(そうしきゅうがく)

そうしきゅうがく
noun
gross pay; total amount paid before deductions
formalbusinessmoneywork
1. gross pay; total payment before deductions
The full amount of a salary or bonus before tax and insurance are taken out. It appears at the top of a Japanese pay slip, with 手取(てど)り (take-home pay) shown at the bottom.
総支給額(そうしきゅうがく)確認(かくにん)する
I check the gross pay amount.
総支給額(そうしきゅうがく)から税金(ぜいきん)()かれる
Taxes are deducted from the gross pay.
My gross pay went up, but insurance premiums rose, so my take-home pay barely changed.

(そう) (total) + 支給(しきゅう) (payment, provision) + (がく) (amount). A pay-slip term rather than a conversational one.

Pay slip vocabulary

  • 総支給額(そうしきゅうがく): gross pay
  • 控除(こうじょ): deductions (tax, pension, insurance)
  • 差引支給額(さしひきしきゅうがく): net pay (the line labelled on the slip)
  • 手取(てど): take-home pay (the everyday spoken word)

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