Job Vocabulary

Occupation

• A home or house

• A job or career someone has

• A vacation

• A type of school

Position

• The specific type of job you might be doing.

• A way a person walks.

• A place of employment.

• Somewhere people go to learn.

Employee

• A boss at a company

• A workplace

• A person working for a company

• A person who stays at home

Part - Time

• Working 40+ hours per week.

• Working at multiple different places.

• Working only part of the day or week.

• Going to school and working at the same time.

Full - time

• Working only a few hours per week.

• Being a student and working at the same time.

• Staying at home all day.

• Working 40+ hours per week.

W2

• World War II

• A person that specializes in placing people at worksites.

• A boss or manager at work.

• A paper form that shows how much you made and paid in taxes.

W4

• A paper form that helps your boss know how much taxes to hold from your paycheck.

• World War IV

• A person who specializes in placing you at a worksite.

• A computer system that tracks the about of hours you work each week.

Gross Pay

• Dirty money.

• The amount of money you get to spend.

• Money that you have to give to your boss or employer.

• How much money you make BEFORE taxes.

Net Pay

• The amount of money you bring home AFTER taxes are taken out.

• Money that you catch in a net when fishing.

• Paying someone to do your taxes for you.

• Money that you give away to the poor.

Insurance

• The taxes that you have to pay each year.

• Money that you pay each month for things like doctor visits, cars, and your life.

• Paperwork that a job gives you so you can see how much money you have to pay in taxes.

• A paycheck.