pay stub
noun
variants
or less commonly paystub
plural pay stubs also paystubs
US
: a piece of paper or a digital record that is given to an employee with each paycheck and that shows the amount of money that the employee earned and the amount that was removed for taxes, insurance costs, etc.
When a student gets their first job, one thing they need to learn early on is how to read and understand their pay stub …—
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Gather your pay stubs and your bills to dig into the details.
—Sharon Epperson, CNBC, 8 July 2025
Half a dozen former Commerce Department employees at NOAA and at the CHIPS for America program told NPR that even their final pay stubs from the pay period ending April 19 show a deduction for their health care premiums.
—Andrea Hsu, NPR, 4 June 2025
Work at a job, and your pay stub reports how much was deducted for payroll taxes.
—Jeff Sovern, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2025
Employers must now include specific details on all employee pay stubs.
—Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
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Sharon Epperson, CNBC, 8 July 2025
Half a dozen former Commerce Department employees at NOAA and at the CHIPS for America program told NPR that even their final pay stubs from the pay period ending April 19 show a deduction for their health care premiums.
—Andrea Hsu, NPR, 4 June 2025
Work at a job, and your pay stub reports how much was deducted for payroll taxes.
—Jeff Sovern, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2025
Employers must now include specific details on all employee pay stubs.
—Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pay stub
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“Pay stub.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pay%20stub. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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