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# Get paid

On Scholars, if you have an active contract and you are actively working on one of our jobs, you'll be paid by the hour, weekly.

## What are the steps I must take to get paid?

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### Set up your banking information

You must set up your banking information, so we know where to pay you.

You will not be able to accept a job offer if you have not set up your banking information.

Follow the steps outlined in this page to learn how to do so:

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[Set up your banking information](/how-to/set-up-your-banking-information.md)
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### Set up your tax information

Complete any required tax form before accepting a job offer.

Follow the steps outlined in this page to learn how to do so:

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[Set up your tax information](/how-to/set-up-your-tax-information.md)
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### Receive and accept a job offer from Scholars

If you have [applied to jobs](/how-to/apply-for-a-job.md), you may then receive an offer. Accept the offer.

Learn how to accept job offers here:

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[Accept or reject a job offer](/how-to/accept-or-reject-a-job-offer.md)
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### Track your time as you work on the job

Tracking your time is mandatory to get paid on Scholars, and it is your responsibility to do so correctly. Learn how to track your time here:

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### Send your weekly timesheet at the end of the week

When you are done for the week, you must send your timesheet detailing how long you have worked that week and what you worked on. This is mandatory to get paid, and a human will review and verify your timesheet.

On Scholars, this only takes a few clicks. Learn how do create and send your timesheet to review here:

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[Send a timesheet](/how-to/send-a-timesheet.md)
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That's it. If your timesheet is approved, you will be paid for it. You can keep track of your payments from the *Payments* tab, which you can access from the left-hand side menu.

In the *Payments* tab, click a job name to open the related job details in a new browser tab. This lets you review the job while keeping your payments page open.

Click an invoice number to open its details, including the payment provider, line items, approval information, and related timesheets.

The *Timesheet Weeks* column shows the work period covered by a timesheet payment. Payments created manually are not tied to a timesheet week and show a dash in this column.

Scholars emails you when an invoice is created, approved and sent for processing, or cancelled. Those emails include invoice details and link back to the *Payments* page.

Payments can show different statuses as they move through review and processing. *Waiting for manager approval* means the payment has not been approved yet, *Sent for processing* means it has been sent to the payment provider, and *Processed* means the payment provider reported it as paid. You can hover over or open a payment status to see what that status means. If a payment shows as *Failed*, Scholars will show whether the payment failed during processing or was returned because the payment information may need to be corrected.

When the payment provider shares an estimated delivery date, Scholars shows it in the payment table so you can see when the payment is expected to arrive.

If your local currency is not USD and you want to receive payments in USD, see [Can I receive payments in USD if my local currency is different?](/faq.md#can-i-receive-payments-in-usd-if-my-local-currency-is-different).