Paycheck & Everyday Money

Paycheck calculators for U.S. workers: what a week of hours, overtime, tips or commission actually pays, what a garnishment order or a bigger 401(k) percentage takes out before you ever see it, what a job ending is worth in unused PTO, severance and unemployment, and which of two offers really pays more once the match and the premiums are counted. Alongside them, the everyday math that surrounds a paycheck — the tip, the sale price, the price per ounce, the tank of gas, whether the membership pays for itself — and what it costs to move a package, a payment or a career across a border.