---
title: Hours by Work Type Report
description: "Each employee's payroll hours for a period split by work type and pay code, with optional overtime rules and drilldowns."
url: "https://theasst.com/docs/hours-by-work-type-report/"
updated: "2026-10-14"
category: Reports
---

# Hours by Work Type Report

The **Hours by Work Type and Pay Code** report (Reports > HR Reports > Hours by Work Type) shows each employee's payroll hours for a period split by the kind of work and the kind of pay. The hours are the same reconciled hours as the [Timesheet Report](/docs/timesheet-report/). It needs payroll report permission.

## Running it

1. Enter the **Period start** and **Period end**.
2. Tick **Apply overtime rules** if you want regular hours moved to overtime / double time according to each employee's [overtime rule](/docs/overtime-rules-setup/).
3. Click **Run Report** in the sidebar.

Each line is an employee, a [work type](/docs/work-types-setup/), a [pay code](/docs/pay-codes-setup/) and the hours. Below the list, *Totals by Work Type* adds up each work type across all employees. Hours with no work type show as *(Unclassified)*; set each employee's default work type on their Payroll tab to avoid that.

![The Hours by Work Type and Pay Code report with overtime rules applied](https://theasst.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/hours-by-work-type.webp)

## How hours are classified

- Manual time entries carry the work type and pay code chosen on the entry.
- Clocked and service order time carry the employee's default work type and the Regular pay code.
- When sources overlap, a manual entry wins over a service order, which wins over a clock punch.

## Drilling down

- Click a line to see the days that line's hours came from, and what they were credited to (Manual, Service Order, Clocked). With overtime rules applied, an overtime line shows the days worked, because overtime is set across the workweek.
- Click a day to open that employee's day in the Time Tracking Calendar.
- Click a work type under *Totals by Work Type* to see who worked it.

**Export PDF** and **Export XLSX** in the sidebar produce the report with its totals.

![The drilldown for one line of the report, day by day with its sources](https://theasst.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/hours-by-work-type-drilldown.webp)