Payroll - WikipediaComponents[edit] Gross pay[edit] Gross pay, also known as gross income, is the total payment that an employee earns before any deductions or taxes are taken out.[5] For employees that are hourly, gross pay is calculated when the rate of hourly pay is multiplied by the total number of regular hours worked. If the employee has overtime hours, these are multiplied by the overtime rate of pay, and the
