Gusto Integration

Payroll and HR platform for running pay, benefits, contractors, and employee records. Automate Gusto hiring, onboarding, and employee updates across your HR stack. When Watch Events fires, automatically trigger Get a Compensation or Get a Contractor.

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Supported triggers and actions for Gusto integration

Triggers can detect changes in Gusto and run actions that can create, search or modify data inside Gusto automatically [3] — exactly how you set them.

Watch EventsTriggers when a subscribed Gusto webhook event occurs.
Get a CompensationRetrieves a compensation record from the service.
Get a ContractorRetrieves a contractor based on the provided criteria.
Get a PayrollRetrieves a payroll record.
Get a ReportRetrieves a report from the service.
Get a TimesheetRetrieves a timesheet from the system.
Get All Compensations for a JobRetrieves all compensations for a job.
Get All Employee TerminationsRetrieves all employee terminations.
Get All Employee's BenefitsRetrieves all employee's benefits.
Get an EmployeeRetrieves an employee's information.
Get an Employee BenefitRetrieves information about a specific employee benefit.
Get an Employee Home AddressRetrieves an employee's home address.
Get an Employee JobRetrieves information about a specific employee's job.
Get an Employee RehireRetrieves details of an employee rehire.
Get an Employee Work AddressRetrieves an employee's work address.
Get an Employee's Custom FieldsRetrieves custom fields for an employee.
Get an Employee's Employment HistoryRetrieves an employee's employment history from the service.
Get Contractors Payment DetailsRetrieves all contractors' payment details.
Get Employee Time Off ActivitiesRetrieves an employee's time off activities.
Get Employee's Work AddressesRetrieves all work addresses for employees.
Get Year-to-Date Benefit AmountsRetrieves year-to-date benefit amounts from a different company.
List ContractorsRetrieves all contractors from the service.
List Employee JobsRetrieves all jobs associated with an employee.
List EmployeesRetrieves all employees.
List Employees' Home AddressesRetrieves all employees' home addresses.
List PayrollsRetrieves all payrolls from the service.
List TimesheetsRetrieves all timesheets.
Create a CompensationCreates a new compensation entry for an employee.
Create a ContractorCreates a new contractor in the system.
Create a General Ledger ReportCreates a general ledger report for financial data analysis.
Create a TimesheetCreates a timesheet for tracking work hours and activities.
Create an EmployeeCreates a new employee record in the system.
Create an Employee BenefitCreates an employee benefit for a specified employee.
Create an Employee Home AddressCreates a home address for an employee.
Create an Employee JobCreates an employee job for a specific user.
Create Year-to-Date Benefit AmountsCreates year-to-date benefit amounts from a different company.
Delete a CompensationDeletes a compensation entry from the system.
Delete a TimesheetDeletes a timesheet from the system.
Delete an Employee BenefitDeletes an employee benefit from the system.
Delete an Employee Home AddressDeletes an employee's home address from the system.
Delete an Employee JobDeletes a job position for a specific employee.
Delete an Employee Work AddressDeletes an employee's work address.
Delete an Onboarding EmployeeDeletes an onboarding employee from the system.
Make an API CallPerforms an arbitrary authorized API call.
Request a Webhook Verification TokenRequests a webhook verification token to ensure secure communication between services.
Update a CompensationUpdates compensation details for a specific employee.
Update a ContractorUpdates a contractor's information in the system.
Update a PayrollUpdates a payroll with new or modified data.
Update a TimesheetUpdates a timesheet entry with new information.
Update an EmployeeUpdates an employee's information in the system.
Update an Employee's BenefitUpdates an employee's benefit details.
Update an Employee's Home AddressUpdates an employee's home address in the system.
Update an Employee's JobUpdates an employee's job details.
Update an Employee's Work AddressUpdates the work address of an employee in the system.
Update PayrollUpdates payroll information for employees.

How to integrate Gusto in automation workflow?

3 simple steps to make your Gusto connected with other apps in automation workflows on WEXTL. Up to 10 minutes integration set up.

STEP 1

Select Gusto in workflow

Pick Gusto app in the workflow builder [4] - just one click to select the app.

STEP 2

Connect Gusto

When prompted, authorize access to Gusto in WEXTL once. Gusto credentials are encrypted and never shared with WEXTL. Authorization will be reused in any future API calls [3].

WEXTL wants to integrate with your Gusto account. Approve?

STEP 3

Build a workflow

Build your workflow with Gusto yourself or with WEXTL® AI Builder. Connect Gusto to any available integrations [5], or use HTTP node to go beyond them.

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How Gusto connects and integrates with WEXTL

Save and approve your credentials once — WEXTL® stores authorization information encrypted and reuses the authentication whenever Gusto app is called in workflows. That allows your hr automations to run without your attention, per defined schedule [7]. Explore documentation [6] for a detailed list of fields that Gusto supports.

Full Gusto API documentation

The following table illustrates what fields Gusto integration require during authorization flow inside our workflow builder [4].

Video slide demonstrates how Gusto is connected in WEXTL builder [4].

Field	Type	Help
Client IDRequired	text	Use the following redirect URI: `the Callback URL shown in this connection form`.
Client SecretRequired	password	—
EnvironmentRequired	select	—

Connect Gusto to popular apps on WEXTL

Enter a name of the other app you want to sync with Gusto below. Click on selected app to explore integration options with Gusto. If the app you search for is not available in WEXTL yet, you can use HTTP node [10] instead to integrate it directly.

Example automation with Gusto integration

Select Watch Events trigger from Gusto - this will be a starting point in your automation. Whenever event happens in Gusto, workflow will start [7] from Watch Events node.

Search for Create a Compensation, connect it as the next step of integration sequence. You can use filters between Watch Events and Create a Compensation, so only important data pass from Watch Events to the next step. WEXTL gives you full control over the process of Gusto automation. All parts of workflow are visible on the canvas [4].

Gusto on WEXTL has 55 modules for combining hr automations. Explore Gusto documentation for more.

Video slide demonstrates how Watch Events and Create a Compensation nodes are used in Gusto workflow.

Video slide demonstrates how Watch Events and Create a Compensation [6] nodes are used in Gusto workflow.

Frequently asked questions

Common questions about automating Gusto in your workflows.

Gusto has 1 trigger, including "Watch Events". Triggers are start points of the workflow, and automations may start from them.

Integration has 54 actions, including "Get a Compensation", "Get a Contractor", and "Get a Payroll", and more. Refer to our Gusto Documentation for detailed inputs and outputs.

No. Most automations are built visually on the canvas by picking triggers, actions, and mapping fields. You can add custom JavaScript with Functions when advanced logic is needed — but our customers do that in rare cases [4].

Yes. Connections are authenticated per account, credentials are encrypted at rest, and you can enforce approvals and team-level access controls on any automation.

The Gusto integration on WEXTL runs directly on its vendor public API — every field name, authentication method, and rate limit is controlled by Gusto official API and covered in documentation [3]. WEXTL handles the request signing and pagination for you.

Absolutely. Where Gusto provides native webhooks, you can use instant triggers to eliminate polling delay. For custom webhooks, WEXTL offers Custom Webhook node, so you can start automation whenever Gusto or any other service sends event to webhook URL.

WEXTL is an AI-first visual canvas. The platform allows you to describe automation in plain text — and AI will wire nodes for Gusto inside the workflow builder [4]. You can also use built-in workflow nodes (AI Agent, Human in the Loop, Condition, Aggregate Results) in pair with Gusto modules to craft complex integration flows with branches, filtering, and conditional logic. There are absolutely no limits of what you can build.

References

List of sources used to gather information about the Gusto integration.

Gusto integration source code, module specs and credentials implementation.
Internal Gusto integration documentation, structured input and output parameters, scopes, and authentication methods.
Official Gusto vendor API documentation — used to verify field meanings, authentication flows, and anything our own specs don't fully capture.
WEXTL® Visual Workflow Builder, anonymized data from our technical support team.
WEXTL® Apps Library
WEXTL® Gusto App Documentation
WEXTL® Workflow Scheduler
WEXTL® HTTP node documentation

Gusto Integration

Supported triggers and actions for Gusto integration