Hi,

I am in Australia so not sure if it is relevant for you, but this is how I handle my payroll bank transaction.

When I do a pay run, QBO automatically does the journal entries for this transaction.  It debits the Wage Expenses account and credits the Payroll Clearing account.

Therefore when I am in the bank feed, I put the wages amount I paid as a transfer to the Payroll clearing account.  This should balance out the Payroll clearing account.

You can check what account your version uses by going to Chart of Accounts.

Hope that helps.