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Recent Examples of take-home pay
That would be a quarter of Patterson’s take-home pay, almost twice what consumer finance experts recommend.
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Ryan Gabrielson, ProPublica, 12 Sep. 2024
Recognize that for these workers, the gap between their take-home pay and affordable food can be burdensome.
—Hank Cardello, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Without the support, Wright-Oviedo said, her family would be spending $2,600 a month on child care, consuming at least half their take-home pay.
—Maya Huter, NBC News, 30 Oct. 2024
In eleven states and the District of Columbia, child care costs at least twice as much as typical monthly rent or mortgage payments, and two-thirds of parents nationwide report spending twenty per cent or more of their take-home pay on child care.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2024
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Ryan Gabrielson, ProPublica, 12 Sep. 2024
Recognize that for these workers, the gap between their take-home pay and affordable food can be burdensome.
—Hank Cardello, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Without the support, Wright-Oviedo said, her family would be spending $2,600 a month on child care, consuming at least half their take-home pay.
—Maya Huter, NBC News, 30 Oct. 2024
In eleven states and the District of Columbia, child care costs at least twice as much as typical monthly rent or mortgage payments, and two-thirds of parents nationwide report spending twenty per cent or more of their take-home pay on child care.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for take-home pay
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Some economists argue that pursuing a taxation exemption will take the focus off more broad measures of helping low-wage earners, including the expansion of certain tax credits for low-income workers, elimination of the subminimum wage of $2.13 and raising of the $7.25 minimum wage.Matthew Glowicki, USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2024
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However, for the fast food industry in the Golden State, the minimum wage is $20 per hour, the highest in the United States.Rohit Arora, Forbes, 21 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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Also make sure that the salary you’re being offered is fair compared to what employees at the company’s headquarters are making.Jaime Catmull, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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Freelancing can also be a way to access this kind of talent without paying the high salaries that AI engineers command.Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
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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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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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Employees who are classified as essential for critical operations in defense, energy, agriculture and other sectors would continue to work without pay.Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 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 27 Dec. 2024.
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