Examples of wage earner in a Sentence
Most wage earners were not affected by the income tax increase.
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The federal earned income tax credit, which has been around for 50 years, is designed to give low-income wage earners a financial lift through the tax system.
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Susan Tompor, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2025
This is not the only good news for the wage earner.
—Eli Amdur, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Layoffs, meanwhile, hit wage earners harder than those with multiple income streams or significant investments.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Here again, rising energy costs were felt more keenly by wage earners than stockbrokers because buying gasoline and heating their homes constitutes a much larger percentage of their take-home pay.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
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Susan Tompor, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2025
This is not the only good news for the wage earner.
—Eli Amdur, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Layoffs, meanwhile, hit wage earners harder than those with multiple income streams or significant investments.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Here again, rising energy costs were felt more keenly by wage earners than stockbrokers because buying gasoline and heating their homes constitutes a much larger percentage of their take-home pay.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
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“Wage earner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wage%20earner. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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