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New Graduate Students

Welcome to the Payroll Department’s site for new graduate students with academic appointments at the University of Pittsburgh! Graduate students with academic appointments include Teaching Assistants (TA), Teaching Fellows (TF), Graduate Student Assistants (GSA), and Graduate Student Researchers (GSR). Here you will find some basic information about your pay and other related services.

For any payroll related questions or issues, you will need to reach out to your supervisor or department administrator first as all payroll actions are submitted and approved by your department. If your department is not able to answer your questions, please submit an inquiry. We will be happy to assist you!

Your Pay

Graduate students with academic appointments at Pitt are paid monthly via direct deposit on the last working day of the month. View the schedules & deadlines to find annual pay schedules and holiday schedules. You can find additional pay information on the my pay page.

Self-Service

The University of Pittsburgh offers employee self-service for securely viewing your payslips and making changes to your address, direct deposit, and Form W-4.

After your first day of work, we recommend that you login to employee self-service to verify the information you provided during the hiring process.

Student’s originally from outside of the Pittsburgh City limits are encouraged to verify that they have provided the address of their permanent residence at the time of hire.  This may be your parent’s address in another PA location or outside of PA.  The address that you provide impacts your local tax withholding.  For example, Pittsburgh has a 1% non-resident withholding tax for students working here temporarily.  If you provided your campus address, or an address for a temporary apartment in the city, this will be considered your permanent address and 3% Pittsburgh residence tax will be withheld.  For more information on how to determine your permanent address, see PA Department of Revenue website.

To learn how to check or make changes to the address you provided at the time you were hired, visit the view and update address page.

Pay & Taxes

Questions about your pay and deductions can be answered by reviewing the my pay page. Your tax questions can be answered by reviewing the US tax information page.

Non-residents of the United States working at the University on visas have a different set of tax requirements. Information specific for non-resident employees is explained on the global payroll page.

Once you review which taxes apply to your pay, you can estimate your net pay with the net pay calculator.

Employment Verification

All employment verifications are processed through the Human Resources department. Information on how you can authorize access to your secure pay information for employment verification purposes is provided in the employment verification section of the Human Resources website.