Rhonda Brennan found her first job after graduating from college through the classifieds of the Miami Herald. She was delighted when the offer came through at $31.00 per hour. She completed her W-4 stating that she is married with a child and claims an allowance of 3. Her company will pay her biweekly for 80 hours (assume a tax rate of 6.2% on $110,100 for Social Security and 1.45% for Medicare).

Calculate her take home pay for her first check. Using the following tables:

TABLE 7.1 Payroll Period One Withholding Percentage method income tax withholding allowances Allowance Weekly Biweekly $73.08 146.15 158.33 316.67 950.00 1,900.00 3,800.00 Daily or miscellaneous (each day of the payroll period) 14.62