---
title: "Refresh a digital payroll income verification"
method: POST
path: "/credit/payroll_income/refresh"
tags: ["plaid"]
---

# Refresh a digital payroll income verification

`POST /credit/payroll_income/refresh`

`/credit/payroll_income/refresh` refreshes a given digital payroll income verification.

## Request body

- CreditPayrollIncomeRefreshRequest — CreditPayrollIncomeRefreshRequest defines the request schema for `/credit/payroll_income/refresh`
  - `client_id` string — Your Plaid API `client_id`. The `client_id` is required and may be provided either in the `PLAID-CLIENT-ID` header or as part of a request body.
  - `secret` string — Your Plaid API `secret`. The `secret` is required and may be provided either in the `PLAID-SECRET` header or as part of a request body.
  - `user_token` string — The user token associated with the user for which data is being requested. This field is used only by customers with pre-existing integrations that already use the `user_token` field. All other customers should use the `user_id` instead. For more details, see [New User APIs](https://plaid.com/docs/api/users/user-apis).
  - `user_id` string — A unique user identifier, created by `/user/create`. Integrations that began using `/user/create` after December 10, 2025 use this field to identify a user instead of the `user_token`. For more details, see [New User APIs](https://plaid.com/docs/api/users/user-apis).
  - `options` CreditPayrollIncomeRefreshRequestOptions — An optional object for `/credit/payroll_income/refresh` request options.
    - `item_ids` string[] — An array of `item_id`s to be refreshed. Each `item_id` should uniquely identify a payroll income item. If this field is not provided, all `item_id`s associated with the user will be refreshed.
    - `webhook` string — The URL where Plaid will send the payroll income refresh webhook.

## Response `200`

success

- CreditPayrollIncomeRefreshResponse — CreditPayrollIncomeRefreshResponse defines the response schema for `/credit/payroll_income/refresh`
  - `request_id` string, required — A unique identifier for the request, which can be used for troubleshooting. This identifier, like all Plaid identifiers, is case sensitive.
  - `verification_refresh_status` string, required — The verification refresh status. One of the following: `"USER_PRESENCE_REQUIRED"` User presence is required to refresh an income verification. `"SUCCESSFUL"` The income verification refresh was successful. `"NOT_FOUND"` No new data was found after the income verification refresh.

## Other responses

- `default` — Error response.

## Changes

- **2026-08-17** `e536704a333f` — 1 breaking, 1 warning, 1 info
  - the `user_id` request property type changed from no type to `string`
  - removed `#/components/schemas/NewUserID` from the `user_id` request property `allOf` list
  - the request property `user_token` became optional
- **2026-07-22** `a1bbca018160` — 13 warning
  - added the new `ASSETS_ERROR` enum value to the `error_type` response property for the response status `default`
  - added the new `CRA_MONITORING_ERROR` enum value to the `error_type` response property for the response status `default`
  - added the new `CREDIT_PROFILE_REPORT_ERROR` enum value to the `error_type` response property for the response status `default`
  - added the new `ENCOMPASS_ERROR` enum value to the `error_type` response property for the response status `default`
  - …9 more
- **2026-06-25** `80d23bfdc2e5` — 1 warning
  - added the new `IDEMPOTENCY_ERROR` enum value to the `error_type` response property for the response status `default`
- **2026-06-10** `fb8c3f188d8b` — 1 warning
  - added the new `BASE_REPORT_ERROR` enum value to the `error_type` response property for the response status `default`
- **2026-04-02** `7f9a02ad0ce3` — 1 info
  - added the new optional request property `user_id`

[Full history](https://skmtc.dev/plaid/apis/the-plaid-api/changes/credit/payroll_income/refresh/post.md)

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