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Resource Guide: A Guide to Understanding Your PayStub
Last modified December 31, 2015 State of Wisconsin |
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Understanding your pay stub is critical to understanding how your pay is calculated each pay period. State of Wisconsin employees are paid every
two weeks and a paystub is generated for each employee. Electronic paystubs are available in the STAR system through Employee Self-Service
(ESS) at https://ess.wi.gov for checks beginning in 2016. Paystubs from 2015 or earlier are stored in PTAweb and available to employees and
payroll/benefits staff for review and printing.
Your new paystub will look like the example below with information specific to you.
Note: Although this sample is for a full-time employee, the hours total less than 80. Unpaid time does not display. In this example, the hours are exactly as expected.
Employees with multiple appointments in the same, or more than one agency, will receive a paystub for each appointment. If you move between
agencies during a calendar year, your year-to-date (YTD) balances will move with you and continue to be totaled for the entire year. Similarly, you
will only receive one W2 for the year. The only exceptions are if you are moving from or to the Univeristy of Wisconsin System, Technical Colleges
or campuses or the Wisconsin Courts system.
Effective January 1, 2016, the State of Wisconsin will become a single employer for all of its employees. All pay checks list “State of Wisconsin”
rather than a specific agency. Agency detail is shown in the top section of the pay stub:
Pay Group: Employee’s agency number and agency name i.e. 395 – DOT, 410 – DOC, 435 – DHS, 505 - DOA.
Pay Begin Date: The date the current pay period began.
Pay End Date: The date the current pay period ended.
Business Unit: The number used to describe the specific agency and work unit to which the employee is assigned.
Advice#: The unique number assigned to identify your check and all of its payment details.
Advice Date: The payment date of the pay check.