---
title: "Worker Pay Standards"
method: GET
path: "/workers/{workerId}/compensation/paystandards"
tags: ["Worker"]
---

# Worker Pay Standards

`GET /workers/{workerId}/compensation/paystandards`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.paychex.com`
- URL: `https://api.paychex.com/workers/{workerId}/compensation/paystandards`
- Auth: none declared
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/paychex/apis/external-api/docs/workers/:workerId/compensation/paystandards/get.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Information about a workers compensation pay standards.

## Path parameters

- `workerId` string, required

## Response `200`

Successful operation

- object
  - `content` PayStandardResource: Worker Pay Standard
    - `payFrequency` 'WEEKLY' | 'BI_WEEKLY' | 'SEMI_MONTHLY' | 'MONTHLY': How often a worker is paid.
    - `overtimeFactor` string: Default overtime factor that would be applied for overtime work completed.
    - `calculatedPayPeriod` string: Calculated amount of compensation based on rate defaults.
    - `calculatedAnnualSalary` string: Calculated amount of compensation based on calculatedPayPeriod and payFrequency.
    - `calculatedAnnualSalaryFromHistory` string: Calculated Annual Salary based on historical actual check amounts.
  - `links` Link1[]
    - `href` string
    - `hreflang` string
    - `title` string
    - `type` string
    - `deprecation` string
    - `profile` string
    - `name` string
    - `templated` boolean

## Other responses

- `400`: The request cannot be performed since the worker is in a state which does not allow this action(API-19)
- `401`: Unauthorized
- `403`: User doesn't have access to this endpoint (API-2), Client has been end dated (API-68)
- `404`: Invalid resource ID (API-7)
- `405`: Unsupported method type (API-59)
- `406`: Unsupported Accept header
- `500`: Internal Server Error.

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