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# Choose how you get paid

Choose direct deposit or a paper check for your payroll pay, and enter your bank account or check mailing address.

Use the **Payout Settings** page to choose how your pay reaches you. Open it with **Set Payout Preferences** on your **Onboarding Steps** card, or later with **Update Payout Settings** on the **Payout Settings** card in **Payroll > My Profile**.

{% hint style="info" %}
If RollCredits payroll is turned on for your production, you can use this page once you're added as a payroll employee.
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## Choose direct deposit or a check

1. Under **How do you want to be paid?**, choose **ACH Direct Deposit** or **Physical Check**.
2. Select **Save Payout Method** for direct deposit, or **Continue** for a check.

Your choice isn't saved until you select **Save** on the next screen. To change it, select **Back to Payout Method**.

On a phone, the buttons sit in a bar at the bottom of the screen.

## Set up direct deposit

1. On **Bank Information**, enter your **Bank Name** and **Routing Number**.
2. Choose an **Account Type**: **Checking** or **Savings**.
3. Enter your **Account Number**, then enter it again in **Confirm Account Number**.
4. Select **Save**.

When it works, you see "Bank information saved successfully".

* The routing number must be 9 digits, and the account number 4 to 17 digits.
* If the two account numbers differ, you see "Account numbers do not match" and nothing is saved.

If an account is already saved, a note at the top shows only its last four digits, and the other fields are filled in. Enter the full account number twice to save a change.

## Get paid by check

1. On **Check Address**, tick **Use My Residential Address For Checks** to mail checks to the home address on your profile.
2. Or leave it unticked and enter **Street Address**, **Apt #, Suite #, etc** if you have one, **City**, **State** and a 5-digit **Zip**.
3. Select **Save**.

**Save** stays greyed out until the required fields are filled in. A message under it shows the first problem, and selecting the message scrolls to that field. To change your home address, select **Edit** on **Personal Information** in [My Profile](/payroll/crew-profile.md).

## After you save

While you're onboarding, saving finishes the **Select Payout Preferences** step and takes you to your next step. See [Finish your payroll onboarding](/payroll/get-started.md) for the step order.

To change your method or details later, use **Update Payout Settings** on My Profile. The **Payout Settings** card there shows what's saved.

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Owners, Super Admins and Managers can also set this for you with **Update Payout Preferences** on your employee panel. If you have a payroll agent, they can set it from your onboarding steps. See [Add and edit payroll employees](/payroll/setup/employees.md) and [Onboard and fill out timesheets for assigned employees](/payroll/assigned-employees.md).
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