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In this case, your income before deductions would be roughly $142,000 — your $108,000 salary plus your $34,000 of taxable Social Security — before adding any taxable pension or IRA income.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

She took Social Security at 62 and receives about $1,500 a month before deductions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2024

So far, 1,176 claims, or about one-third of all applications, have been approved for payouts worth $800 million before deductions to pay lawyers, Medicare and other liens.

From New York Times ● Aug. 25, 2020

Someone who works a forty-hour week and earns $7.25 an hour receives an annual wage of fifteen thousand and eighty dollars, before deductions for Social Security and Medicare.

From The New Yorker ● May 21, 2015

If he sells it five years from now, the price must be $81 million before deductions for him merely to break even.

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