OVERVIEW 

If your job pays $8 an hour and you work 20 hours, your paycheck will be $160, right? The reality is, what you earn is not the same as what you actually receive to spend as you wish. After taxes and other items are deducted from your paycheck, you will have less money in hand to save, spend, or invest. 

In this lesson you will investigate factors that impact your take-home pay and learn about choices you have to make the most of your hard-earned money.