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the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services
signed a contract for a new job with a salary of $60,000 per year
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Other key findings from the survey include: Job hoppers saw a 35% salary increase over the last three years, nearly double that of tenured employees.
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Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
In getting elected as Speaker of the House in October of 2023, Louisiana Republican Mike Johnson's annual salary jumped to $223,500.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
Scope of the referendum: The referendum will fund district operations including staff salaries and benefits and instructional programming for students.
—Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2024
Justices of the peace serve four-year terms and receive an annual salary of about $100,000.
—Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
In getting elected as Speaker of the House in October of 2023, Louisiana Republican Mike Johnson's annual salary jumped to $223,500.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
Scope of the referendum: The referendum will fund district operations including staff salaries and benefits and instructional programming for students.
—Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2024
Justices of the peace serve four-year terms and receive an annual salary of about $100,000.
—Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Boeing machinists voted against a new labor deal that included 35% wage increases over four years, their union said Wednesday, extending a more than five-week strike that has halted most of the company’s aircraft production, which is centered in the Seattle area.Leslie Josephs, NBC News, 24 Oct. 2024
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Getty Images Boeing machinists voted 64% against a new labor deal that included 35% wage increases over four years, their union said Wednesday, extending a more than five-week strike that has halted most of the company’s aircraft production, which is centered in the Seattle area.Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2024
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Over half of consumers (53%) are using pay over time options to make the cost of a purchase more affordable.Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
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The proposal included pay raises of 30% over four years, and angered union leaders because the company announced it to the striking workers through the media and set a short ratification deadline.David Koenig and Manuel Valdes, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
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Harris hasn't proposed any tax cuts for Social Security beneficiaries, while Trump has floated eliminating federal income taxes on the retirement payments.Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
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That was not enough to make the payment excludable under section 104.Robert W. Wood, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Salary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salary. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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