gross wages
Pay before withholdings
Gross wages are total earnings before any deductions.
This is the full amount an employer pays for work performed—hourly wages, salary, overtime, bonuses, commissions—before taxes, insurance premiums, retirement contributions, or other withholdings are subtracted.
Her gross wages were $4,200 per month, but after deductions she took home about $3,100.
Contrast with net wages, which is what actually reaches your pocket.
- earningsMoney gained from work
- salaryFixed periodic employment payment
- incomeRegular monetary receipts
- paycheckCompensation for labor
- pretaxBefore levies apply
deductions · total compensation · hourly rate · overtime · time and a half · base pay · pay rate · withholding · taxable income · pay stub · biweekly · year to date · annual salary · take-home · payroll · W-2 · employer · time card
- incomesalary, earnings, income, pay, net earnings
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Earnings after withholdings
take-home pay · net income · net earnings · net salary · disposable income
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