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Your Pay and Earnings Statement can have various codes on it. Below is a definition chart to help you decode your payslip. This webpage is also available in PDF.
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Item | Terms and Definition |
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10 |
FLSA Category: Fair Labor Standards Act
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11 | SCD Leave: Service Computation Date used for annual leave accrual purposes |
12 | Max Leave Carry Over: Maximum hours of annual leave that you can carry over to the next year |
13 | Leave Year End: Last day of the current leave year |
14 | Financial Institution - Net Pay: Where payment is deposited |
15 | Financial Institution - Allotment #1: Where allotment is deposited |
16 | Financial Institution - Allotment #2: Where allotment is deposited |
17 |
Tax: Line 1 (FED): Federal tax. Line 2: State tax Marital Status: M= Married; S= Single Exemptions: Number of exemptions Addl: Additional withholding elected |
18 |
Tax: City, county, or other local tax Marital Status: M= Married; S= Single Exemptions: Number of exemptions Addl Taxing Authority: Additional withholding elected. Note: This block is normally blank |
19 | Cumulative Retirement: Contributions to your retirement system since conversion to DFAS (our payroll office) or appointment with DHHS, whichever is later |
20 | Military Deposit: Applicable to those who are paying a military deposit. Reflects monies owed and/or paid |
21 |
Gross Pay: Salary before deductions are withheld Taxable Wages: Wages that are subject to Federal & State taxes Nontaxable Wages: Wages that are exempt from Federal & State taxes. This includes Flexible Spending Accounts; health, dental, and vision insurance Tax Deferred Wages: Deductions not subject to Federal & State taxes. This includes Thrift Savings Plan Deductions: All funds taken from gross pay, i.e., health benefits, Federal/State taxes Aeic: Net Pay: Take home pay after deductions |
22 | TSP Data: Percent withheld for your Thrift Savings Plan Account. If you elect a dollar amount, this block will be blank |
TYPE | MEANING |
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Type | Regular Pay. If you have overtime, this is where it will be noted |
Hours/Days | Total hours |
Amount |
Gross salary payment Includes other information such as, Physician’s Comparability Allowance, retention allowance, overtime, differentials, etc. |
TYPE | MEANING |
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Regular Pay | Regular Pay. If you have retroactive overtime, this is where it will be noted |
Hours/Days | Total hours paid retroactively for prior pay period(s) |
Amount |
Gross retroactive salary payment Includes retroactive payments for Physician’s Comparability Allowance, retention allowance, overtime, differentials, etc. |
TYPE | MEANING |
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Allotment,SV | 1=personal allotment. If more than one, they are numbered accordingly. |
Bond | Savings bond election |
Charity | Contributions to the Combined Federal Campaign |
Chld sup,grn | Garnishment for child support |
Debt, routine | Debt for which your salary is offset |
Dental | Dental insurance Dental insurance Dental insurance Dental insurance |
FEGLI | Basic life insurance. Code indicates overall elected coverage Basic life insurance. Code indicates overall elected Basic life insurance. Code indicates overall elected Basic life insurance. Code indicates overall elected |
FEGLI Optnl | Any optional life insurance |
FEHB | Health insurance. Code indicates plan elected. Health insurance. Code indicates elected. Health insurance. Code indicates elected. Health insurance. Code indicates elected. |
FSA-HC | Flexible Spending Account for health care |
FSA-DC | Flexible Spending Account for dependent care |
LTC Emp/Sp | Long-Term Care Insurance for you and/or spouse |
Medicare | Medicare |
OASDI | Old Age, Survivor and Disability Insurance (Social Security) |
Retire, CSRS or FERS |
Contributions to Retirement.
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Tax, Federal | Federal taxes |
Tax, State | State taxes |
TSP CUC |
Thrift Savings Plan Catch-Up contributions |
TSP Savings | Thrift Savings Plan Regular contributions |
TSP Loan | Thrift Savings Plan loan |
Vision | Vision insurance |
Item | Type |
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Type | Type of leave (annual, sick, holiday, admin, etc) |
Prior Yr Balance | Leave carried over from previous year |
Accrued Pay Pd | Leave earned for current pay period |
Accrued YTD | Leave earned for the current year |
Used Pay Pd | Leave used for the current pay period |
Used YTD | Leave used for the year |
Donated/Returned | Annual leave that you donated or donated annual leave that was returned to you |
Current Balance | Current leave balance |
Use-Lose Term Date | Projected annual leave through the end of the year that you will lose if not used. If restored annual leave, then reflects the use or lose date |
Item | Type |
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This section reflects current and year to date contributions | |
FEGLI | Basic life insurance |
FEHB | Health insurance |
Medicare | Medicare |
OASDI | Social Security |
Retire, CSRS or FERS | Civil Service or FERS (Federal Employees’ Retirement System) |
TSP Matching | Thrift Savings Plan Agency matching contributions |
TSP Basic | Thrift Savings Plan Agency 1% contributions |
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