1. Company box, title and stub number
It opens the Center Bands. This is where the payer is named. On the Center Bands it carries the company name and address, and the EIN and phone when you enter them; add a logo and it prints here too.
Paystub Template
Center Bands Earnings Statement Template
A clearly divided statement: full-width color bands with centered titles, each over framed cells that give every label and value a box of its own.
- Layout
- Side-by-side ledgers
- Type
- Earnings Statement
- Colors
- 8 included
The layout
What the Center Bands layout looks like
A bordered company box sits at the top left, with your logo, the “Earnings statement” title and the stub number on the right. The first color band, Employee details, runs across the page over a framed block of label and value cells in two columns: the employee’s name, address, masked SSN and ID on one side, and the pay period, pay date, frequency, filing status and how the pay was made on the other.
A second band, Earnings, sits over the pay table (type, rate, hours, this period and year to date) beside the taxes and deductions table, each closed by its total in a stronger cell. A third band, Net pay, ends the statement with net pay for this period and the year to date, any non-taxable pay just above it, and any memo in a boxed note.
On the stub
Sections, top to bottom
- Company box, title and stub number
- Employee details band: the employee and the pay facts in boxed cells
- Earnings band: pay table beside taxes and deductions
- Gross taxable pay and total withheld
- Net pay band with this period and YTD
- Time off and a memo note, when you add them
Best for
Who this template suits
People who like a page where each part has its own heading, such as someone checking a stub line by line against a timesheet. The boxed cells keep every label right next to its value, so each detail is quick to find.
Overview
About this center bands earnings statement template
The Center Bands Earnings Statement Template is a side-by-side ledgers layout: two ledgers or panels next to each other, or a main column with a sidebar. Full-width color bands with centered titles over boxed label and value cells, with the pay table and deductions side by side.
From top to bottom it runs company box, title and stub number, employee details band: the employee and the pay facts in boxed cells, earnings band: pay table beside taxes and deductions and gross taxable pay and total withheld, and then the rest of the stub. You fill it in once in the builder, the taxes and totals are worked out for you, and the finished earnings statement downloads as a PDF.
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Section by section
What each part of the Center Bands shows
2. Employee details band: the employee and the pay facts in boxed cells
The second block on the Center Bands. Who was paid. The Center Bands prints the name and address, an employee ID if you use one, and the SSN masked to its last four digits.
3. Earnings band: pay table beside taxes and deductions
The third block on the Center Bands. Earnings and deductions read across from each other. Each pay line (hours × rate, salary, overtime, bonus) sits on one side and each tax or deduction on the other, so on the Center Bands you can see what was earned and what came out in one row.
4. Gross taxable pay and total withheld
The fourth block on the Center Bands. Where the lines are added up. Gross pay should equal the earnings lines, total deductions the tax and deduction lines; the gap between them is net pay.
5. Net pay band with this period and YTD
The fifth block on the Center Bands. Net pay, the amount actually paid: gross pay minus every tax and deduction above, plus any non-taxable reimbursement. It should match the deposit to the cent.
6. Time off and a memo note, when you add them
It closes the Center Bands. Optional lines. A memo prints as a short note (a bonus reason, a check number), and time-off balances print when you enter them; the Center Bands leaves the space out when they are empty.
Fields
What you enter, and where it prints on the Center Bands
| You enter | It prints in |
|---|---|
| Company name, address, EIN, phone and logo | Company box, title and stub number |
| Employee name, address and ID | Employee details band: the employee and the pay facts in boxed cells |
| Last four digits of the SSN | Employee details band: the employee and the pay facts in boxed cells |
| Pay period, pay date and pay frequency | Employee details band: the employee and the pay facts in boxed cells |
| Filing status and how the pay was made | Employee details band: the employee and the pay facts in boxed cells |
| Hours and rate, or the salary for the period | Earnings band: pay table beside taxes and deductions |
| Overtime, bonus, commission and tips lines | Earnings band: pay table beside taxes and deductions |
| Federal, state, Social Security and Medicare (estimated) | Earnings band: pay table beside taxes and deductions |
| Your own deductions (health plan, retirement, garnishment) | Earnings band: pay table beside taxes and deductions |
| Year-to-date totals | Net pay band with this period and YTD |
| Memo or notes | Time off and a memo note, when you add them |
The tax lines are estimated from the pay, frequency, filing status and state you enter, and you can change any of them. How paycheck taxes are calculated explains each one, and the pay stub glossary defines every abbreviation on the stub.
Colours
Center Bands colours
The Center Bands comes in Cyan, Azure, Sky, Cobalt, Lagoon, Emerald, Berry and Black & white, with Cyan as its standard colour. The colour you choose recolours the accents (the bands, ledger rules and total bars); the figures and layout stay the same, and every colour is included in the price.
Document type
Why the Center Bands is called an earnings statement
“Earnings statement” is the title many payroll departments print on the same document others call a pay stub or pay slip. The Center Bands is drawn as a statement (a titled page with the period and the figures laid out formally), but it holds exactly what a pay stub holds: who was paid, for which period, gross pay, each tax and deduction, net pay and the year to date.
Best use
When to choose the Center Bands
Comparing two columns at once
The Center Bands puts two panels next to each other, so current and year-to-date or earnings and deductions can be compared without scrolling.
Employees on payroll
The Center Bands prints the full set of withholding lines (federal, Social Security, Medicare, state) for a W-2 employee’s stub.
A formal statement
The Center Bands’s statement title and layout suit a stub that is filed with other paperwork or handed to someone else.
Several pay periods in a row
The Center Bands prints year-to-date figures in “Net pay band with this period and YTD”, so a run of consecutive stubs shows the year building up period by period.
Compare
How the Center Bands compares
The Center Bands belongs to the Side-by-side ledgers family, with Split Ledger, Accent Panel and Side Rail. They share the same overall order; what sets the Center Bands apart is full-width color bands with centered titles over boxed label and value cells, with the pay table and deductions side by side.
Compare them: Split Ledger · Accent Panel · Side Rail
Print and PDF
Printing and reading the Center Bands
With two columns sharing each row, the page is short; on a phone the PDF is best read in landscape or zoomed to one column at a time. The PDF is made from the same layout you see in the preview, so what you check is what you get.
Need several periods? The multi-stub builder makes consecutive stubs in this layout with year-to-date totals carried forward, and the sample pay stub walks through every line with real figures.
Before you download
Checks on a finished Center Bands
- In “Earnings band: pay table beside taxes and deductions”, rate × hours equals each line, and the lines add up to gross pay.
- In “Earnings band: pay table beside taxes and deductions”, every tax and deduction you expect is listed once, with its correct name.
- In “Net pay band with this period and YTD”, net pay equals gross pay minus total deductions (plus any reimbursement) and matches the deposit.
- In “Net pay band with this period and YTD”, year-to-date totals include this period and step up correctly from the previous stub.
- Names, addresses and the pay date are spelled and dated as on your records.
Sources: IRS Publication 15 (Circular E), Employer’s Tax Guide; IRS Topic 751, Social Security and Medicare withholding rates; U.S. Department of Labor, Fact Sheet #21: Recordkeeping under the FLSA.
How it works
How to fill in the Center Bands template
1
Open the builder with the Center Bands already selected (the “Use This Template” button does this).
2
Enter the company and the person paid; the business prints in the “Company box, title and stub number” block.
3
Add the pay period, pay date and each kind of pay; the lines fill “Earnings band: pay table beside taxes and deductions”.
4
Check the estimated taxes and add your own deductions (they print in “Earnings band: pay table beside taxes and deductions”); every amount can be edited.
5
Pick a colour (Cyan, Azure and Sky or another), preview the whole stub, then download the PDF.
Before download
Paystubs are generated from the information you enter
PayStubGo is an online paystub generator, not a payroll service. Your paystub is created from the information you provide. Review all details carefully before exporting your final PDF and use generated documents responsibly.
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FAQ
Center Bands Earnings Statement Template questions
Is the Center Bands a pay stub or an earnings statement?
It is titled as an earnings statement, and it holds the same record either way: who was paid, for which period, gross pay, taxes and deductions, net pay and the year to date.
What colours does the Center Bands come in?
Cyan, Azure, Sky, Cobalt, Lagoon, Emerald, Berry and Black & white. The colour changes the accents only, and every colour is included.
Does the Center Bands show year-to-date totals?
Yes. The “Net pay band with this period and YTD” part carries the year-to-date figures. Make several consecutive stubs at once and the builder carries the totals forward from one period to the next.
Can I use the Center Bands for a 1099 contractor?
Contractor / 1099 mode works with every template and turns off withholding. For headings that read Payer and Contractor, pick a template tagged Contractor-ready, such as Stacked Ledger.
Is there a free Center Bands template for Word or Excel?
No. The Center Bands is filled in online and delivered as a finished PDF, with the taxes and totals worked out. You can preview it free before you pay.
Can I preview the Center Bands Earnings Statement Template before creating a paystub?
Yes. This page shows a sample of the template, and the builder shows your own figures in it live before anything is paid for.
Can I switch from the Center Bands to another template later?
Yes. Your details stay in the builder when you change templates, so you can compare layouts with your own figures before you download.
Can I edit the pay details before export?
Yes. PayStubGo lets you enter company, employee, earnings, deductions, pay period, and optional YTD details before previewing the final paystub.
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