Frequently asked questions
How are health, pension and the Pension Solidarity Fund contribution calculated?
Health and pension are each contributed at 4% of the period's contribution base income (IBC), capped at 25 times the minimum wage; for example, with an IBC of 2,000,000 each contribution comes out to 80,000. The Pension Solidarity Fund is only added from four times the minimum wage, at a percentage that rises in tiers from 1% to 2% as income grows. The IBC starts from the base salary and any earnings that count as salary; if non-salary earnings exceed 40% of what was earned in the period, the excess is also added to the IBC (Law 1393 of 2010). The transportation allowance depends only on the base salary, never on extra earnings. This tool already applies all of these calculations for you.
What does it mean for an extra earning to "count as salary"?
Earnings that count as salary (such as overtime or commissions) are added to the contribution base for health, pension and the Pension Solidarity Fund; earnings that do not (such as an occasional bonus) get paid but do not increase that base, unless their total exceeds a cap over what was earned in the period, in which case the excess does get added to the base.
Does this work for an integral salary or for calculating income tax withholding?
No. This tool only calculates the payslip for an ordinary salary, with no income tax withholding, sick leave or absences, and it does not replace the electronic payroll invoice (nómina electrónica) you must report: use it only as an informative receipt for the employee. Use your payroll module for a different calculation.
What happens if the salary I enter is below that year's minimum wage?
The tool shows an error on the salary field and will not generate the payslip until you enter an amount equal to or above that year's minimum wage.
Does this tool store or send my data to any server?
No. The PDF is generated entirely in your browser with JavaScript; nothing you type ever leaves your device or gets stored anywhere. If you open it from Instagram, Facebook or TikTok's built-in browser, the download may fail: open it in Safari or Chrome instead. Characters outside the PDF's standard Western alphabet are printed as "?".