Payroll setup

Before running payroll, you need to configure pay rates for each instructor and service type. Arketa uses these rates to calculate what each team member earned during a given period.

Prerequisites

Before adding pay rates, make sure all your service types are set up. Pay rates are organized by service type, so the service types need to exist first.

Pay rate types

Arketa supports pay rates for three contexts:

Type	Used for
Group class rate	Group fitness classes

Each context has its own rate structure and fields.

Create a pay rate

1. Go to Team → Pay Rates
2. Click Add New
3. Select the rate type
4. Fill in the fields (see below)
5. Save

Group class pay rate fields

Field	What it does
Name	Internal label for the rate

Appointment and video pay rate fields

Appointment and video rates are simpler:

• Total rate — flat rate per session or video
• Revenue share — percentage of revenue from drop-ins and packages

Assign rates to instructors

1. Go to Staff → Team
2. Click on the instructor
3. Click the Pay Rates tab
4. Select the applicable rate for each service type
5. Save

Pay rate templates

If multiple instructors share the same pay structure, you can create a pay rate template and apply it in bulk:

1. Go to Team → Pay Rate Templates
2. Click Create Template
3. Name it and select the pay rates that apply
4. Click Create Template

To apply a template to an instructor:

1. Go to their Pay Rates tab
2. Select the template from the Apply a pay rate template dropdown

The template applies all included rates at once.