Understanding Your Pay Statement

You can expect to receive an itemized pay statement with every payment of wages, commissions, or salary. We are providing the following information to ensure you understand the information on your itemized pay statement. Please reach out topayroll-info@willamette.edu with any questions you may have.

Pay periods:

• Exempt (salaried) employees are paid monthly. Payday will occur on the last workday of the month.
• Non-exempt (hourly) employees are paid biweekly on alternating Fridays. To view the schedule, click here.

Workweek for purposes of overtime (if applicable): 

12:00 am on Monday through 11:59 pm on Sunday

Types of Pay May Include:

Academic Pay (ACAD)
Additional Duties (ADD_DUTY-BE)
Additional Duties - Early Retirement (ADD_DUT_EAR_RET)
Adjunct Pay (ADJUNCT)
Administrative Time Off - Paid (Admin Time Off)
Appointment Time (APPT)
Award (AWD)
Bereavement (BEREAVEMENT)
Bistro Tip (TIP)
Bonus (BONUS)
Callback Pay (CALL_PAY)
Callback Travel (CALL_TRAVEL)
Car Allowance (Car_Allow)
Certification Allowance (CERT-A)
Early Retirement Benefit (ERB)
Faculty Merit Award (Faculty Merit Award)
Grant Funded Pay (Grant Funded Pay)
Holiday Pay (HOL)
Honorarium (HONORARIUM)
Jury Duty (JURY)
Leave Without Pay (LWOP)
Medical Benefit Waiver Credit (MBWC)
Moving Allowance (mOVING)
Overload (OVER)
Overtime Pay (OTPAY)
Personal Preference Time (PERSONAL PREF)
PLO True-Up (PLO_TRUP)
Regular Hourly (REG-H)
Regular Salary (REG-S)
Settlement/Agreement (Settlement)
Severance (SEVERANCE)
Severance Accrued (SEVERANCE2)
Shift Differential (SHIFT-D)
Sick (SICK)
Sick - Student (SICK-STU)
Sign On (SIGN_ON)
Summer Faculty Salary (SUMM-FACULTY)
Summer Hours Pay (SUMM-HOURS)
Taxable Benefit - Housing (TB-HOUSING)
Taxable Benefit - Other (TB-OTHER)
Taxable Benefit - Tuition (TB-TUITION)
Travel Allowance (TRAVEL_ALLOW)
University Closure (CLOSURE)
Vacation (VAC)
Vacation Payout (FINAL_VAC)
Winter Break (WINTER)

Possible Benefit Contributions:

EMPLOYEE PAID:
Added Choice Medical (ADDED-MEDEE)
Added Choice Medical Domestic (ADDED-MDOMEE)
Kaiser Medical (KAISER-MEDEE)
Kaiser Medical Domestic (KAISER-DDOMEE
Kaiser Dental (KAISER-DENTALEE)
Kaiser Dental Domestic (KAISER-DDOMEE)
The Standard Dental (STANDARD-DENTALEE)
The Standard Dental Domestic (STANDARD-DDOMEE)
Flexible Spending - Dependent (FSA-DEP)
Flexible Spending - Medical (FSA-MED-EE)
Flexible Spending - Transit (FSA-TRANSIT)
Voluntary Child(ren) Life & ADD (LIFE-ADD-CH)
Voluntary Employee Accident (VACC-EE)
Voluntary Employee Critical Illness (VCI-EE)
Voluntary Employee Life & ADD (LIFE-ADD-EE)
Voluntary Spouse Critical Illness (VCI-SP)
Voluntary Spouse Life & ADD (LIFE-ADD-SP)
Pre-Paid Legal (PREPAID-LEGAL)
WU Mandatory Retirement (WRD1-EE)
WU Retirement 457 (457-EE)
WU Voluntary Retirement (VOL-RET)
WU Voluntary ROTH (VOL-ROTH)
WU Roth Catch Up (WU_ROTH_MCU)

EMPLOYER PAID
Added Choice Medical (ADDED-MEDER)
Added Choice Medical Domestic (ADDED-MDOMER)
Kaiser Medical (KAISER-MEDER)
Kaiser Medical Domestic (KAISER-MDOMER)
Kaiser Dental (KAISER-DENTALER)
Kaiser Dental Domestic (KAISER-DDOMER)
Standard Dental (STANDARD-DENTALER)
Standard Dental Domestic (STANDARD-DDOMER)
Employer Paid Disability (DISABILITY-ER)
Employer Paid Life & ADD (LIFE-ADD-ER)
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Paid Leave Oregon (PLO-ER)
Travel Accident - ACE (ACE)
WU Mandatory Retirement - Discretionary (Regular) (WRD-ERD-REG)
WU Mandatory Retirement - Discretionary (VolSev) (WRD-ERD-VS)
WU Mandatory Retirement - Discretionary (VolSev2) (WRD-ERD-VS2)
WU Mandatory Retirement - Safe Harbor (Regular) (WRD-ERSH-REG)
WU Mandatory Retirement - Safe Harbor (VolSev) (WRD-ERSH-VS)
WU Mandatory Retirement - Safe Harbor (VolSev2) (WRD-ERSH-VS2)
WU Retirement 457 ER (457-ER)

Possible Deductions:

TAXES
OASDI (Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (W_OAS)
Medicare (W-MED)
Additional Medicare Tax (W_AMEDT)
Federal Withholding (W_FW)
State Tax – OR (W-SWW)
Oregon Statewide Transit Tax - ORSTT (W_OSTT)
OR WBF - ORWBF (Oregon Worker Benefit Fund) (W_ORWBE)
Paid Leave Oregon (Equivalent Plan) (W_ORPLQ)
Metro Supportive Housing Services Tax (Resident) (W-MSHR)
Metro Supporting Housing Services Tax (Non-Resident) (W-MSHSN)
Multnomah County Preschool for All Tax (Resident) (W_MPFAR)
Multnomah County Preschool for All Tax (Non-Resident) (W_MPFAN)
WACRF - WACF (Washington Cares Fund) (W_WACARE)
WA PFL (S)- WSPFL (Washington Paid Family & Medical Leave)(W_WASPFL)

MANDATORY DEDUCTIONS
Paid Leave Oregon (PLO-EE)

BENEFITS:
Healthcare and Dental Coverage
Life, Accidental Death and Dismemberment Plans
Long-Term Disability Plans
Flexible Spending Account Plans
Retirement Savings Plan - Employer Contribution
Retirement Savings Plan - Voluntary Employee Only Contribution
Tuition Benefits
Time Away from Work - Sick Time
Time Away from Work - Vacation, Personal, Holidays and Bereavement

OTHER DEDUCTIONS:
Bus Pass (BUS)
Cash Advance Loan (CASH_ADV_LOAN)
Gifts to Willamette (GIFTS)
Parking - Pretax (PARK-PRE)
Parking - Post Tax (PARK-POST)
Rent (RENT)
Trimet (TRIMET)