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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Recent data shows that 240,000 Maryland households reported $23.9 billion in federal wages annually, and this does not include income received from federal contractors who make up over 10% of Maryland’s private sector jobs.
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Tyrone E. Keys Jr., Baltimore Sun, 23 Feb. 2025
The living wages increase as more people are included in the calculations.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2025
The analysis found that all nations involved in a trade war experience a reduction in real wages, with farmers suffering the greatest losses on average.
—Jack Randall, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
From 2018 to 2022, individuals and organizations from blue states contributed nearly 60% of all federal tax receipts but only received 53% of all federal contributions to states in the form of either direct payments, grants, contracts, or wages.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Stephen Henriques, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
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Tyrone E. Keys Jr., Baltimore Sun, 23 Feb. 2025
The living wages increase as more people are included in the calculations.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2025
The analysis found that all nations involved in a trade war experience a reduction in real wages, with farmers suffering the greatest losses on average.
—Jack Randall, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
From 2018 to 2022, individuals and organizations from blue states contributed nearly 60% of all federal tax receipts but only received 53% of all federal contributions to states in the form of either direct payments, grants, contracts, or wages.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Stephen Henriques, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
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“Wage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wage. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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