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Recent Examples of take-home pay
And the joy of having more take-home pay now would evaporate when the bills start coming due.
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2024
Child care for Gray’s youngest son is $22,000 a year – nearly 20% of her family’s take-home pay and their second-largest monthly expense after rent.
—Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2024
At the time of the podcast’s recording, the couple was allocating 14% of their take-home pay toward retirement and other post-tax investments.
—Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2024
That would be a quarter of Patterson’s take-home pay, almost twice what consumer finance experts recommend.
—Ryan Gabrielson, ProPublica, 12 Sep. 2024
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2024
Child care for Gray’s youngest son is $22,000 a year – nearly 20% of her family’s take-home pay and their second-largest monthly expense after rent.
—Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2024
At the time of the podcast’s recording, the couple was allocating 14% of their take-home pay toward retirement and other post-tax investments.
—Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2024
That would be a quarter of Patterson’s take-home pay, almost twice what consumer finance experts recommend.
—Ryan Gabrielson, ProPublica, 12 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for take-home pay
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Michigan's minimum wage is slated to be $10.56, up 23 cents, due to legislation.Kate Gibson, CBS News, 30 Dec. 2024
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The highest minimum wages will be in Washington, California and Connecticut, all of which will top $16 an hour after modest increases.David A. Lieb, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
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Jobs in these fields are likely to pay a living wage, according to 2023 pay data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
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And the lowest portion of workers living in poverty, demonstrating that workers in New Hampshire are paid a living wage.Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
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After leaving the military, Jabbar obtained a job at Deloitte, earning a salary of roughly $120,000 per year.Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 2 Jan. 2025
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Two-way contracts pay players half of the NBA’s rookie minimum salary, which is about $579k this season.Tony East, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
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Labor market stamina, marked by low layoffs and strong wage growth are underpinning consumer spending.Lucia Mutikani, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
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First, workers benefit from collective bargaining negotiations with higher wages, better working conditions, and more benefits.The Denver Post Editorial Board, The Denver Post, 21 Dec. 2024
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Veronica hands Flavia the pay envelope.Han Ong, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2021
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The men who built the ships of the U.S. Navy men like Charles Fort of Dundalk and William Hooper of White Marsh had the satisfaction of doing a job right, of contributing to the nation's defense and of bringing home to their eastern Baltimore County communities a regular pay envelope.Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 9 Aug. 2021
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Policymakers are right to take a closer look at how these pay rules are really playing out, especially on immigrant communities who disproportionately bear the burden of flawed policies.Husein Yatabarry, New York Daily News, 21 Dec. 2024
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Sanders said his client was then suspended without pay despite putting in her retirement notice earlier this week.Philip Marcelo, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
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“Take-home pay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/take-home%20pay. Accessed 7 Jan. 2025.
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