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How to Update Employee Salary

Use Compensation Adjustment to update an employee's salary for a specific pay period. The change updates the employee's compensation record and can affect income-based benefits and deductions, including payroll integrations when those are in use.

Who this is for

Employers and Feature Admins who manage the employee can make compensation adjustments. The employee must be active and assigned to a payroll subgroup that has pay periods set up. If payroll subgroups are not configured yet, see How to Configure Payroll Subgroups.

To update an employee's salary:
  1. Select Employees in the top navigation menu.
  2. Find the employee and hover over the action gear (cog) in their row.
  3. Select Compensation Adjustment.
  4. In the Compensation Adjustment modal, enter the amount in New Compensation.
  5. Select Per Year or Per Hour from Period.
  6. Select the Effective pay period.
  7. Optionally select Email employee new election sheets if the update impacts benefits.
  8. Select Save.
To override an existing compensation adjustment:
  1. Open Compensation Adjustment for the employee (from the action gear or the Payroll page steps below).
  2. Enter the new amount in New Compensation and choose Period.
  3. Select the Effective pay period that already has an upcoming adjustment. The modal shows the upcoming compensation and changes the submit button to Override.
  4. Select Override.

From the employee Payroll page:
  1. Select Employees in the top navigation menu.
  2. Select the employee's name.
  3. Select Payroll from the employee's menu.
  4. If the Compensation tab is shown, select it.
  5. Select Add a New Adjustment.
  6. Complete the same New Compensation, Period, and Effective pay period fields, then select Save (or Override when replacing an existing upcoming adjustment).
To view salary history:
  1. Select Employees in the top navigation menu.
  2. Select the employee's name.
  3. Select Payroll from the employee's menu.
  4. Review current and historical compensation on this page (use the Compensation tab when it is shown).

To update many salaries at once, see Mass Update - Salary.

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