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Using Personal Information

View Paycheck

When you select View Paycheck, the most recent past paycheck data will display. To view data for prior pay periods, click on Paycheck Selection and paycheck data for l prior pay periods will display. The earliest paycheck data available via Employee Self Service is the August 2003 pay period. Click on the one you wish to review.

If you receive overtime, shift differential or other types of pay in addition to your regular salary, this will be issued as a separate paycheck but in the same pay period as your normal salary check.

The Paycheck data is posted in the Employee Self Service pages within 3 – 5 days of the regularly scheduled payday at CSULB. The delay is due to the fact that the electronic feed from the State Controller's Office is received on the same day that paychecks are normally distributed.

View Paycheck page

The top 3 boxes will display information about you, your job title, SSN, your department and your federal & state tax withholding data. Note that there may not be a complete history of your tax withholding data as we just began bringing this data into PeopleSoft HR from the State Controller's Office system.

Note

Location will always be CSULB. The Pay End Date is the last day of the pay period in which the pay transaction was processed. The Check Date is the date the paycheck was issued.

Screenshot of paycheck details

TAX DATA

Allowances
Number of exemptions you are claiming for calculating Federal and State tax withholding. If you are claiming zero withholding allowances, Allowances will be blank. Otherwise, the number of allowances will appear. Tax Data information (W-4 tax withholding allowances) is available beginning with the February 2005 pay period.
Addl. Percent
Not applicable to CSU employees.
Marital Status
Your filing status identifies you based on your marital and family situation and used to calculate your tax deduction.
Addl. Amount
Additional Federal and/or State tax amount you've requested to be withheld from your wages.

The next section recaps your total earnings both current & year to date along with the current taxable gross, total taxes paid by the employee (EE), total deductions and net pay:

Total Earnings:
your total gross earnings for the selected pay period and calendar year (up to the Pay End Date).
Taxable Grs:
total portion of your total earnings, which is subject to Federal and State taxes for the selected pay period and calendar year (up to the Pay End Date).
Total Taxes:
total amount of taxes deducted for the selected pay period and calendar year (up to the Pay End Date).
Total Deductions:
total of deductions for the current pay period and calendar year (up to the Pay End Date). This may include, but not exclusive to, taxes, retirement, social security, Medicare, garnishments, and union dues.
Net Pay:
total amount of your actual paycheck (gross earnings less total deductions) for the current pay period and calendar year (up to the Pay End Date).

Screenshot of more paycheck details

EARNINGS

Description:
identifies the type of payment (i.e., Regular pay, Overtime pay, Shift Differential pay).
Hours:
the number of hours worked for the pay period. Applicable to intermittent employees only. For monthly salaried employees this section will be blank.
Rate:
hourly rate of pay. Applicable to intermittent employees only. For monthly salaried employees this section will be blank.
Amount:
total gross amount earned for the pay period.
YTD Amount:
total taxable amount for the calendar year (up to the Pay End Date).
Total:
total gross amount for the selected pay period and calendar year (up to the Pay End Date)

TAXES

Description:
identifies type of tax withheld from total gross amount.
Amount:
amount deducted for associated tax.
YTD Amount:
total amount for each tax type that was deducted for the calendar year, as of the Pay End Date.
Total:
total amount of tax deductions for the selected pay period and the calendar year (up to the Pay End Date).

Taxes include those taxes paid by the employee and include:

  • Federal (Fed Withholding);
  • State withholding (CA Withholding),
  • Medicare (Fed MED/EE), and
  • Social Security (Fed OASDI/EE)

After Earnings and Taxes, your Before and After-tax Deductions display as well as a recap of the Employer (CSULB) Paid Benefits:

Screenshot of tax deduction calcuations

Coming Soon - a complete listing of the acronyms that display as descriptions to your deductions and employer paid benefits.

BEFORE-TAX DEDUCTIONS

These are deductions not subject to federal and state tax withholding.

Description:
identifies the type of tax not subject to federal and state tax withholding.
Amount:
amount of tax deducted for the associated tax type.
YTD Amount:
amount of tax deducted for each associated tax type, for the calendar year (up to the Pay End Date).
Total:
total of pre-tax amount for selected pay period and calendar year (up to the Pay End Date).

AFTER-TAX DEDUCTIONS

These are deductions that are subject to federal and state tax withholdings.

Description:
identifies the type of tax subject to federal and state tax withholding.
Amount:
amount of tax deducted for each associated tax type.
YTD Amount:
amount of tax deducted for each associated tax type for the selected pay period and calendar year (up to the Pay End Date).
Total:
total amount of taxes subject to federal and state withholding for selected pay period and calendar year (up to the Pay End Date).

EMPLOYER PAID BENEFITS

Description:
identifies the type of employee benefit paid by CSULB. An asterisk identifies benefits that are considered taxable.
Amount:
the cost of each benefit for the current selected pay period.
YTD Amount:
this data is not currently available.
Total:
total cost of benefits paid by the employer for the selected pay period.