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GiGi-2015
June 19, 2026
Question

can you have hourly employees as well as commission employees ?

  • June 19, 2026
  • 1 reply
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I tried to set up an employee as commission and I got this message Switching to commission-only will remove all current hourly pay types. If you need to add extra hourly earnings later, you can do that under 'additional earnings'.

Note that overtime, holiday, and time-off policies are not available for commission-only employees. These pay types will be unassigned and their respective scheduled changes will be cancelled. Please review their additional pay types before confirming.

 

does that mean it will change the type of payroll for existing employees>

 

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Janiqueca_TQuickBooks Team
QuickBooks Team
June 19, 2026

Yes, you can have both hourly and commission employees in QuickBooks Online Payroll—just set each employee’s pay type individually. The warning you received only applies to the employee you're editing, so switching one to commission-only won’t affect any other employees.

 

You can also add both hourly and commission pay types for a single employee by using the Additional pay types section in their profile after setup. For step-by-step instructions, check out this article: Add or change pay types.

 

Should you have any questions or clarification, please let us know below. We’re here to help.

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