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Free printable paycheck budget worksheet

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What's included

  • Pay date, next pay date and take-home amount
  • Bills due before the next paycheck (10 rows)
  • Spending, savings, sinking funds and extra debt
  • Left-to-assign total
  • US Letter and A4 PDFs

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If you're paid every week or two, a monthly budget can hide the real problem: which paycheck has to cover which bill. This free paycheck budget worksheet plans one check at a time: the bills due before your next payday, spending until then, savings and debt, and the number that matters, what's left to assign.

New to this method? Read our step-by-step guide to budgeting by paycheck, with a worked example.

How to print and use it

  1. Print one sheet per paycheck.
  2. Enter your take-home pay and the date of your next check.
  3. List only the bills due before that next check.
  4. Plan spending and savings, then make the left-to-assign number zero.

Printing tips: use "actual size" (100%) and see our guide to printing at home for paper weights.

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Frequently asked questions

Is there a spreadsheet version?

Our paid Paycheck Budget Planner spreadsheet does the sorting for you in Google Sheets and Excel, assigning every bill to the right paycheck automatically.

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