Paycheck Format Description

Below is a description of a Northwestern paycheck. Click on any letter to see information about that section.

Box A - Displays the Begin and End Dates for current Pay Period. The Check Date is the actual payday.

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Box B - Employee's name, Employee ID and current home address.

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Box C - Displays the department you are appointed to. If you have multiple appointments, it will display up to five departments.

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Box D - Displays the employeeüs Federal and State Tax Withholding allowances. If you elected additional withholding allowances or an additional withholding amount, they will be displayed in this box.

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Box E - Displays the Current and Year to Date Hours Worked and the Hourly Rate for all biweekly employees. For both monthly and biweekly employees it displays the types of earnings, current and Year to Date amounts. If you have more than nine earnings, the additional earnings will be added together and listed on the pay stub as Other. See the chart for all potential earnings codes.

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Box F - Tax withholdings for Current Pay and Year to Date:

• Fed Withholding - Federal Tax
• Fed MED/EE- Medicare Tax
• WI Withholding - Wisconsin State Tax
• Fed OASDI/EE- Social Security Tax
• MD Withholding - Maryland State Tax

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Box G - Displays the pre-tax deductions for the current pay period and a total of pre-tax deductions for year to date. These are the amounts deducted from your gross pay before taxes are calculated.

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Box H - Displays all after tax deductions from the current pay period and the year to date deductions on which taxes were calculated.

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Box I - Displays the benefit contribution amounts made by the employer for current pay and year to date.

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Box J - Displays the Totals for Current Pay Period as well as the Totals for Year To Date.This includes Gross Earnings, Federal Taxable Gross, Total Taxes, and Total Deductions. The Net Pay amount is the dollar amount you will be paid for that pay period.

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Box K - Displays the Vacation Maximum for the annual allowance of vacation time. Vacation balances cannot exceed that amount. Box K also displays the current accrual balances for Vacation/Paid Time Off, Sick Leave/ Extended Illness, and Personal Floating Holidays, as of the paycheck date. For monthly employees, these fields are blank.

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