> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.hiveku.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Run Payroll for Your Team

> Pay your team for a period: check each person's hours and amount, lock the run, and download the payment file for Wise, Gusto or QuickBooks

A payroll run adds up what you owe each person on your team for a period: hours worked at their rate, or their fixed pay. You check the amounts, lock them, and download a file your payment service or bookkeeping tool reads. Hiveku doesn't move the money itself.

This guide checks Northwind's run for October 1 to 15 and downloads its payment file.

## Open the run

Click **Commerce** in the left rail. In the list on the left, under **Payroll**, click **Payroll**, then the period. To start a new period, click **New payroll run**.

## Check the amounts

Each member is listed with their hours for the period, their rate and the amount. Hourly pay comes from the time they logged; fixed pay is their set amount.

![October 1-15, 2026, Draft, 4 members, total \$6,153.18, with Finalize to export, outlined, Recalculate and Delete; and the members: Ana Ruiz 58:30 hours at \$21.50/h, \$1257.75; Jamie Holloway, fixed, \$2571.43; Marcus Webb 62:00 at \$24.00/h, \$1488.00; Priya Desai 44:00 at \$19.00/h, \$836.00](https://mintcdn.com/locusdigital/54wvWJ1pw4JlxGa-/images/how-tos/commerce/pr-01-the-run-closeup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=54wvWJ1pw4JlxGa-\&q=85\&s=0d38f34cb8e10088fac5dce53e1522ef)

October 1-15, still a draft

While the run is a draft you can type a different amount, remove someone with the bin, or click **Recalculate** to bring in time logged since the run was made.

## Lock it and download the payment file

**1. Finalize**

Click **Finalize to export**, then **Finalize**. The amounts are locked.

![Finalize this run? Amounts are locked and the Wise export opens up. You can unfinalize it later if something needs to change. Cancel and Finalize](https://mintcdn.com/locusdigital/54wvWJ1pw4JlxGa-/images/how-tos/commerce/pr-02-finalize-closeup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=54wvWJ1pw4JlxGa-\&q=85\&s=a48c85b65840a5f2860bcec48b984526)

Lock the amounts

**2. Download the file**

Click **Download Wise CSV** to pay everyone in one Wise batch payment. **More downloads** has a plain **Payouts CSV**, a **Gusto CSV** and a **QuickBooks CSV**, one journal entry for your books. Each member also has a **Statement** of their pay.

![October 1-15, 2026, Finalized, Amounts are locked, with Download Wise CSV and More downloads outlined, Mark paid and Unfinalize; and each member's amount with a Statement link](https://mintcdn.com/locusdigital/54wvWJ1pw4JlxGa-/images/how-tos/commerce/pr-03-finalized-closeup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=54wvWJ1pw4JlxGa-\&q=85\&s=bf73134c281302dac78fc07f560178df)

The payment files

**3. Mark it paid**

Once the money has gone out, click **Mark paid**. Everyone in the run who signs in to Hiveku gets a notice that they were paid.

## Good to know

* **Something wrong after finalizing?** Click **Unfinalize**, give a reason, fix the amounts and finalize again. The reason is kept in the run's notes.
* **Rates and pay types** are set per person under **Payroll**, **Members**.
* **Payroll shows in your profit** as an expense once it's paid: see [See Your Profit and Send Your Numbers to Your Accountant](https://docs.hiveku.com/how-tos/commerce/profit-and-loss.md).


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