---
title: "Get a paystub"
method: GET
path: "/employees/{employee}/paystubs/{payroll}"
---

# Get a paystub

`GET /employees/{employee}/paystubs/{payroll}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://sandbox.checkhq.com`
- URL: `https://sandbox.checkhq.com/employees/{employee}/paystubs/{payroll}`
- Auth: API key in header `Authorization`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/checkhq/apis/check-api/docs/employees/:employee/paystubs/:payroll/get.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Returns the specified paystub for the given employee and payroll.

By default get the response as JSON. Use an `Accept: application/pdf` request header to download the paystub as a PDF document.

## Path parameters

- `employee` string, required
- `payroll` string, required

## Headers

- `Accept` string

## Response `200`

200

- object
  - `payroll` string
  - `payday` string
  - `period_start` string
  - `period_end` string
  - `company` object
    - `trade_name` unknown
    - `legal_name` string
    - `address` object
      - `line1` string
      - `line2` unknown
      - `city` string
      - `state` string
      - `postal_code` string
      - `country` string
    - `phone` string
  - `void_of` unknown
  - `voided_by` unknown
  - `employee` object
    - `first_name` string
    - `middle_name` unknown
    - `last_name` string
    - `residence` object
      - `line1` string
      - `line2` unknown
      - `city` string
      - `state` string
      - `postal_code` string
      - `country` string
    - `ssn_last_four` unknown
  - `earnings` object[]
    - `type` string
    - `code` unknown
    - `earning_code` unknown
    - `amount` string
    - `amount_ytd` string
    - `hours` string
    - `hours_ytd` string
    - `name` string
    - `current_earnings` object[]
      - `description` string
      - `amount` string
      - `hours` string
      - `workplace` string
      - `rate` string
  - `reimbursements` unknown[]
    - unknown
  - `employee_taxes` object[]
    - `amount` string
    - `amount_ytd` string
    - `description` string
  - `company_taxes` object[]
    - `amount` string
    - `amount_ytd` string
    - `description` string
  - `employee_benefit_contributions` unknown[]
    - unknown
  - `company_benefit_contributions` unknown[]
    - unknown
  - `post_tax_deductions` unknown[]
    - unknown
  - `summary` object
    - `earnings` string
    - `earnings_ytd` string
    - `reimbursements` string
    - `reimbursements_ytd` string
    - `employee_taxes` string
    - `employee_taxes_ytd` string
    - `company_taxes` string
    - `company_taxes_ytd` string
    - `employee_benefit_contributions` string
    - `employee_benefit_contributions_ytd` string
    - `company_benefit_contributions` string
    - `company_benefit_contributions_ytd` string
    - `post_tax_deductions` string
    - `post_tax_deductions_ytd` string
    - `net_pay` string
    - `net_pay_ytd` string
  - `time_off_balances` object
    - `pto_balance_hours` unknown
    - `sick_balance_hours` unknown
    - `state_covid_sick_balance_hours` unknown
  - `payment_method` string
  - `net_pay_split` object, nullable: Net pay split details for direct deposit payments. Only returned when `payment_method` is `direct_deposit`.
    - `id` string: ID of the net pay split (`nps_…`).
    - `is_default` boolean
    - `deactivated_at` string, date-time, nullable
    - `deactivated_reason` string, nullable
    - `splits` object[]: Materialized split payments for this payroll item or contractor payment.
      - `payment_id` string: ID of the payment for this split (`pyt_…`). Use with the paper check endpoint's `payment_id` query parameter to reissue a single failed direct deposit.
      - `allocated_amount` string: Amount allocated to this split.
      - `bank_account` object
        - `id` string
        - `institution_name` string, nullable
        - `type` string, nullable
        - `subtype` string, nullable
        - `mask` string, nullable

## Other responses

- `400`: 400

## Changes

- **2026-11-03** `5a54f5eb888b`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/checkhq/apis/check-api/changes/employees/:employee/paystubs/:payroll/get.md)

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