as in salary
often wages plural
the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services
the wage you earn is more than enough to support us comfortably
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To be sure, the job market is far from the supercharged hiring during the pandemic, when employers sought to add workers while also struggling with labor market shortages, which caused wages to spike.
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Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 19 Sep. 2024
This served as the basis for the production to avoid protections related to minimum and overtime wages, mandatory meal breaks and worker compensation benefits, among other things, the lawsuit says.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Sep. 2024
Zoom in: Miami has struggled with an ongoing housing affordability crisis in recent years, even as wages have grown at a pace slightly above the national average.
—Alex Fitzpatrick, Axios, 18 Sep. 2024
Capone told me by email that many of these locations are either major urban centers themselves or are closely connected to them which could mean both higher entry-level wages but also a higher cost of living.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2024
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Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 19 Sep. 2024
This served as the basis for the production to avoid protections related to minimum and overtime wages, mandatory meal breaks and worker compensation benefits, among other things, the lawsuit says.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Sep. 2024
Zoom in: Miami has struggled with an ongoing housing affordability crisis in recent years, even as wages have grown at a pace slightly above the national average.
—Alex Fitzpatrick, Axios, 18 Sep. 2024
Capone told me by email that many of these locations are either major urban centers themselves or are closely connected to them which could mean both higher entry-level wages but also a higher cost of living.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2024
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“Wage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wage. Accessed 29 Sep. 2024.
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