Parts of a Paycheck Stub

What is usually at the top of a pay stub?

• gross earnings

• deductions

• company information and the employee's information.

What type of information would you find on a pay stub about an employee?

• Employee Name

• Social Security #

• Employee ID #

• All of the above

• None of the above

What is a length of time over which the employee time worked is recorded and paid?

• deductions

• pay date

• pay period

When the pay stub attached to the paycheck is distributed to the employee to deposit into their bank, this is on the:

• deduction

• pay date

• pay period

The main portion of a pay stub is where the rate is multiplied by the number of hours worked, to give you the:

• gross wages

• deductions

• social security #

The total calculation for gross wages is under current pay or total.

• True

• False

If an employee worked _______, you will see another calculation with a pay rate that is one and one-half (1.5) times their regular working hour rate of pay.

• overtime

• salary

• commission

________ are amounts withheld by the employer, from an employee's paycheck.

• overtime

• pay date

• deductions

Wages withheld are usually used for insurance pension contributions, wage assignments, child support payments, taxes, and union and uniform dues.

• True

• False

Deductions are subtracted from the current pay, to give you the _______.

• net pay

• year to date (YTD) net pay

• commission