disposable income
Money after taxes
Disposable income is the money remaining after taxes and essential expenses—what you can spend freely or save.
Economists use it more narrowly to mean income after taxes but before discretionary spending.
With more disposable income, people tend to eat out more often.
The term often appears in discussions of consumer spending and economic health.
- salaryFixed periodic employment payment
- wagesPayment for work
- spending moneyCash for incidentals
- fun moneyGuilt-free discretionary allowance
- net earningsRevenue minus all expenses
purchasing power · middle class · discretionary spending · budget constraints · savings rate · take-home pay · consumer behavior · spending power · treat yourself · affluence · financial freedom · rainy day fund · paycheck · wants · taxation · cushion · leisure · budget
- economicssupply and demand, inflation, GDP, GNP, gross domestic product
- money termscash, credit, debt, wages, salary
- personal financesavings, credit, investments, bills, auto insurance
- financial meansmoney, earnings, salary, wages, cash
- incomesalary, earnings, wages, pay, net earnings
- moneydollar, euro, coin, cash, pound
disposable incomefixed costs
Expenses unchanged by output
bills · living expenses · overhead · rent · tax obligations
disposable incomedebt
Money owed another
insolvency · poverty · financial hardship · budget shortfall · living paycheck to paycheck
disposable incomegross income
Earnings before any deductions
gross salary · gross earnings · total compensation · gross pay · taxable income
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