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Pay Schedules

Get a pay schedule

Returns a single pay schedule by UUID. The pay schedule object in Gusto captures the details of when employees work and when they should be paid. A company can have multiple pay schedules.

scope: pay_schedules:read

get/v1/companies/{company_id}/pay_schedules/{pay_schedule_id}

Path parameters

company_idstring required

The UUID of the company

pay_schedule_idstring required

The UUID of the pay schedule

Headers

X-Gusto-API-Version'2026-06-15'

Determines the date-based API version associated with your API call. If none is provided, your application's minimum API version is used.

Response

Successful

uuidstring required

The unique identifier of the pay schedule in Gusto.

versionstring required

The current version of the pay schedule. See the versioning guide for information on how to use this field for optimistic concurrency.

frequency'Every week' | 'Every other week' | 'Twice per month' | 'Monthly' | 'Quarterly' | 'Annually'

The frequency that employees on this pay schedule are paid with Gusto.

READ-ONLY in responses. Possible values:

  • Every week: Employees are paid weekly.
  • Every other week: Employees are paid bi-weekly (every two weeks).
  • Twice per month: Employees are paid on two fixed days each month (e.g. 1st and 15th); use day_1 and day_2.
  • Monthly: Employees are paid once per month; use day_1 for the pay day.
  • Quarterly: Employees are paid every three months.
  • Annually: Employees are paid once per year.
anchor_pay_datestring date

The first date that employees on this pay schedule are paid with Gusto (ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD).

anchor_end_of_pay_periodstring date

The last date of the first pay period. This can be the same date as the anchor pay date (ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD).

day_1integer nullable

An integer between 1 and 31 indicating the first day of the month that employees are paid. This field is only relevant for pay schedules with the "Twice per month" and "Monthly" frequencies. It will be null for pay schedules with other frequencies.

day_2integer nullable

An integer between 1 and 31 indicating the second day of the month that employees are paid. This field is the second pay date for pay schedules with the "Twice per month" frequency. For semi-monthly pay schedules, this field should be set to 31. For months shorter than 31 days, the second pay date is set to the last day of the month. It will be null for pay schedules with other frequencies.

namestring nullable

This field will be hourly when the pay schedule is for hourly employees, salaried when the pay schedule is for salaried employees, the department name if pay schedule is by department, and null when the pay schedule is for all employees.

custom_namestring

A custom name for a pay schedule; defaults to the pay frequency description when none was set by the partner.

When the partner never set a custom name (or cleared it), this field contains the auto-generated description derived from frequency and pay days (e.g. "every 1st and 15th of the month", "every Friday"). When the partner set a custom name on create or update, this field contains that value.

auto_payrollboolean

With automatic payroll enabled, payroll runs automatically one day before payroll deadlines. When false, payroll does not run automatically. Returned for API version 2025-11-15 and later; for earlier versions the response uses auto_pilot instead.

activeboolean

Whether this pay schedule is associated with any employees. A pay schedule is inactive when it's unassigned.