TruWage: Paycheck Checker

Is your paycheck right? TruWage checks your pay stub against federal law and your state's wage law, then shows you exactly what you're owed, line by line. TruWage is an independent app, not a government app.

Made for servers, bartenders, bussers, hosts, cooks, baristas, cashiers and every hourly worker who has looked at a stub and wondered if the numbers add up.

SCAN YOUR PAY STUB IN SECONDS
Take a photo, pick a picture, or import your payroll PDF. TruWage reads your hours, rates, tips, gross pay, net pay and every deduction right on your phone. Nothing is uploaded. No stub handy? Enter your hours and tips week by week.

TEN CHECKS ON EVERY PAYCHECK
• Minimum wage, at the rate in effect for your pay period
• Tip credit and the tipped cash wage
• Overtime, figured the way the law requires for tipped work, including daily overtime in states that have it
• Missed meal and rest break premiums
• Deductions that aren't allowed or push you below minimum wage: uniforms, cash shortages, breakage, card fees
• Tip pools that include managers or owners
• Service charges kept as if they were tips
• Hours on the stub against the hours you worked
• Gross pay math
• Social Security and Medicare withheld on your wages and tips

SEE EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE OWED
Every problem comes with the dollar amount, the rule behind it and its source, so you can follow the math yourself.

A LETTER TO YOUR BOSS, READY TO SEND
TruWage writes a polite letter in English or Spanish that lists each amount and the law behind it. Share it or copy it in one tap.

KNOW YOUR STATE'S PAY RULES
All 50 states and DC: minimum wage, tipped cash wage, overtime, breaks, deductions, tip pools, and where to file a wage claim if it comes to that. Every rule links to its source and shows the date it was last checked. When a law changes, the rules update in the app on their own.

EVERY PAYCHECK ON RECORD
Save your checks and see what you were shorted this year, by employer. Two jobs? Each one keeps its own rate and state. Turn on a payday reminder so no stub goes unchecked.

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
No account needed. Your pay stub is read on your phone and never uploaded. Saved checks stay on your phone unless you choose to back them up.

WORKS WITH CASHOUT
Track your shifts and tips in Cashout? Import a pay period's hours and tips in one tap.

EN ESPAÑOL
The whole app, the letter and the state rules are also in Spanish.

OFFICIAL SOURCES
TruWage's rules come from federal and state law, and every rule in the app links to the law or agency page it comes from. The main official sources, from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the IRS:
• State minimum wage laws (DOL): https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/minimum-wage/state
• Minimum wages for tipped employees (DOL): https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/state/minimum-wage/tipped
• Overtime pay (DOL): https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/overtime
• Fact Sheet #15, tipped employees (DOL): https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/fact-sheets/15-tipped-employees-flsa
• Tip recordkeeping and reporting (IRS): https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/tip-recordkeeping-and-reporting
• State labor offices for all 50 states and DC (DOL): https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/state/contacts
• How to file a wage complaint (DOL): https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/contact/complaints

NOT A GOVERNMENT APP
TruWage is an independent app made by NorseHorse. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or acting for the U.S. Department of Labor, the IRS, or any state or local government agency, and it can't file a claim for you. TruWage is a calculator, not legal advice. Rules change and every situation is different.