Payroll

An Easy Way to Verify Employment & Income: The Work Number

To assist current and former staff, faculty, and administrators in providing verification of employment and/or income, CSU Northridge utilizes "The Work Number by Equifax," an HR service partner.  This service generally helps with gathering verification information needed to apply for a loan, home mortgage, new job, rental qualification, or social service benefits such as temporary assistance, housing assistance, child support, or nutrition assistance.


Employee Self-Service | Employment and Income Verification:

The employee self-service portal from The Work Number is designed for you to have access to your employment and income verification information. The following services are available:

Under the Employment Data Report tab, you can view all the employment information CSUN has provided to The Work Number®. It also includes information about the verifiers that have requested your data in the past 24 months.

Under the Letters Center tab, you can download three letters that provide proof of Employment, Employment & Income, and/or Immigration: 

    • Employment Letter: Provides proof of employment for instances outside of verification requests from credentialed verifiers.
    • Employment & Income Letter: Provides proof of employment and income for instances outside of verification from credentials verifiers.
    • Immigration Letter: Print out or download an employment letter designed specifically for use as employment and income verification with Immigration Offices.

Under the Salary Key tab, you can generate up to three numeric codes that you provide to verifiers, granting them with one-time access to your income information.

Note: It can take up to three months for job data to reflect new appointments and changes in the CSUN system. Faculty can find additional information about employment in their appointment letter; a copy of the appointment letter is generally available from your department office.


Third Party Verifier | Outside Organization Employment  & Income Verification Information:

To get started go to The Work Number by Equifax and register to create a user account to get instant online verification reports. Registration is a one-time process and takes just a few minutes online. For Commercial users, all verifications must be obtained from the secure website. For additional assistance, contact The Work Number's customer support team.


For verification of information of campus auxiliary employees, please use the following payroll office contacts:

  • Associated Students: Phone (818) 677-2389, Fax (818) 677-3869
  • The University Corporation: Phone (818) 677-5298, Fax (818) 677-2960
  • University Student Union: Phone (818) 677-6027, Fax (818) 677-5750