How to Update Employee Wages and Salaries

In 7shifts, Admins, Managers, and Assistant Managers can update employee wages and salaries for both past and future dates to ensure labor costs remain accurate. Remember, employee wages and salaries are included in the Labor Budget Tool when they have Appear on Schedule enabled within their employee profiles.

Things to Know


Important: Managers and Assistant Managers require the permissions "Can edit employees" and "Can view wages".
  • The Effective Wage Date option is not available if Wage Sync is enabled with a POS integration.
  • Updating the minimum wage within Company Settings does not automatically adjust individual employee wages.
  • Wages can be retroactively applied for up to 30 days in the past.
  • Wage changes will not affect third-party data or 7shifts Payroll that has already been processed.

Update wages for a future date


If an employee’s pay is changing at a future date, you can schedule the update in advance so it takes effect automatically.

  1. In the 7shifts web app, navigate to Team.
  2. Select the employee profile.
  3. Click the Wages and Payments tab.
  4. Select Change Pay.
  5. Enter the new amount and select the future effective date.

    Note: Always re-enter the wage field when making changes.
  6. Click Save.

On the selected effective date, any new shifts created for the employee will reflect the updated rate.

Tip: To cancel a scheduled wage change, go to the Activity section, click the three dots next to the change, and select Delete upcoming wage change.

Update wages for a past date


If you need to apply a wage change retroactively, use the Effective Wage Date feature to update shifts that have already occurred. Changes will not affect thirdy-party data or payroll that has already been processed.

  1. In the 7shifts web app, navigate to Team.
  2. Select the employee profile.
  3. Click the Wages and Payments tab.
  4. Select Change Pay.
  5. Enter the correct amount and select the past effective date (within the last 30 days).
  6. Click Save.

Confirm the new rate has been applied by reviewing 7shifts Reports or the Time Clocking page.

Next Steps


Tip: Use the Bulk Wage Edit tool to update pay rates for multiple employees at once.
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