take-home pay

noun

ˈtāk-ˌhōm- 

: income remaining from salary or wages after deductions (as for income-tax withholding)

Examples of take-home pay in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Cook described living off pinto beans and cornbread to make her money stretch, her take-home pay of $882 as a single mom barely covering her car note and rent. —Preston Fore, Fortune, 10 July 2025

Linda Jensen, founder of Heart Financial Group & Increase Business Profits, notes that provisions like eliminating federal income taxes on tips and overtime could increase take-home pay for younger workers, allowing more flexibility to contribute to Roth IRAs, HSAs, or other long-term vehicles. —Alejandra Rojas, Forbes.com, 5 July 2025

That’s because if workers’ take-home pay increases because of a tax cut, employers wouldn’t need to provide tipped workers a higher base-line wage. —Abdallah Fayyad, Vox, 21 May 2025

For example, my company continuously calculates take-home pay, taxes, health care premiums, retirement contributions, and other withholdings for our customers and their employees, regardless of the duration between pay cycles. —Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1942, in the meaning defined above

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Kids Definition

take-home pay

noun

ˌtāk-ˌhōm-

: the part of one's salary or wages remaining after deductions (as of income tax payments or union dues)