What Comes Out of a First Payslip
Gross pay is the rate times the hours. Net pay is what lands after income tax, national insurance, and any pension. Read a payslip line by line and check it against the hours you worked.
What a learner can do afterwards
- Work out gross pay from an hourly rate and hours, then explain each deduction between gross and net
- Check a payslip against their own record of hours and say what to do when the two do not match
- Explain why two people on the same hourly rate can take home different amounts
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Gross pay is what you earn before anything is taken out. Multiply your hourly rate by your hours. At 15 an hour for 20 hours, your gross pay is 300.
Net pay is what lands in your account after deductions. Deductions usually include income tax, National Insurance, and sometimes a pension. Read the slip line by line, with gross at the top and net at the bottom.
Noah earns 11 an hour and works 20 hours, so his gross pay is 220. Then 15 comes off for income tax, leaving 205, and 8 comes off for National Insurance. His net pay for the week is 197.
Two people on the same rate can take home different amounts, since a pension or a tax code changes the deductions. Keep your own record of hours, and if the slip disagrees, show your record to payroll and ask for a fix.
Multiply rate by hours for gross, subtract each deduction for net, and check the slip against your own hours.
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