PAY ADVICE

Understanding Your Pay Advice

At the end of each pay period, you'll get an email with a document called a Pay Advice. It breaks down exactly how your compensation was calculated, including class returns, private request and rollover hours, and incentive pay.

If you've never read one before, or you've stared at one wondering what half of it means, this page walks you through it line by line.

The Big Numbers (Top of the Document)

The header section gives you the quick summary. Here's what each one means:

1. Pay Period Total The gross amount you earned this pay period, before any federal or state taxes are taken out. This is not what hits your bank account. Your net pay (after taxes) will be lower.

2. Request and Add Day Hours

This section shows the bonus hours that boost your pay rate. There are two ways to earn them:

  • Private request hours: Hours taught when a guest specifically requests you for a private lesson.

  • Add day hours: Hours taught on lessons assigned to you as an add day.

For every hour of request or add day work, you earn a flat hourly rate increase on top of your base rate. The size of that increase is tied to your certification level, so higher-certified instructors earn a bigger bump per request or add day hour.

If something in this section looks off (a request lesson missing, hours not credited, etc.), flag it with your Administrative Specialist.

3. Days Worked The number of days you actually worked this period. Heads up: this number does not include days marked "Called Off By Supervisor," so it may look lower than the days you committed to. If something looks off, check with your supervisor for an accurate count, since called-off days still count toward your day commitment.

4. Training Complete This field isn't functional at Park City right now and will always show 'No'. To check whether you're actually current on training, talk to your supervisor.

5. Certification Current Should say 'Yes' if your PSIA/AASI dues are paid up. If you're current but it's showing 'No', let your Administrative Specialist know so they can update it.

The Detail Section (Middle of the Document)

Below the header, you'll see a row for each block of work in the pay period. Each row shows:

  • The time and date of the lesson

  • The activity (Adult Alpine PG, Private Lesson, etc.)

  • Level and student counts

  • Request, work, and benefit hours

  • The pay rate applied

  • The dollar amount earned for that block

If a row looks wrong, this is the section to point to when you talk to your Administrative Specialist. The more specific you can be ("the 3:30pm row on 2/17 shows X but should be Y"), the faster they can resolve it.

What To Do If Something Looks Off

Pay advice errors happen, and they're usually fixable. The fastest path to a fix:

  1. Check the obvious first. Is the day count off because called-off days aren't included? Is the certification field wrong because PSIA dues weren't logged?

  2. Talk to your supervisor. They can verify your scheduled and worked days against what's showing on the advice.

  3. Loop in your Administrative Specialist for anything that needs a backend correction (rate issues, missing rows, certification updates).

  4. Don't wait. Pay corrections are easier to make when the period is recent. The longer you sit on it, the more painful the fix.