{"id":2595,"date":"2026-07-30T11:21:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T11:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waggex.com\/blog\/?p=2595"},"modified":"2026-07-29T17:29:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T17:29:19","slug":"free-payroll-excel-sheet-template-monthly-salary-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waggex.com\/blog\/free-payroll-excel-sheet-template-monthly-salary-register\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Payroll Excel Sheet Template Monthly Salary Register (2026 Download)"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019ll not talk about what payroll is. You’re here because you need a working Excel file, not a definition. Right?<\/span><\/p>\n

What’s Included in this template?<\/b><\/p>\n

The template has six tabs. Yellow cells are where you type names, salary components, LOP days, OT hours. Everything else, PF, ESI, TDS, Professional Tax, net salary, calculates on its own. First setup takes about 20 minutes. After that, each month is just updating LOP and OT.<\/span><\/p>\n

Six Tabs, One File<\/b><\/h2>\n

Data flows from the Employee Master into Monthly Payroll into the Payslip Generator automatically. You never copy anything between tabs manually.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Tab<\/b><\/th>\nWhat It Does<\/b><\/th>\nYou Enter<\/b><\/th>\nAuto-Calculates<\/b><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
How to Use<\/b><\/td>\nRead before anything else<\/span><\/td>\nNothing<\/span><\/td>\n\u2014<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Employee Master<\/b><\/td>\nAll employee salary details set once<\/span><\/td>\nName, salary components, PF\/ESI, state<\/span><\/td>\nGross, PF, ESI, gratuity, CTC, 50% check<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Monthly Payroll<\/b><\/td>\nRun payroll every month<\/span><\/td>\nMonth\/year, LOP days, OT hours<\/span><\/td>\nAll deductions, net pay, totals<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Payslip Generator<\/b><\/td>\nFull payslip per employee<\/span><\/td>\nEmployee ID (one cell)<\/span><\/td>\nComplete payslip from master + monthly data<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Compliance Calendar<\/b><\/td>\nDeadlines and penalties<\/span><\/td>\nNothing<\/span><\/td>\n\u2014<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PT & Rates Reference<\/b><\/td>\nPF, ESI, TDS, PT rates for 10 states<\/span><\/td>\nNothing<\/span><\/td>\n\u2014<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Don’t rename the tabs. The Monthly Payroll formulas reference the Employee Master by its exact tab name. Rename it and every lookup breaks.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Important Fill Employee Master Once, Update Only When Things Change<\/b><\/h2>\n

This is the most important tab of the template and everything else depends on it. Fill it once and it runs quietly in the background for months.<\/span><\/p>\n

What you fill in<\/b><\/p>\n