Pay stub requirements in Ohio
Ohio had no pay stub law until April 9, 2025, when House Bill 106 added Revised Code § 4113.14. What makes the section unusual is the remedy: an employee who gets no statement makes a written request, the employer has ten days, and if it still does not arrive the Director of Commerce can require the employer to post a notice of the violation on its own premises for ten days. The minimum wage rose to $11.00 on January 1, 2026, but only for employers above a gross receipts threshold.
- Pay stub required
- Yes, since April 9, 2025
- Electronic delivery
- Yes, written, electronic, or access to one
- Minimum wage (2026)
- $11.00/hour (Jan 1, 2026)
- Pay frequency
- Twice a month, on fixed calendar dates
What Ohio law requires
What the statement must show
The employee’s name and address, the employer’s name, total gross wages earned in the pay period, total net wages paid, a listing of the amount and purpose of every addition to or deduction from wages, and the pay date together with the period it covers.
SourceExtra lines for hourly employees
An employee paid by the hour must also see the total number of hours worked in the pay period, the hourly wage rate paid, and hours worked in excess of forty in one workweek — with "workweek" defined as a fixed, regularly recurring 168-hour period the employer has expressly adopted for FLSA overtime purposes.
SourcePaper, electronic, or access to a statement
Section 4113.14(B) gives the employer three compliant options: a written statement, an electronic statement, or access to a statement, provided on the employer’s regular paydays.
SourceThe ten-day request and the posted notice
An employee who does not receive a statement makes a written request, and the employer must supply it within ten days. If it still does not arrive, the employee may report the violation to the Director of Commerce; on finding reasonable grounds, the Director issues a written notice that the employer must immediately post in a conspicuous place on its premises and keep posted for ten days.
SourceWages twice a month on calendar deadlines
Wages earned in the first half of a month, through the fifteenth, are due on or before the first day of the following month; wages earned in the second half are due on or before the fifteenth. Daily or weekly payment is expressly not prohibited.
SourceMinimum wage $11.00, but not for every employer
The 2026 rate is $11.00 for non-tipped employees and $5.50 plus tips for tipped employees. Employers grossing less than $405,000 pay the federal minimum of $7.25, as do employers of workers under 16. Overtime applies except to employers grossing less than $150,000 a year, and payroll records are kept at least three years.
Source
What this generator calculates for Ohio
State withholding for Ohio is calculated from the 2026 figures the state publishes, and our test suite holds those figures against the state's own published calculation rather than against arithmetic of ours.
See the Ohio withholding tables and work out take-home payFrequently asked questions
Sources
- Ohio Revised Code § 4113.14 — Pay stubs
- Ohio Revised Code § 4113.15 — Semimonthly payment of wages
- Ohio Department of Commerce — 2026 minimum wage poster
Wage and hour law changes. Check the linked source before relying on any figure here, and treat this page as a starting point rather than legal advice.