pay packet
noun1
A sealed envelope containing a person's wages.
- These were confusing times for all railwaymen, said Dr. Beeching in a message to B.R. staff, enclosed in their pay packets one week in July.1962 September, “Talking of Trains: Cold comfort with the cash”, in Modern Railways, page 152:
2
Broadly, Idiomatic The amount a person earns from employment.