Pay check

　　An official form issued by a company which can be cashed at designated financial institutions.

　　工資支票

　　公司簽發的、能夠在指定金融機構兌現的支票

　　Pay stub

　　Basically a receipt for record-keeping. Identifies all of the items and amounts used in calculating the final amount of the pay check.

　　工資存根

　　存檔的收據。用來核算簽發的支票金額和應付的相關項目金額。

　　Pay period

　　The time covered between pay checks. Can be daily (rare), weekly,monthly, bi-weekly (every 2 weeks), or bi-monthly (twice a month, usually in the middle and end of the month).

　　工資周期

　　兩次發工資間隔的時間。可以是每天(極少)，每周，每月，雙周，半月(每月兩次，通常在月中和月末，bi-monthly本意是雙月的意思，而實際上是指一月兩次，人們將錯就錯)。

　　Pay rate

　　An agreed amount that the company pays per unit of time worked or unit of work done.

　　工資標準

　　公司按雙方商定的支付標準，以計時或計件的方式支付員工工資。

        Gross

　　The base employee income for a specified period, based on pay rate. Can be:

　　總額

　　根據一定的工資標準，員工在一定時期內的基本收入可以是：

　　Salary (a fixed amount, daily/weekly/monthly, which is adjusted

　　based on number of days worked/not worked)

　　薪水(每日/每周/每月固定的數額，根據工作日數作調整)

　　Wage (an hourly rate adjusted for the number of hours worked)

　　時薪(根據工作時數作調整的每小時工資標準)

　　Piece (a certain amount for each unit of work done)

　　The gross income can also be adjusted for items such as commissions and bonuses.

　　計件工資(對每件完成的工作支付的金額)　　工資總額還可以根據傭金和獎金作調整。

　　Commissions

　　Money earned on a regular basis based on previous sales made.

　　根據以往的銷售業績，定期發的錢。

        Bonuses

　　Money paid by the company for various reasons, such as meeting objectives, productivity incentives, special events (e.g. Xmas), etc.

　　獎金

　　公司根據不同原因支付的錢，如完成任務，激勵員工提高生產力，特殊節日(如圣誕節)，等等。

　　Deductions

　　Deductions are amounts retained by the company from your gross amount.

　　They are also commonly referred to as deductions at source. Some of the more common deductions are:

　　扣除

　　扣除費用是公司從你的工資總額中保留的部分。通常也被稱為從源頭上扣除(直接從工資中扣除)。一些常見的扣除費用有：

　　Income tax (federal, state(U.S.) or provincial(Canada), municipal in some locations)

　　個人所得稅(聯邦，州(美國)或省(加拿大)，一些自治市或自治區)

　　Pension (employee contributions for retirement. A common plan in the United States is the 401K plan).

　　養老金(為退休后做的準備金。在美國常見的是401K計劃)

        Medical (to pay for medical insurance. This is more common in America. In Canada, every citizen is already covered by a global plan called Medicare, so the company plan most commonly found there is for dental care, which isn't covered by Medicare)

　　醫療保險(為醫療保險所付的錢。這在美國更普通。在加拿大每一個公民都參加一個被稱為醫療保健的全球計劃，所以公司的醫療計劃通常只是為醫療保健不覆蓋的牙科)

　　Charity (donations made to a charity of the employee's choice)

　　慈善資金(根據員工自愿捐助的慈善基金)

　　Net

　　The amount left after all deductions have been made from the gross income.

　　This is what you finally get to put in your pocket!

　　凈工資

　　從總工資中扣除所有項目后剩余的數額。這是你最終能放入錢包中的錢。

　　Raise

　　Adjustment of pay rate, usually based on performance, cost of living, or promotion.

　　加薪

　　工資標準的調整，通常是根據工作表現，生活費用，和升職

　　Direct deposit

　　Electronic transfer of your net amount to a bank.

　　直接存入銀行

　　將你的凈工資直接轉入銀行。