About wage codes

• Modified on: Fri, 7 Aug, 2026 at 3:13 PM

A wage code is a label for each type of pay, like salary, overtime, or a bonus. Celery uses these codes to build the payslip.

• Celery comes with more than 100 ready-made wage codes.
• So you can start right away. Just add an employer and employees, and you're good to go.
• Need a wage code that isn't there? You can easily make your own. You just copy an existing one and change it.

Want to make your own wage code? This guide shows you how, step by step: How do I create my own wage code?