Can anyone please tell me what is premium wages paid?

Hello, marianne4. 

Let me share some details information about premium wages paid. 

The premiums wages are the worker's compensation insurance. This is where you get the exact premium cost of your workers’ comp policy calculated based on your actual payroll data. 

To learn more about it, please check out this article: Understand workers’ compensation insurance. 

Additionally, you might want to check this article for some links about the payroll tasks in QuickBooks Online: QuickBooks Payroll help article hub. 

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