below. Short list. A recruiter answers with an hourly price and a start date we can really hit.
- Office typeFinancial services, insurer, hospital system or contractor business office.
- RoleReconciliation or staff accountant, financial analyst, service desk technician, billing support.
- WindowThe close, reporting cycle, leave or storm season that opens the seat.
- First dayThe morning someone must be at the desk.
- How longA rough count of weeks works, and many assignments run longer.
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