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Last Updated: 2026-06-12
Reference: Common Pay Component Groups

Reference: Common Pay Component Groups

Adding frequently used pay components to groups is convenient for when you're creating payslips and other reports. Each group sums the values of the earnings or deductions that it contains.
Refer to this table for commonly-used pay component groups by country.
Access either the
Create Earning
or
Create Deduction
task and add earnings and deductions to pay component groups using the
Groups
field on the
Non-Effective Dated
tab.
For Payroll for Canada, you can only configure 1 Canada Revenue Agency income tax pay component group for an earning.
Country
Group
Payroll for Australia
  • AUS Adds to Gross [AUS]
  • AUS PAYG Taxable Wages [ AUS]
  • AUS Post Tax Deductions [AUS]
  • AUS Statutory Taxes (EE) [AUS]
  • AUS Method B (ii) Taxable Wages [AUS]
  • AUS Bonus Pay Pre Tax Deductions [AUS]
  • AUS Regular Pay Pre Tax Deductions [AUS]
  • AUS Reportable Employer Superannuation Contributions (RESC) [AUS]
  • AUS Adds to Ordinary Time Earnings (OTE)/Qualifying Earnings (QE) [AUS]
Payroll for Canada, the UK, and the U.S.
  • Adds to Gross
  • Base Pay
  • Employee Cost (Pre-Tax)
  • Employee Cost (Post-Tax)
For Payroll for Canada, you can only configure 1 Canada Revenue Agency income tax pay component group for an earning.
To ensure that Workday calculates Health Tax Contributions for Quebec workers correctly when pension amounts are present, configure applicable RPP deductions with the pay component group Other Quebec Deductions (F2) [CAN].
Payroll for France:
  • FRA Adds to Gross [FRA]
  • FRA Subtracts from Gross [FRA]
  • FRA Statutory Taxes EE - Deductible from Tax [FRA]
  • FRA Statutory Taxes EE - Submitted to Tax [FRA]
  • FRA Statutory Taxes ER
Payroll for Ireland
  • IRL Adds to Gross [IRL]
  • IRL Adds to Net [IRL]
  • IRL Employer Paid Benefit [IRL]
  • IRL Employee PRSIable Pay [IRL]
  • IRL Employer PRSIable Pay [IRL]
  • IRL Post Tax Deductions [IRL]
  • IRL Pre Tax Deductions [IRL]
  • IRL Salary Sacrifice [IRL]
  • IRL Taxable Pay [IRL]
  • IRL USCable Pay [IRL]
You can use the:
  • IRL CSO pay component groups to display values you need for EHECS reporting to the Central Statistics Office.
  • IRL RTR pay component groups for payroll submissions to Revenue.
Use the IRL Salary Sacrifice [IRL] pay component group to ensure the correct gross value is reported to Revenue. Example: Travel pass.
IRL Adds to Net [IRL] to resolve a negative net pay.