Payroll July 16, 2025
5 Signs You’ve Been ‘Ghost Promoted’
A business expert lists telltale signs of “ghost promotions” where employees receive title upgrades without real advancement or higher compensation.
Payroll June 26, 2025
A Quarter of Americans Say They Need to Make $150,000 or More to Live Comfortably
As high prices, tariffs and economic uncertainty reignite concerns of a recession, the majority of U.S. adults (77%) say they aren’t completely financially secure, according to Bankrate’s new Financial Freedom Survey.
Payroll June 26, 2025
States With the Highest and Lowest Take-Home Pay for a $100,000 Salary
The personal finance website GoBankingRates analyzed state and federal data from the Tax Foundation for 2024 to assess what a $100,000 income looks like in each state.
Payroll April 22, 2025
What Salary Do You Need to Be Considered Upper-Middle Class in Your State?
GOBankingRates was able to determine what the upper-middle-class income ranges look like in every state by sourcing each state’s median household income from the 2023 American Community Survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Payroll April 21, 2025
Want to Take Home $100K After Taxes? Here’s How Much You Need to Earn
A study by GoBankingRates found that nationally the average person needed to earn $130,000 to take home $100,000 after factoring in federal and state income taxes.
February 25, 2025
Survey Shows Adults Who Learned Financial Literacy as a Kid are More Likely to Get Raises
People who grew up with a strong financial education were more likely than others to successfully negotiate their pay later in life once they started their careers.