精选薪水方面的英语词汇

Pay check

An official form issued by a company which canbe cashed at designated financial institutions.

Pay stub

Basically a receipt for record-keeping. Identifies all of the items and amounts used incalculating the final amount of the pay check.

Pay period

The time covered between pay checks. Can be daily (rare), weekly,monthly, bi-weekly (every2 weeks), or bi-monthly (twice a month, usually in the middle and end of the month).

Pay rate

An agreed amount that the company pays per unit of time worked or unit of work done.

Gross

The base employee income for a specified period, based on pay rate. Can be:

Salary (a fixed amount, daily/weekly/monthly, which is adjusted

based on number of days worked/not worked)

Wage (an hourly rate adjusted for the number of hours worked)

Piece (a certain amount for each unit of work done)

The gross income can also be adjusted for items such as commissions and bonuses.

Commissions

Money earned on a regular basis based on previous sales made.

Bonuses

Money paid by the company for various reasons, such as meeting objectives, productivityincentives, special events (e.g. Xmas), etc.

Deductions

Deductions are amounts retained by the company from your gross amount.

They are also commonly referred to as deductions at source. Some of the more commondeductions are:

Income tax (federal, state(U.S.) or provincial(Canada), municipal in some locations)

Pension (employee contributions for retirement. A common plan in the United States is the401K plan).

Medical (to pay for medical insurance. This is more common in America. In Canada, everycitizen is already covered by a global plan called Medicare, so the company plan most commonlyfound there is for dental care, which isn't covered by Medicare)

Charity (donations made to a charity of the employee's choice)

Net

The amount left after all deductions have been made from the gross income.

This is what you finally get to put in your pocket!

Raise

Adjustment of pay rate, usually based on performance, cost of living, or promotion.

Direct deposit

Electronic transfer of your net amount to a bank.