be on the payroll
She has been on the payroll for five years.
她已经在工资名单上五年了。
领取工资或薪水的员工名单及其应得金额。；支付给员工的总金额。；工资和薪水的计算及税款等的扣除；公司中负责此事的部门。；饷金名单；发放的工资总额；[计] 工资表
a list of employees and their salaries
领取工资或薪水的员工名单及其应得金额。
A list of employees who receive salary or wages, together with the amounts due to each.
支付给员工的总金额。
The total sum of money paid to employees.
工资和薪水的计算及税款等的扣除；公司中负责此事的部门。
The calculation of salaries and wages and the deduction of taxes etc.; the department in a company responsible for this.
The company's payroll department processes salaries every month.
公司的工资部门每月处理薪水。
用法提示：这里'payroll'作为名词，指负责发放工资的部门。
She is responsible for managing the payroll for over 200 employees.
她负责管理200多名员工的工资发放。
用法提示：这里'payroll'指工资名单或工资发放管理。
Please double-check the payroll for any errors before the end of the week.
请在周末前仔细检查工资名单是否有任何错误。
用法提示：这里'payroll'指工资名单，即员工姓名和工资的记录。
She has been on the payroll for five years.
她已经在工资名单上五年了。
payroll 作定语修饰名词，表示与工资单相关的。
The payroll department processes salaries monthly.
工资部门每月处理薪资。
The company added 20 new employees to the payroll.
公司把20名新员工加入了工资名单。
多用于指应发的工资总额，很少用于指员工名单；比payroll更正式
特指有等级或步骤的工资结构，不强调总额，多用于政府或学校
只指员工名单，不含工资信息；替换需根据上下文
grammar · medium
易错句子My payroll is $3000 per month.
正确表达My salary is $3000 per month.
Payroll指工资单或工资总额，个人工资应用salary或wage。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is in the payroll of the company.
正确表达He is on the payroll of the company.
固定搭配为'on the payroll'表示受雇，而非'in the payroll'。
payroll指工资名单或工资总额（公司层面），paycheck指实际发给员工的工资支票（个人层面）。
在工资名单上
She has been on the payroll for over ten years.
她在工资名单上已经超过十年了。
工资税
The company must withhold payroll tax from employees' salaries.
公司必须从员工工资中预扣工资税。
工资部门
The payroll department processes all employee payments.
工资部门处理所有员工的薪资发放。
工资系统
We need to upgrade our payroll system to improve efficiency.
我们需要升级工资系统以提高效率。
员工是工资单上的个体
从工资中扣除的金额，如税款和保险
工资需要缴纳的所得税
员工福利是工资的一部分，如保险和退休金
加班费计入工资总额
在工资单上（指受雇于某公司或组织）
She has been on the payroll for 10 years.
她已在该公司工作了10年。
从工资单上除名（指被解雇或离职）
After the merger, many employees were taken off the payroll.
合并后，许多员工被解雇。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.