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How can I set up different pay rates for the same employee on Square Payroll?

KatMarie — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 06:05:19 GMT

The title of this thread has been edited from the original: Different pay rates for same employee

I own ice cream trucks. I’m wondering how I set up an employee who will receive an hourly rate when doing booked parties and straight commissions when doing there own routes. Im new to square payroll. Thank you.

Re: Different pay rates for same employee

MayaP — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 18:03:42 GMT

Hello @KatMarie - Thanks so much for your patience, and that's a great question!

Under the Payroll section, head over to Team Members, and you'll find the option to add another job with a different wage, see picture below.

I'm also going to tag some Payroll Experts who might be able to provide additional insights: @Abigails_stl @sugarlab @timberhillwine @balmonte — Thank you all!

If you have any more questions or need further assistance, please don't hesitate to reach out. I'm here and happy to help @KatMarie!

Re: Different pay rates for same employee

balmonte — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 19:40:21 GMT

This is exactly how we’d do it! Nice, simple explanation. Thanks.

Re: Different pay rates for same employee

MayaP — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 20:05:36 GMT

Thank you for the confirmation @balmonte! I appreciate it! 😊

Re: Different pay rates for same employee

MelissaFriend — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 02:56:16 GMT

Thank you for this thread.

Can you pay that employee both rates in the same cycle? For example, I have staff that both wait tables at one rate and then switch to cooking for other shifts in the same week.

Re: Different pay rates for same employee

BlackAngelDsgns — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 19:20:45 GMT

Hi Maya,

I'm pretty sure you can if you schedule them at the different positions for different shifts. So if they are scheduled as waitstaff on Monday and clock in as that, and then are scheduled as cook on Tuesday and clock in as that, the time card will calculate at the corresponding rate.

Re: How can I set up different pay rates for the same employee on Square Payroll?

cadresalon — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 03:08:32 GMT

We run a commissioned based hair salon but as a safety net for our employees we set hourly rates for each of them. If they hit tiered sales targets we switch to paying them commissions (it's a pay for performance model and works out better for them). When it comes to running payroll we zero out their hours if they hit commission. It works for us - happy to share more if it's helpful. https://cadresalon.com