Purpose: Pay Stubs allows employees to view their earnings statement online for each pay period. Employees that transfer to another State agency will have access to view ALL of their previous online pay stubs as long as they have an active log-on and password. Employees no longer working for the State of Idaho including terminated, separated or retired employees will have access to view their online pay stubs until the middle of December the following year.
To view your online pay stubs, sign in to the State Controller's Office's Application Menu and select Pay Stubs located below Employee Applications. Your password can be reset by contacting servicedesk@sco.idaho.gov. or by following the password reset instructions.
The following information may help you understand the online Pay Stub:
For additional information on interpreting your Pay Stub click the links below:
Left-hand Menu
Summary and Direct Deposit Information
Current Earnings
Current Deductions
Leave Accounting
Year To Date Totals
Employer Costs
Messages
Date
This column contains links to the stubs of the actual Pay Dates. A Pay Type indicator may be displayed next to a date and, if displayed, will be listed in the following order:
BLANK (No indicator) = Regular Pay Note: This pay stub will have the most current leave balances S= Special Payments V= Void M= Manual Check A= Adjustment
BLANK (No indicator) = Regular Pay
Note: This pay stub will have the most current leave balances
S= Special Payments
V= Void
M= Manual Check
A= Adjustment
Net
This is the employee's net amount for the specific pay date.
Agy (Agency)
The three-digit Agency Code where the employee works.
If an employee works at multiple agencies, they will be able to view pay stubs from both agencies on the same screen.
Pay Period Ending
The last day of the pay period for earnings reported on this pay stub.
Pay Date
The date net pay is posted to the direct deposit account(s). The date wages are paid to employees.
Employee
Employee's name as it appears on the State Controller's Office employee record.
Agency
Three-digit agency code and name of the agency where the employee works.
Total Earnings
Gross amount earned before deductions.
Total Deductions
Total amount of deductions withheld from the employee's Total Earnings.
Net Pay
Total Earnings less Total Deductions less Taxable Fringe benefits.
Direct Deposit Information
Lists Bank Name, Account Type (C = Checking, S = Savings), and amount of each direct deposit. Total of direct deposit amount(s) equals Net Pay.
Federal Tax
Federal income tax withholding amounts. For additional information on federal tax withholdings view Employee's Withholding Certification on the IRS website.
State Tax
State income tax withholding amounts. For additional information on state withholdings visit the Idaho State Tax Commission website or your taxing state's website.
Description:
Indicates the type of time/earnings employee is being compensated for or accruing this pay period. Up to twenty (20) different earnings can be displayed. For a complete list of time/earnings codes, click on the below link:
Time/Earnings Codes
Rate
Employee's hourly rate of pay. This field will be blank for employees with annual and daily rate indicators.
Hours
Number of hours paid or accrued, per type of time. Field will be blank for employees with a daily rate indicator or if the type of time is not associated with hours.
Amount
If type of time/earnings is paid - Amount equals the hourly rate times the number of hours.
If type of time/earnings is accrued - Amount will be .00.
If type of time/earnings is a taxable fringe benefit - Rate will be.00. Hours will be blank and Amount will be the total taxable fringe benefit.
Sum of all amounts paid. This gross amount earned before deductions is the same as the Total Earnings shown at the top of the pay stub.
Description
Detail of employee's leave taken and/or accrued, leave balances and total Credited State Service hours.
Leave Taken - Accrued
See below for information on the types of leave listed on the pay stub.
Balance
Balance of leave, per leave type, as of the pay period end date shown at the top of the pay stub.
CSS HRS - Credited State Service Hours - One (1) hour of credited state service is earned by each eligible state employee for each hour worked or on approved leave.
SICK - Sick leave - Leave taken because of illness, disability or other medical/health reasons which requires the employee's absence from work. Hours taken are subtracted from the employee's sick balance, hours accrued are added to the employee's sick balance.
VACATION - Vacation Leave - Leave taken by the employee with approval by the department. Hours taken are subtracted from the employee's vacation balance, hours accrued are added to the employee's vacation balance.
ON CALL - On-Call Hours - Leave taken and/or hours accrued as On-Call. Hours taken are subtracted from the employee's On-Call balance, hours accrued are added to the employee's On-Call balance.
RHH - Regular Hours Held - Leave taken and/or accrued during the current pay period as regular hours held. Hours taken are subtracted from employee's regular hours held balance, hours accrued are added to the employee's regular hours held balance.
COV PREV 6 MO - Prior Six Month Covered Compensatory Time - Balance of hours accrued as compensatory time in the prior six months less any hours taken through current pay period.
COV COMP - Covered Compensatory Time - Leave taken as compensatory time and/or overtime hours accrued during the current pay period for FLSA covered employees. Overtime hours are added to the employee's comp balance and hours taken are subtracted from the employee's comp balance. If employee has a Prior 6M Comp Balance, hours taken as Comp Time will be subtracted from this balance. Comp balance hours are moved to Prior 6M Comp Balance at the end of December and June each year.
EX COMP – Exempt Compensatory Time – Leave taken as compensatory time and/or overtime hours accrued during the current pay period for FLSA exempt employees. Overtime hours are added to the employee's exempt comp balance and hours are subtracted from the employee's exempt comp balance.
Totals include all wages paid to an employee by the State of Idaho with the exception of wages paid by Boise State University, Idaho State University and the University of Idaho.
Year To Date Gross Wages may be more than the FED or STATE TXBL wages if any deductions are pre-tax.
** ADJUSTMENT **
An adjustment is processed when earnings codes are not submitted correctly, or when adding military service hours. No pay is generated from this action.
AT OR NEAR MILITARY MAX, YTD HRS = XXX.X
Message will display when the difference between Military Leave Taken in the current Calendar Year is less than 20 hours of the max, (MLF - 159 hours or MLT - 120 hours).
** MANUAL CHECK**
A manual check has been created because the original payment was voided or not issued timely.
NOTICE: VACATION LIMIT IS XXX HRS
Employee is within 20 hours from reaching the maximum hours that may be accrued, based on the employee's leave code.
** VOID **
Original payment has been voided.
*** WARRANT UNDER SEPARATE COVER ***
There are too many employee/employer deductions to list on one pay stub.
New hires and re-hires who were separated in a previous year:
The message below will be displayed for any employee who has not received a paycheck from the State of Idaho. This applies to all new hires and re-hires who were separated in a previous year. If the re-hire was employed at a state agency within the current year, they will not receive this message. Employees should be able to view their pay stubs one week prior to the actual pay date.
Example: