> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.conductor.is/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Create a payroll wage item > Creates a new payroll wage item. ## OpenAPI ````yaml POST /quickbooks-desktop/payroll-wage-items openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: Conductor API version: 0.0.1 servers: - url: https://api.conductor.is/v1 security: - BearerAuth: [] paths: /quickbooks-desktop/payroll-wage-items: post: summary: Create a payroll wage item description: Creates a new payroll wage item. parameters: - in: header name: Conductor-End-User-Id description: The ID of the End-User to receive this request. schema: type: string description: The ID of the End-User to receive this request. example: end_usr_1234567abcdefg x-stainless-naming: typescript: method_argument: conductorEndUserId mcp: method_argument: conductorEndUserId required: true requestBody: required: true content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: name: type: string maxLength: 31 description: >- The case-insensitive unique name of this payroll wage item, unique across all payroll wage items. **NOTE**: Payroll wage items do not have a `fullName` field because they are not hierarchical objects, which is why `name` is unique for them but not for objects that have parents. Maximum length: 31 characters. example: Regular Pay isActive: type: boolean description: >- Indicates whether this payroll wage item is active. Inactive objects are typically hidden from views and reports in QuickBooks. Defaults to `true`. example: true default: true wageType: type: string enum: - bonus - commission - hourly_overtime - hourly_regular - hourly_sick - hourly_vacation - salary_regular - salary_sick - salary_vacation description: >- Categorizes how this payroll wage item calculates pay - can be hourly (regular, overtime, sick, or vacation), salary (regular, sick, or vacation), bonus, or commission based. example: hourly_regular overtimeMultiplier: type: string description: >- The overtime pay multiplier for this payroll wage item, represented as a decimal string. For example, `"1.5"` represents time-and-a-half pay. example: '1.5' rate: type: string description: >- The default rate for this payroll wage item, represented as a decimal string. Only one of `rate` and `ratePercent` can be set. example: '15.00' ratePercent: type: string description: >- The default rate for this payroll wage item expressed as a percentage. Only one of `rate` and `ratePercent` can be set. example: '10' expenseAccountId: type: string description: >- The expense account used to track wage expenses paid through this payroll wage item. example: 80000001-1234567890 required: - name - wageType - expenseAccountId additionalProperties: false responses: '200': description: Returns the newly created payroll wage item. headers: Conductor-Request-Id: schema: type: string description: The unique identifier for this API request. example: req_1234567abcdefg required: true content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/qbd_payroll_wage_item' security: - BearerAuth: [] x-codeSamples: - lang: JavaScript source: >- import Conductor from 'conductor-node'; const conductor = new Conductor({ apiKey: process.env['CONDUCTOR_SECRET_KEY'], // This is the default and can be omitted }); const payrollWageItem = await conductor.qbd.payrollWageItems.create({ expenseAccountId: '80000001-1234567890', name: 'Regular Pay', wageType: 'hourly_regular', conductorEndUserId: 'end_usr_1234567abcdefg', }); console.log(payrollWageItem.id); - lang: Python source: |- import os from conductor import Conductor conductor = Conductor( api_key=os.environ.get("CONDUCTOR_SECRET_KEY"), # This is the default and can be omitted ) payroll_wage_item = conductor.qbd.payroll_wage_items.create( expense_account_id="80000001-1234567890", name="Regular Pay", wage_type="hourly_regular", conductor_end_user_id="end_usr_1234567abcdefg", ) print(payroll_wage_item.id) components: schemas: qbd_payroll_wage_item: type: object properties: id: type: string description: >- The unique identifier assigned by QuickBooks to this payroll wage item. This ID is unique across all payroll wage items but not across different QuickBooks object types. example: 80000001-1234567890 objectType: type: string const: qbd_payroll_wage_item description: The type of object. This value is always `"qbd_payroll_wage_item"`. example: qbd_payroll_wage_item createdAt: type: string description: >- The date and time when this payroll wage item was created, in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm), which QuickBooks Desktop interprets in the local timezone of the end-user's computer. example: '2025-01-01T12:34:56.000Z' updatedAt: type: string description: >- The date and time when this payroll wage item was last updated, in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm), which QuickBooks Desktop interprets in the local timezone of the end-user's computer. example: '2025-02-01T12:34:56.000Z' revisionNumber: type: string description: >- The current QuickBooks-assigned revision number of this payroll wage item object, which changes each time the object is modified. When updating this object, you must provide the most recent `revisionNumber` to ensure you're working with the latest data; otherwise, the update will return an error. example: '1721172183' name: type: string description: >- The case-insensitive unique name of this payroll wage item, unique across all payroll wage items. **NOTE**: Payroll wage items do not have a `fullName` field because they are not hierarchical objects, which is why `name` is unique for them but not for objects that have parents. example: Regular Pay isActive: type: boolean description: >- Indicates whether this payroll wage item is active. Inactive objects are typically hidden from views and reports in QuickBooks. Defaults to `true`. example: true wageType: type: string enum: - bonus - commission - hourly_overtime - hourly_regular - hourly_sick - hourly_vacation - salary_regular - salary_sick - salary_vacation description: >- Categorizes how this payroll wage item calculates pay - can be hourly (regular, overtime, sick, or vacation), salary (regular, sick, or vacation), bonus, or commission based. example: hourly_regular expenseAccount: type: - object - 'null' properties: id: type: - string - 'null' description: >- The unique identifier assigned by QuickBooks to this object. This ID is unique across all objects of the same type, but not across different QuickBooks object types. example: 80000001-1234567890 fullName: type: - string - 'null' description: >- The fully-qualified unique name for this object, formed by combining the names of its parent objects with its own `name`, separated by colons. Not case-sensitive. example: Parent:Child:Grandchild required: - id - fullName additionalProperties: false description: >- The expense account used to track wage expenses paid through this payroll wage item. example: id: 80000001-1234567890 fullName: Expenses:Payroll overtimeMultiplier: type: - string - 'null' description: >- The overtime pay multiplier for this payroll wage item, represented as a decimal string. For example, `"1.5"` represents time-and-a-half pay. example: '1.5' rate: type: - string - 'null' description: >- The default rate for this payroll wage item, represented as a decimal string. Only one of `rate` and `ratePercent` can be set. example: '15.00' ratePercent: type: - string - 'null' description: >- The default rate for this payroll wage item expressed as a percentage. Only one of `rate` and `ratePercent` can be set. example: '10' required: - id - objectType - createdAt - updatedAt - revisionNumber - name - isActive - wageType - expenseAccount - overtimeMultiplier - rate - ratePercent additionalProperties: false title: The Payroll Wage Item object x-conductor-object-type: other summary: >- A payroll wage item defines a type of payment scheme in QuickBooks Desktop, such as Regular Pay or Overtime Pay, that specifies how employee wages are calculated and tracked. securitySchemes: BearerAuth: type: http scheme: bearer description: >- Your Conductor secret key using Bearer auth (e.g., `"Authorization: Bearer {{YOUR_SECRET_KEY}}"`). ```` Built with [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com).