The Miami-Dade County Public Schools Payroll Department is responsible for processing payments for over 37,000 full-time employees and over 8,000 part-time employees.  We process bi-weekly payrolls for a gross amount of over 76 million dollars or 1.9 billion dollars a year, making us the second largest payroll operation in the State of Florida.

All employees (instructional and non-instructional) are paid on a bi-weekly basis every other Friday throughout the year (except when Friday is a holiday).  The pay periods normally consist of a 10-day period, which ends every other Thursday. The payroll advices are accessible online six days later via the Employee Portal and are archived on the Employee Portal for future reference.  Please see the Payroll Processing Schedule for actual pay periods and pay dates.  Nearly one hundred (100) percent of our workforce is enrolled in the electronic transfer of funds (direct deposit).

The responsibility of Time and Attendance is a decentralized payroll function. Time and attendance data is entered online by each school/work location. After it is entered, the payroll is reviewed and approved online by the Principal or work site administrator. The Payroll Department then reviews, corrects, audits, and balances the information.  The Payroll system uses the SAP customized software package.