---
title: "Change Employee Salary"
slug: "change-employee-salary"
description: "To change the employee salary, search for an employee, open the card and on the Compensation tab, click Salary Details > Change Salary."
tags: ["Local HR", "HR"]
updated: 2023-02-13T21:16:38Z
published: 2023-02-13T21:16:38Z
canonical: "help.lanteria.com/change-employee-salary"
---

> ## Documentation Index
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# Change Employee Salary

To modify the employee salary, follow these steps:

1. To find the right employee, use the quick search next to the main menu  
![img001(1)](https://cdn.document360.io/c315c68d-2799-4fcc-9a39-084315b58f14/Images/Documentation/img001(1).png)or the advanced filter available from the **Employees** database (**Core HR** > **Employees** > **Employees**).  
![img002(1)](https://cdn.document360.io/c315c68d-2799-4fcc-9a39-084315b58f14/Images/Documentation/img002(1).png)
2. Next, click the employee name to open the employee card.
3. Click the **Compensation** tab and then **Salary Details**.  
![img005](https://cdn.document360.io/c315c68d-2799-4fcc-9a39-084315b58f14/Images/Documentation/img005.png)
4. On the page that opens, click **Change Salary**.  
![img006(1)](https://cdn.document360.io/c315c68d-2799-4fcc-9a39-084315b58f14/Images/Documentation/img006(1).png)
5. Select the currency the salary will be defined in.
6. In the **Pay Frequency** field, specify how often the current salary will be paid to employee - annually, monthly, semi-monthly, bi-weekly, weekly, daily or hourly.
7. Specify the **Base Salary Rate**, that is basic salary for the selected pay frequency. Additional payments can be added to it later on.
8. Specify the **Salary Change Reason** and **Effective Date** when the new salary will be applied.  
![img007(1)](https://cdn.document360.io/c315c68d-2799-4fcc-9a39-084315b58f14/Images/Documentation/img007(1).png)
9. Click **Save**.

For the detailed description of the salary fields and advanced features of setting up the employee salary, refer to the [Salary Sheet](/LHR_4_4_0_Compensation/Salary_Sheet.htm) topic.

## Related

- [Salary Sheet](/salary-sheet.md)