Money Basics: Budgeting, Credit, Saving and Investing from Zero
Unit 2 · Lesson 1

From $18 an Hour to What Actually Lands in Your Account

You will read a pay stub line by line and work out take-home pay from an hourly rate or a yearly salary by subtracting income tax, payroll tax, insurance and retirement deductions from gross pay.
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