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Recent Examples of wage earner
Meanwhile, rising household incomes, economic expansion, pension reform, and adjustments to the healthcare system have allowed more households to exist with just one wage earner.
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Rocio Wu, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
By August 2022, lower wage earners were averaging 7% yearly pay increases compared to 4.5% for the higher earners, the Atlanta Fed data shows.
—Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2025
Ladders’ data shows that remote-work opportunities for the highest wage earners have fallen every quarter since Q3 of 2022.
—Brooke Seipel, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2024
Under such a plan, these higher wage earners would pay the 6.2% payroll tax on nearly $74,000 more of their wages.
—Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 14 Nov. 2024
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Rocio Wu, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
By August 2022, lower wage earners were averaging 7% yearly pay increases compared to 4.5% for the higher earners, the Atlanta Fed data shows.
—Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2025
Ladders’ data shows that remote-work opportunities for the highest wage earners have fallen every quarter since Q3 of 2022.
—Brooke Seipel, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2024
Under such a plan, these higher wage earners would pay the 6.2% payroll tax on nearly $74,000 more of their wages.
—Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 14 Nov. 2024
See All Example Sentences for wage earner
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“Wage earner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wage%20earner. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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