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  "name": "How do you calculate biweekly take-home pay from a salary?",
  "description": "Divide the salary by 26, then subtract per-check taxes. A $60,000 salary is $2,307.69 gross per biweekly check; after about $290 federal tax, $176 FICA, and state tax, take-home is roughly $1,840 in a no-tax state.",
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    "question": "How do you calculate biweekly take-home pay from a salary?",
    "shortAnswer": "Divide the salary by 26, then subtract per-check taxes. A $60,000 salary is $2,307.69 gross per biweekly check; after about $290 federal tax, $176 FICA, and state tax, take-home is roughly $1,840 in a no-tax state.",
    "tableTitle": "Biweekly breakdown of a $60,000 salary, single, no state tax (2025)",
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      "Annual"
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      {
        "label": "Gross ($60,000 ÷ 26)",
        "value": "$2,307.69",
        "note": "$60,000"
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      {
        "label": "Federal income tax",
        "value": "−$263.46",
        "note": "$6,850"
      },
      {
        "label": "FICA (7.65%)",
        "value": "−$176.54",
        "note": "$4,590"
      },
      {
        "label": "Take-home",
        "value": "$1,867.69",
        "note": "$48,560 (81%)"
      }
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    "context": "Biweekly (26 checks) and semimonthly (24 checks) are easy to confuse: the same $60,000 pays $2,307.69 biweekly but $2,500 semimonthly. Biweekly also produces two 'extra' checks a year — the two months with three paydays — which are useful for debt payoff or savings goals. Budget monthly from the semimonthly-equivalent ($5,000 gross/month here) so the third-check months feel like a bonus.",
    "methodology": "26 biweekly periods per year. Federal tax from 2025 single brackets with $15,000 standard deduction; FICA 7.65% of gross. State tax and benefit deductions excluded.",
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