Covered Earnings

  

You make 10 bucks on an odd job. Rather than spend it, you put it on a plate, top it with cheese and bacon, and put it in the oven. Boom: covered earnings!

Really, covered earnings refer to the amount of an employee’s pay that goes toward his retirement plan. Government officials from the Social Security Administration use this amount of money to determine a person’s individual Social Security benefits.

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