Browse earnings, overtime and pay adjustment codes.
ADD and Add Pay can label a separately authorised extra payment. The letters alone do not tell you whether it is a bonus, allowance, correction or reimbursement, and those distinctions affect reporting.
Employer-specific label: this is a possible interpretation. Confirm the full meaning in the codebook for the employer that issued your statement.
Related spellings covered here: ADD PAY.
How to read this entry
Use the possible interpretation Additional pay alongside the column heading. An earnings amount, an employee deduction and an employer-cost memo can have different effects even when their labels look similar.
Example on a pay statement
If payroll approved a one-off $125 allowance and the next statement shows ADD $125, match the authorisation and pay date rather than assuming it will recur.
Examples illustrate the checking method. They are not a personal tax calculation or a promise of a particular benefit.
What to check with payroll
Ask for the payment reason and whether it is a recurring earning or a one-off adjustment.
Compare related entries
Read the earnings, overtime and pay adjustment codes guide to compare the entries in this part of your statement. Use the full pay stub code directory when a second abbreviation is unfamiliar.
Reference and scope
Official guidance on earnings, overtime and pay adjustment codes provides background on the underlying rules. It does not validate an individual employer’s internal abbreviation.