pay rate

noun

: the amount of money workers are paid per hour, week, etc.

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The pay rate is $200 for 12 hours of work each day. Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Dec. 2025 Welton’s final pay rate during the 2024 session was $16 an hour, Day said. Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 31 Oct. 2025 The union is proposing that the pay rate for monolingual social service workers be increased by 3.17% to bring them in line with their bilingual counterparts. Richard Halstead, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025 Employees affected will receive a payment at each employee’s regular pay rate for the period between Friday and Sept. 9, the report states. Charlotte Observer, 14 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for pay rate

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“Pay rate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pay%20rate. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.

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