Suppose you are single and work for a company that pays you $24/hour for all regular hours and time-and-a-half for any weekly hours exceeding 40 hours. In a typical workweek , you work 44 hours. Assume you are paid biweekly. Find the following for each biweekly pay. The tax year does not matter.

1)Gross Wages

2)FICA

3)Medicare

4)SDI

5)State Tax (3.1%)

6)Local Tax (1.2%)

7)Federal Withholding (Assume 2 withholding allowances, use percentage method.)

8)Net earnings to the nearest penny.

9)What percent of gross is taken away for deductions? Write your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.