wage income
Money from work
Wage income is money earned through employment—compensation for labor performed, typically paid as hourly wages or annual salary.
The term appears most often in tax and economic contexts, where it contrasts with other income types like investment returns, rental income, or capital gains: Most Americans rely primarily on wage income.
Also called earned income.
- salaryFixed periodic employment payment
- paycheckCompensation for labor
- pay stubEarnings and deductions summary
- earningsMoney gained from work
- hourlyOnce each sixty minutes
hourly rate · overtime · time and a half · minimum · fair pay · livelihood · paycheck to paycheck · tax bracket · withholding · payday · direct deposit · gross · net · biweekly · timecard · breadwinner · labor · sweat
wage incomeinvestment income
Earnings from deployed capital
capital gains · passive income · dividend income · investment returns · unearned income
wage incomeexpenses
Money spent on things
expenditure · outgoings · cost of living · taxes · spending