Update an employee's payment method

put

https://api.gusto-demo.com/v1/employees/{employee_id}/payment_method

Updates the payment method for an employee. Can set to Check or Direct Deposit with split configuration.

scope: employee_payment_methods:write

Path Params

employee_id

string

required

The UUID of the employee

Body Params

version

string

required

The current version of the object. See the versioning guide for information on how to use this field.

type

string

enum

required

The payment method type. If type is Check, split_by and splits do not need to be populated. If type is Direct Deposit, split_by and splits are required.

Allowed:

split_by

string | null

enum

How the payment will be split. If Percentage, split amounts must add up to exactly 100. If Amount, values are in cents and the last split amount must be null to capture the remainder.

Allowed:

splits

array of objects | null

Array of payment splits. Required when type is Direct Deposit.

splits

Headers

X-Gusto-API-Version

string

enum

Defaults to 2026-02-01

Determines the date-based API version associated with your API call. If none is provided, your application's minimum API version is used.

Allowed:

Responses

Language

Credentials

Bearer

Response

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application/json

200Successful

404Not Found The requested resource does not exist. Make sure the provided UUID is valid.

409Conflict

422Unprocessable Entity This may happen when the body of your request contains errors such as invalid_attribute_value, or the request fails due to an invalid_operation. See the Errors Categories guide for more details.