Export payroll hours to Gusto.
Approved hours leave Daybill as a Gusto Smart Import CSV — one row per employee, matched by email. Upload it inside Gusto’s Run payroll flow.
- Step 1: Approve the pay periodReview and approve the crew’s timesheets. The export aggregates only approved hours, one row per employee for the period.
- Step 2: Run the pre-export checkChoose Gusto in the payroll export. Daybill flags any member without an email because Gusto matches employees by email.
- Step 3: Download the Smart Import CSVThe file already follows Gusto’s Smart Import format. Hours are totalled per employee; pay rates remain in Gusto.
- Step 4: Import inside GustoIn Gusto, open Pay → Run payroll → Import hours and upload the file. Gusto matches each row by email.
Review payroll before the handoff.
The payroll workspace gathers the approved period and pre-export checks. Daybill then prepares the Smart Import CSV for upload in Gusto.
Common questions
What does the Gusto file look like?
One aggregated row per employee for the pay period in Gusto Smart Import format. Gusto matches each row by email.
Is this a Gusto integration?
It is a CSV export in Gusto Smart Import format, without account linking or API access. Download from Daybill and upload during Run payroll.
What if a crew member has no email in Daybill?
Daybill tells you which members are missing an email before export. Add the email and export again so Gusto can match the row.
Which plans can export?
Every plan. Gusto and QuickBooks payroll-ready CSV export is included on the free Solo plan.
No credit card. Free plan stays free — CSV export included.
Part of the full field crew management stack.