---
title: "Create an employee work address"
method: POST
path: "/v1/employees/{employee_id}/work_addresses"
tags: ["Employee Addresses"]
---

# Create an employee work address

`POST /v1/employees/{employee_id}/work_addresses`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.gusto-demo.com`
- URL: `https://api.gusto-demo.com/v1/employees/{employee_id}/work_addresses`
- Auth: HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/gusto/apis/gusto-api/docs/v1/employees/:employee_id/work_addresses/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

The work address of an employee describes when an employee began working at an associated company location.

scope: `employees:manage`

## Path parameters

- `employee_id` string, required

## Headers

- `X-Gusto-API-Version` '2026-06-15'

## Request body

- object
  - `location_uuid` string: Reference to a company location
  - `effective_date` string, date: Date the employee began working at the company location

## Response `201`

created

- EmployeeWorkAddress
  - `uuid` string, required: The unique identifier of this work address.
  - `effective_date` string: The date the employee began working at this location.
  - `active` boolean: Signifies if this address is the active work address for the current date
  - `location_uuid` string: UUID reference to the company location for this work address.
  - `employee_uuid` string: UUID reference to the employee for this work address.
  - `version` string, required: The current version of the object. See the [versioning guide](https://docs.gusto.com/embedded-payroll/docs/idempotency) for information on how to use this field.
  - `street_1` string
  - `street_2` string, nullable
  - `city` string
  - `state` string
  - `zip` string
  - `country` string

## Other responses

- `404`: Not Found
- `422`: unprocessable entity

---

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