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title: Does your employee have Multiple Pay Rates?
description: Add multiple rates for your employee and specify by location and/or department.
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# Does your employee have Multiple Pay Rates?

## Add multiple rates for your employee and specify by location and/or department.

All employees have a default pay rate (Detail 1) in the Compensation Details of their profile.

1. ***From Employee Profile*** 
     1. When in the employee profile click on the down arrow of Compensation Details 
            1. select **Add another compensation**
            2. **Detail 2** will come up to be filled in with the secondary rate 
                     1. Fill in all required fields
                     2. **Save**
2. ***From the Payroll Screen (this will NOT change the Default Rate)*** 
     1. When on the payroll screen click on the **Pencil** right of the employees first name 
            1. If the employee already has all rates in their profile click on the drop down 
                     1. Select which rate you would like to use
                     2. You can add another row with that rate by clicking on **Add**
                     3. You can change the rate on the payroll screen just showing this rate by clicking on **Change**
            2. If the employee does not have another rate associated you can **Add a new rate** as **Detail 2** *(this will NOT change the [Default Rate](https://support.symply.io/pay-increase?hsLang=en) that needs to be done as an edit in the employee profile)* 
                     1. Click on **Add new pay rate** 
                                1. Fill in all required fields
                                2. **Save**
                     2. You can add another row with that rate by clicking on **Add**
                     3. You can change the rate on the payroll screen just showing this rate by clicking on **Change**

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