Workday Payroll · JSON Structure

Payroll Earning Structure

Earning schema from Workday Payroll API

Type: object Properties: 7
CompensationEnterpriseHuman ResourcesPayrollSaaSTax

Earning is a JSON Structure definition published by Workday Payroll, describing 7 properties. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/# meta-schema.

Properties

id earningCode amount hours rate effectiveDate payPeriod

Meta-schema: https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#

JSON Structure

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{
  "$schema": "https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/workday-payroll/refs/heads/main/json-structure/payroll-earning-structure.json",
  "name": "Earning",
  "description": "Earning schema from Workday Payroll API",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Unique earning record identifier",
      "example": "ern_20260430_00301"
    },
    "earningCode": {
      "$ref": "#/$defs/EarningCodeRef"
    },
    "amount": {
      "type": "double",
      "description": "Earning amount",
      "example": 2500.0
    },
    "hours": {
      "type": "double",
      "description": "Hours worked for this earning",
      "example": 40.0
    },
    "rate": {
      "type": "double",
      "description": "Pay rate for this earning",
      "example": 32.5
    },
    "effectiveDate": {
      "type": "date",
      "description": "Effective date of the earning",
      "example": "2026-04-30"
    },
    "payPeriod": {
      "$ref": "#/$defs/PayPeriod"
    }
  },
  "definitions": {
    "EarningCodeRef": {
      "name": "EarningCodeRef",
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "id": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Earning code identifier",
          "example": "REGULAR"
        },
        "descriptor": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Earning code display name",
          "example": "Weekly USD Pay Group"
        }
      }
    },
    "PayPeriod": {
      "name": "PayPeriod",
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "startDate": {
          "type": "date",
          "description": "Start date of the pay period",
          "example": "2026-04-30"
        },
        "endDate": {
          "type": "date",
          "description": "End date of the pay period",
          "example": "2026-04-30"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}