Once an employee is onboarded, configure them as a salaried employee from the Payroll Draft page. You do not need to run payroll immediately, but you must access the draft page to complete the configuration.
Click on Add Employee.
Select the Employee.
Under Earning Rates, select Salaried and add a description.
In Earning Rate, select + New Earning Rate
Add your earning rate/salary information and click Create Pay Rate.
Add your total hours for the pay period. If ready, finish running payroll.
Next time, you will only have to add the total hours when running payroll