The meme shows two people seated side by side in a restaurant booth. On the left is a polished, glamorous woman in a black outfit labeled “Gross Pay,” while on the right is a much plainer, tired-looking person in a white T-shirt labeled “Net Income.”
The bold white captions sit across the bottom of the image, turning the two contrasting appearances into a visual comparison between how a paycheck looks before deductions and how it feels after everything is taken out.