Reading Pay Stubs | Functional Reading & Money Skills
by Vocational skills and more © 2026
Price: $2.5 USD
Subjects: money,specialed,responsibleDecisionMaking,activitiesOfDailyLiving
Grades: 0
Description
Help students build practical functional reading and money skills by learning how to read and understand a pay stub! This 21-card Boom Cards deck provides age-respectful practice locating, interpreting, and using important information found on pay stubs. Students begin by learning the basic parts of a pay stub and progress to real-world situations involving earnings, deductions, hours worked, pay rates, and take-home pay. Students practice skills including: Understanding what a pay stub is Identifying gross pay, deductions, and net pay Finding hours worked Locating an hourly pay rate Finding gross pay Identifying individual and total deductions Finding net or take-home pay Reading pay periods and pay dates Comparing gross pay and net pay Identifying information about taxes and other deductions Checking hours and pay rates for accuracy Determining which amount would be received or deposited Using pay-stub information to solve real-world workplace problems Realistic pay-stub images give students meaningful practice reading the types of information they may encounter when earning and managing their own money. Great for special education, functional academics, life skills, transition programs, vocational instruction, job readiness, and financial literacy. 21 self-checking Boom Cards