Workday Payroll · Schema

Earning

Earning schema from Workday Payroll API

CompensationEnterpriseHuman ResourcesPayrollSoftware-as-a-ServiceTax

Properties

Name Type Description
id string Unique earning record identifier
earningCode object
amount number Earning amount
hours number Hours worked for this earning
rate number Pay rate for this earning
effectiveDate string Effective date of the earning
payPeriod object
View JSON Schema on GitHub

JSON Schema

payroll-earning-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/workday-payroll/refs/heads/main/json-schema/payroll-earning-schema.json",
  "title": "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": "number",
      "format": "double",
      "description": "Earning amount",
      "example": 2500.0
    },
    "hours": {
      "type": "number",
      "format": "double",
      "description": "Hours worked for this earning",
      "example": 40.0
    },
    "rate": {
      "type": "number",
      "format": "double",
      "description": "Pay rate for this earning",
      "example": 32.5
    },
    "effectiveDate": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date",
      "description": "Effective date of the earning",
      "example": "2026-04-30"
    },
    "payPeriod": {
      "$ref": "#/$defs/PayPeriod"
    }
  },
  "$defs": {
    "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": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "startDate": {
          "type": "string",
          "format": "date",
          "description": "Start date of the pay period",
          "example": "2026-04-30"
        },
        "endDate": {
          "type": "string",
          "format": "date",
          "description": "End date of the pay period",
          "example": "2026-04-30"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

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