Vocab
Email Etiquette
Gross Pay
Net Pay
Deductions
100

The total amount you earn before any deductions are subtracted.

What is gross pay?

100

The title of your email

What is a Subject line?

100

Annual salary: $40,000

Find the monthly pay.

What is $3,333.33?

100

This is what you give employees with their paycheck to outline the details of how much was earned in gross pay and what deductions were made.

What is a paystub?

100

How much Federal tax would someone with 1 withholding allowance earning $340 pay?

What is $27?

200

The knowledge and skills acquired from working in a career field.

What is experience?

200

This is what could happen if an email is not formatted correctly.

What is: Confusion, No Response, Negative Feedback, Different Way of Perception, Deletion, SPAM folder

200

Hours worked: 40

Regular rate of pay: $15.25

Find the Gross Pay. 

What is $610?

200

The percentage of gross pay withheld for Social Security

What is 6.2%?

200

Gross pay: 400

Find the amount of Social Security & Medicare tax owed based on the gross pay.

What is S:$24.80  M:$5.80?

300

A tool that provides information about you to a potential employer.

What is a resume?

300

A block of text at the end of a message that includes professional contact details and company branding.

What is an email signature?

300

Hours worked: 46

Regular rate of pay: $20.45

Find the Gross Pay.

What is $1,002.05?

300

The percentage of gross pay withheld for Medicare tax

What is 1.45%?

300

Gross pay: $529

Find the amount of Medicare tax owed based on the gross pay.

What is $7.67?

400

An exemption that reduces how much income tax an employer deducts from an employee's paycheck.

What is a withholding allowance?

400

This is when you send the message to more than one person, but they will not know who else received the message

What is a BCC?

400

Annual salary: $25,927

Find the biweekly pay.

What is $997.19?

400

These four deductions are mandatory to pay.


What are: Federal, State, Social Security, and Medicare taxes?

400

How much Federal & State tax would a single person with 2 withholding allowances earning $235 pay?

What is F:$5  S:$7

500

A written document outlining the applicant's credentials and interest in the open position

What is a cover letter?

500

The components of a professional email

What is: Header, Subject, Greeting, Body, Closing, and Final Check?

500

Hours worked: 52

Overtime rate: $19

Find the Gross Pay.

What is $734.67?

500

This is the IRS document you complete for your employer to determine how much should be withheld from your paycheck for federal income taxes and sent to the IRS.

What is a W-4 form?

500

How much Federal & State tax would a married person with 2 withholding allowances earning $360 pay?

What is F:$20  S:$12