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
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Issuer not named (U.S. Government Printing Office imprint; withholding form of U.S. Treasury Department)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Mixed
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Fundraise
- Themes
- Economy and finance, Home front
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
Issuer not named (U.S. Government Printing Office imprint; withholding form of U.S. Treasury Department). National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1015 (NAID 514541).
Text on the object
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]
