Paychecks: Using Your Money Wisely Chapter 2
Calculating Earnings Wage- is a dollar amount per hour that you get paid for doing work Gross Pay- total amount of earnings before deductions Gross pay is also known as gross earnings or gross wages Gross Pay= Hourly Wage x Hours Worked Example 2-1
Time Card- record of time you start work, time you leave and breaks you take 40 hours a week is considered a standard work week Overtime- amount paid for working additional hours beyond the standard workweek. OT= hourly wage is 1.5 x hourly rate Hourly Wage x Overtime Hourly Wage Example 2-2,2-3 & 2-4
Salary- set amount of money paid to someone in exchange for work Can be paid weekly, biweekly(every other week), semimonthly(twice a month), or once a month Examples 2-5 & 2-6 Deductions- amounts subtracted from your gross pay
Federal income taxes- taxes on income that are collected by the U.S. Government Allowances- conditions for which you qualify, that will lower the amount of income taxes withheld from your pay Social Security- social insurance program ran by US Medicare- National health insurance program ran by US State Income taxes- taxes on income collected by a state government Local Income taxes- taxes paid to a local government, county or city Gross Pay x Tax Rate= Tax Example 2-10 &2-11
Net pay- gross pay minus all deductions Gross pay-total deductions = net pay Example 2-12 Direct Deposit- transfer of money to checking or savings account Insurance- protection against loss that may occur in certain Retirement account- savings account specifically set up for your later years Contributions- or donating to charity or other causes