Payroll Formulas

I need to set up a retirement calculation in payroll formulas that ties to the hourly rate.  I cannot find the identifier I would use to include the hourly rate in the formula.  The customer service reps are no help and told me I needed to hire a consultant.  This seems pretty simple to me!  I've tried everything I can think of - "hourly_pay_rate", "hourly_rate", etc.....but nothing is recognized.  Any ideas?