Admins with the required permissions can view all payrolls and contractor payments that were processed through Gusto, along with other reports with more detailed information.
Future pay dates can be viewed on the Gusto calendar. Any unprocessed payrolls older than 90 days will be moved to the Archived payrolls tab. These payrolls can still be processed if needed.
Employees and domestic contractors can view their paystubs and payment details in their Gusto account.
Employers can preview payrolls on the final step of running payroll. You'll see a summary, as well as individual employee details. To review a payroll after it’s been submitted:
Go to the Pay section.
At the top right of the page, click View pay history.
Make sure you’re on the Payrolls tab.
Click the payroll check date to view a summary, which includes:
All taxes
Payments
Paystubs
Employees
Bank account used (in the "Payroll details" section)
Click the People section.
Click the employee’s name.
From the Pay tab, scroll down to the “Recent paystubs” section.
Click View all to view all paystubs, or click the three-dot action menu to view a specific paystub from a single payroll.
Go to the Pay section.
At the top right of the page, click View pay history.
Scroll to the "Archived Payroll” section.
Check the box next to the payrolls you want to skip.
Use the "Actions" column to skip the selected payrolls.
If you onboarded to Gusto mid-year and gave us your prior payroll information, you can find this in Gusto by:
Click the Reports section.
Search or find the “Payrolls prior to Gusto” report—If you do not see this, we do not have previous payroll information from you. Reach out to your last payroll provider to get this information.
To view contractor payments:
Go to the Pay section.
At the top right of the page, click View pay history.
Click the US contractors tab.
Under the “Actions” column, click View Details.
You can view the payment amount and payment date on this summary page. You can also see which bank account this payment was processed from under the "Paid From" section next to the payment amount.
To view all payments for a single contractor, follow the steps below.
Click the People section.
Click the contractor’s name.
From the Pay tab, scroll to the "Recent contractor payments" section.
Click View all to view all payments, or click the three-dot action menu to view a specific payment.
To see pay history in the Gusto mobile app:
Open the Gusto mobile app and sign in.
In the top-right corner, tap View pay history.
Select the payroll type you want to view: US payrolls, Non-US payrolls, US contractors, Non-US contractors, or Other.
Tap a Payday date to view the detailed payroll summary.
Go to the Pay section.
At the top right of the page, click View pay history.
Click View activity log in the upper-right corner of the page.
On this page, you can review all past events related to running payroll. In the “Category” column, click the link to quickly access the page where the change occurred.
In the “Changed by” column, there are three types of values to indicate who performed the action:
An individual affiliated to your organization
Gusto system: An automated process in the Gusto system
Someone from the Gusto Care team
These are the actions recorded in the "Activity" column:
Created payroll
Updated payroll
Includes when any values are edited (bonus amount, hours, etc.)
Submitted payroll
Including payrolls on Autopilot
Skipped payroll
Reversed payroll
Canceled payroll
Assigned permissions
Changed ACH speed
Turned payroll approvals on/off
Turned autopilot on/off
Payroll check date change
Pay schedule update
Payroll approval status update (rejected, requested, or canceled)
Initiated debit
Initiated credit