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THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM THE FEBRUARY 28, 2001 CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND RELATED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF PAYCHEX, INC., AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

0000723531 PAYCHEX, INC. 1,000 9-MOS MAY-31-2001 JUN-01-2000 FEB-28-2001 106,796 2,339,690 89,898 0 0 2,564,742 218,131 131,840 2,671,131 1,948,606 0 0 0 3,733 713,658 2,671,131 0 641,237 0 147,398 244,706 0 0 267,866 80,758 187,108 0 0 0 187,108 .50 .50