noun
gross salary
grohss SAL-uh-ree
Gross salary (noun) means the total amount an employer agrees to pay an employee before any tax, pension contributions or other deductions are taken off. Example: “The advert quotes a gross salary of £42,000, so take-home will be considerably less.”
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The total amount an employer agrees to pay an employee before any tax, pension contributions or other deductions are taken off.
"The advert quotes a gross salary of £42,000, so take-home will be considerably less."
"Your mortgage affordability is calculated on gross salary, not what lands in your account."
How to use gross salary
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishYour pay before tax and deductions come out.
When to use it
Standard in payroll, recruitment and lending. Advertised salaries and contracts are quoted gross by default in the UK and US.
Memory tip
When someone asks what you earn, the expected answer is the gross figure — that is what job adverts and contracts state.
Easily confused with
gross salary vs. net salary
gross salary vs. total compensation
gross vs. CTC
Common pairings
annual gross salary
gross salary vs. net
gross monthly salary
based on gross salary
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The advert quotes a _____ of £42,000, so take-home will be considerably less.
Synonyms
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net salary
take-home pay
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What is the difference between gross salary and net salary?
Gross salary is the full contracted figure before anything is removed. Net salary, or take-home pay, is what actually reaches your bank account after income tax, national insurance or social security, pension contributions and any student loan or benefit deductions.
Does gross salary include bonuses?
Your gross salary is normally the fixed base figure only. Bonuses, overtime and commission are additional gross earnings and are usually quoted separately — total gross pay for a year covers all of them, which is why a payslip's year-to-date figure can exceed your stated salary.
What is the meaning of gross salary?
"gross salary" (noun) means the total amount an employer agrees to pay an employee before any tax, pension contributions or other deductions are taken off.
What is another word for gross salary?
Other words for "gross salary" include gross pay, gross income, pre-tax salary, headline salary.
