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Human Resources vocabulary · Pay, Payroll & Benefits

Gross pay

Meaning in human resources, with examples

nounCore term

In human resources, gross pay means: The total amount an employee earns before tax, social security and other deductions are taken off.

In Turkish: brüt ücret, brüt maaş

How it is used

Shown at the top of a payslip. In the UK and US, the salaries in job ads and contracts are normally gross figures. Also called gross salary or gross earnings.

Example sentences

  1. Your gross pay this month includes the overtime you worked in March.

  2. The contract states gross pay of €52,000 per year.

Common collocations

  • gross monthly pay
  • gross annual salary
  • gross earnings
  • gross to net
  • net payThe amount an employee actually receives in their bank account after tax and all other deductions have been taken off.
  • deductionAn amount of money taken from an employee's pay before they receive it, for example income tax, social security, pension or union fees.
  • payslipA document given to an employee each pay period that shows their gross pay, deductions such as tax, and their final net pay.
  • salaryA fixed amount of money that an employee is paid for their work, agreed as a yearly figure and usually paid every month.

This word in other fields

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