Reading a Pay Stub: Paycheck Math Task Cards, Gross vs Net Pay, Ages 14 to 21

Reading a pay stub for high school life skills, special education, and personal finance: worksheets and task cards on gross vs. net pay.

Students get their first check and ask where the rest of their money went. This pack teaches them to read the stub line by line: hours, rate, gross pay, deductions, and net pay.

**What's inside:**

• Pay stub vocabulary page in plain language

• Parts of a Pay Stub labeled model

• 6 realistic pay stub worksheets (one has a mistake to catch, one has overtime)

• 24 paycheck math task cards with a recording sheet

• Full answer key

• A First Paycheck Plan page

**Great for:**

• Students starting their first job or work experience

• Life skills math and consumer math

• Personal finance units

• Transition and work skills classes

Deduction amounts on the stubs are examples for practice. Real withholding depends on the job, the state, and the worker's W 4.

These pages come from the same work as my book, The Transition Map, a step by step guide to transition planning for families and teachers.

Made by Jeremy D. Gooch, special education teacher and transition coordinator. Drafting and layout had AI assistance; every page was checked by me.