How to Use living wage in a Sentence

living wage

noun
  • He was barely earning a living wage.
  • In the survey, a living wage was defined as $19.50 an hour.
    — Gustavo Solis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2020
  • In Montana, a living wage for the same household stands at about $16.30.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 10 Jan. 2023
  • New groves dot the hills above town, though their owners don’t yet make a living wage from them.
    — Zoey Poll, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021
  • The Wealth of Nations and in Teddy Roosevelt’s call for a living wage in 1912.
    — Time, 22 Dec. 2020
  • In Johnson County, the hourly living wage goes up to $27.05.
    — Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 3 Jan. 2025
  • For all the growth, players aren’t yet earning a living wage.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 4 July 2021
  • Proposes the state pass a Green New Deal to fund those projects and create jobs that pay a living wage.
    — Mallory Moench, Dustin Gardiner, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Feb. 2022
  • The journey from high school to a living wage is challenging for many young adults.
    — Khaitsa Wasiyo, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The rate this year shoots up to more than $30 for single parents to make a living wage in Dallas-Fort Worth.
    — Dallas News, 5 Aug. 2022
  • But for workers to pay their own way, businesses would have to pay them a living wage.
    — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 20 Sep. 2021
  • Not many, if anyone, can make a true living wage by these methods.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Jan. 2022
  • For me, when Amazon starts paying its workers a living wage, and at least a $15/hr.
    — Jane Carr, CNN, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Mama is out here fighting for a living wage babyyyyy💪 .
    — Time, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The beloved diner was well known in the community and for paying a living wage.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 18 Jan. 2024
  • That depended on having a good job that paid a living wage.
    — Don Leonard, The Conversation, 6 Aug. 2021
  • All workers now earn a living wage that starts at $20 an hour, according to the agency.
    — oregonlive, 14 Sep. 2021
  • Bush’s belief in the need for a living wage was strengthened by her battles with poverty.
    — Adrienne Gaffney, ELLE, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Even the $15 living wage championed by Democrats would not make a dent in the vast majority of states.
    — Tracy Jan, chicagotribune.com, 13 June 2018
  • Each person who works full-time deserves a living wage.
    — Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Those from the left, however, are concerned that workers will not be paid a living wage.
    — Charles Towers-Clark, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Then the second thing that was important to us was to find an industry that pays a living wage.
    — Heather Wishart-Smith, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
  • So Dallas leaders are launching a campaign that aims to double the rate of young adults equipped to earn a living wage by 2040.
    — Talia Richman, Dallas News, 11 Nov. 2020
  • Making sure all employees have a living wage is a good place to start, but salary is only part of the equation, of course.
    — Pehr Gyllenhammar For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 23 Sep. 2020
  • Every Alaskan has the right to earn a living wage without having to hold down two or three jobs to accomplish that.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 3 Oct. 2020
  • The study measures the proportion of workers seeking but unable to find a full-time job that pays a living wage.
    — Justin L. MacK, Axios, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Due to the high cost of child care, that estimated living wage spikes to $33.36 an hour for one adult with one child in Alabama.
    — Matt Egan, CNN, 22 Oct. 2024
  • In your case, this means letting your clients know about your commitment to paying a living wage.
    — Dan Ariely, WSJ, 27 Jan. 2022
  • However, several commissioners and CMS board members urged them to get the minimum hourly wage to $20, in order to help workers earn closer to a living wage.
    — Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Its economy has grown at more than 6% annually for many years, in part thanks to a burgeoning garment industry that has provided millions with a living wage and made women more independent.
    — Bymartin Enserink, science.org, 6 Feb. 2025

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