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title: How retirement and withholding deductions affect your pay
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/how-retirement-withholding-deductions-pay-1943/
description: 'Federal-employee pay chart: a large table of salaries, retirement deductions and tax withheld by number of dependents.'
section: Collection
---

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# How retirement and withholding deductions affect your pay

Federal-employee pay chart: a large table of salaries, retirement deductions and tax withheld by number of dependents, with an arrow diagram pointing to a withholding exemption certificate, ending 'Keep buying war bonds. Back the Attack!' The technique is faint here; the sheet is mainly a reference table and the bond appeal is a single slogan line at the foot.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
HOW RETIREMENT AND WITHHOLDING DEDUCTIONS AFFECT YOUR PAY
This certificate which you filed tells how much of the exemption you claim and the number of dependents you have.
Your withholding deductions are based on this certificate.
EMPLOYEE'S WITHHOLDING EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE (Collection of Income Tax at Source on Wages) [form text too small to read in full]
Read down to find your STATUS
Read across for the number of DEPENDENTS in each status and then down
SINGLE: -- -- 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
MARRIED, no exemption: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
MARRIED, half the exemption: -- -- 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
MARRIED, all the exemption: -- -- -- -- 0 1 2 3 4 5
HEAD of FAMILY: -- -- -- -- 0-1 2 3 4 5 6
Find your ANNUAL SALARY here then read across
This is your SEMI-MONTHLY PAY
This is your OVER-TIME
TOTAL EARNED
This (5%) is deducted for RETIREMENT
Net before TAX DEDUCTION
600 / 660 / 720: 25.00 / 27.50 / 30.00; 6.25 / 6.87 / 7.50; 31.25 / 34.37 / 37.50; 1.25 / 1.38 / 1.50; 30.00 / 32.99 / 36.00
WITHHELD for taxes 7.00 4.40 1.80 .30 .30 .30 .30 .30 .30 .30
Your PAY, before War Bond deduction 23.00 25.60 28.20 29.70 29.70 29.70 29.70 29.70 29.70 29.70 / 25.99 28.59 31.19 32.69 32.69 32.69 32.69 32.69 32.69 32.69 / 29.00 31.60 34.20 35.70 35.70 35.70 35.70 35.70 35.70 35.70
780 / 840 / 900: 32.50 / 35.00 / 37.50; 8.12 / 8.75 / 9.37; 40.62 / 43.75 / 46.87; 1.63 / 1.75 / 1.88; 38.99 / 42.00 / 44.99
WITHHELD for taxes 9.00 6.40 3.80 1.20 .60 .60 .60 .60 .60 .60
Your PAY, before War Bond deduction 29.99 32.59 35.19 37.79 38.39 38.39 38.39 38.39 38.39 38.39 / 33.00 35.60 38.20 40.80 41.40 41.40 41.40 41.40 41.40 41.40 / 35.99 38.59 41.19 43.79 44.39 44.39 44.39 44.39 44.39 44.39
960 / 1,020 / 1,080 / 1,140: 40.00 / 42.50 / 45.00 / 47.50; 10.00 / 10.62 / 11.25 / 11.87; 50.00 / 53.12 / 56.25 / 59.37; 2.00 / 2.13 / 2.25 / 2.38; 48.00 / 50.99 / 54.00 / 56.99
WITHHELD for taxes 11.00 8.40 5.80 3.20 .90 .90 .90 .90 .90 .90
Your PAY, before War Bond deduction 37.00 39.60 42.20 44.80 47.10 47.10 47.10 47.10 47.10 47.10 / 39.99 42.59 45.19 47.79 50.09 50.09 50.09 50.09 50.09 50.09 / 43.00 45.60 48.20 50.80 53.10 53.10 53.10 53.10 53.10 53.10 / 45.99 48.59 51.19 53.79 56.09 56.09 56.09 56.09 56.09 56.09
1,200 / 1,260 / 1,320 / 1,380 / 1,440 / 1,500 / 1,560: 50.00 / 52.50 / 55.00 / 57.50 / 60.00 / 62.50 / 65.00; 12.50 / 12.50 / 12.50 / 12.50 / 13.00 / 13.54 / 14.08; 62.50 / 65.00 / 67.50 / 70.00 / 73.00 / 76.04 / 79.08; 2.50 / 2.63 / 2.75 / 2.88 / 3.00 / 3.13 / 3.25; 60.00 / 62.37 / 64.75 / 67.12 / 70.00 / 72.91 / 75.83
WITHHELD for taxes 14.00 11.40 8.80 6.20 3.60 1.30 1.30 1.30 1.30 1.30
Your PAY, before War Bond deduction 46.00 48.60 51.20 53.80 56.40 58.70 58.70 58.70 58.70 58.70 / 48.37 50.97 53.57 56.17 58.77 61.07 61.07 61.07 61.07 61.07 / 50.75 53.35 55.95 58.55 61.15 63.45 63.45 63.45 63.45 63.45 / 53.12 55.72 58.32 60.92 63.52 65.82 65.82 65.82 65.82 65.82
1,620 / 1,680 / 1,740 / 1,800 / 1,860 / 1,920: 67.50 / 70.00 / 72.50 / 75.00 / 77.50 / 80.00; 14.62 / 15.16 / 15.70 / 16.25 / 16.79 / 17.33; 82.12 / 85.16 / 88.20 / 91.25 / 94.29 / 97.33; 3.38 / 3.50 / 3.63 / 3.75 / 3.88 / 4.00; 78.74 / 81.66 / 84.57 / 87.50 / 90.41 / 93.33
WITHHELD for taxes 18.00 15.40 12.80 10.20 7.60 5.00 2.40 1.90 1.90 1.90
Your PAY, before War Bond deduction 60.74 63.34 65.94 68.54 71.14 73.74 76.34 76.84 76.84 76.84 / 63.66 66.26 68.86 71.46 74.06 76.66 79.26 79.76 79.76 79.76 / 66.57 69.17 71.77 74.37 76.97 79.57 82.17 82.67 82.67 82.67
[table continues for further salary bands up to 4,600 and is not transcribed here]
KEEP BUYING WAR BONDS
Back the Attack!
[imprint: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943 O - 549611]
```

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