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Paycheck notes
How an hourly wage becomes a take-home number, and where a simple estimate stops.
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October 20, 2026
From an hourly wage to take-home pay
What happens between the hours on a timesheet and the amount that lands in the account.
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October 20, 2026
How overtime changes a paycheck
Time-and-a-half raises the gross check, and it also raises the tax estimate.
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October 20, 2026
Federal income tax and FICA on a 2026 paycheck
Why Social Security and Medicare are not the same thing as income tax.
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October 20, 2026
A Pennsylvania paycheck, including Philadelphia
The state tax is flat. The city wage tax is separate, and a 401(k) does not erase either one.
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October 20, 2026
What a paycheck estimate leaves out
The gaps that make a careful estimate different from a payroll department.