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Recent Examples of take-home pay
Initially, the news was met with excitement by Lopez and several in the service industry where tips can make a good portion of take-home pay.
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Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
Despite higher inflation, take-home pay for Latino workers starting in 2022’s first quarter has averaged $284.30, a level almost 5% higher under Biden.
—Louis Jacobson, Austin American-Statesman, 10 July 2024
And the joy of having more take-home pay now would evaporate when the bills start coming due.
—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
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Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
Despite higher inflation, take-home pay for Latino workers starting in 2022’s first quarter has averaged $284.30, a level almost 5% higher under Biden.
—Louis Jacobson, Austin American-Statesman, 10 July 2024
And the joy of having more take-home pay now would evaporate when the bills start coming due.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2024
Child care for Gray’s youngest son is $22,000 a year – nearly 20% of her family’s take-home pay and their second-largest monthly expense after rent.
—Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for take-home pay
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Families eligible for the subsidy must meet specific criteria, such as earning less than half the minimum wage (US$ 143.75) per capita, having elderly or disabled members receiving government financial support, or requiring electricity for medical treatments.—
Dianne Plummer,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Catch up quick: The law raised the minimum wage for fast-food employees in California at chains like McDonald's, In-N-Out and Burger King to $20 an hour – the largest in recent U.S. history – in an effort to improve living conditions for low-wage workers.—
Nadia Lopez,
Axios,
27 Feb. 2025
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Musicians’ access to healthcare has been a topic of discussion in recent weeks after Grammy-winning artist Chappell Roan used her best new artist acceptance speech advocate for healthcare and a living wage for developing artists.—
Nicole Fell,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 Feb. 2025
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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
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Even doctors who are paid a salary are often expected to meet certain RVU goals, and are paid bonuses for exceeding them.—
Ezekiel J. Emanuel,
The Atlantic,
4 Mar. 2025
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After the Samuel trade, the Niners have roughly $30 million in practical salary cap space.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
The Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2025
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His attorney estimated that lost wages and future medical costs could amount to as much as $14 million.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
11 Mar. 2025
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The millionaires’ tax applies to salary, wages and one-time earnings including the sale of homes, investments and inheritance proceeds.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
11 Mar. 2025
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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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The scheme requires drivers to a pay a fee for their vehicle to access Manhattan (below 60th Street), with the fee set higher for larger vehicles and for travel during peak times, and lower for smaller vehicles and for travel during off-peak times.—
Laurie Winkless,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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Yet another suggests hiring more controllers to train and work at understaffed facilities near home, rather than being assigned elsewhere in the country after initial training, as often happens. Follow the money: Higher pay and better scheduling are pretty much universal wants.—
Alex Fitzpatrick,
Axios,
11 Mar. 2025
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“Take-home pay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/take-home%20pay. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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