A pay stub is a pay statement of an employee that contain the details of each pay period’s wages. It typically includes the following information:
- Beginning and end dates of the pay period
- Total gross earnings (pay before deductions)
- Net pay (pay after deductions)
- Federal taxes withheld
- State taxes withheld
- Local taxes withheld
- Deductions, including Insurance, Medicare, Social Security
- Wage garnishments (such as child support)
- Total deductions
- Year-to-date payroll earnings
- A total number of hours worked for hourly workers and different types of hours worked, including regular, overtime, break time, double-time, etc.
- Pay rate
