Examples of wage earner in a Sentence
Most wage earners were not affected by the income tax increase.
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More than 12 million Americans spend at least half of their paycheck on rent, and housing prices in 99% of U.S. counties are unaffordable for the average wage earner, according to data from real estate data provider ATTOM.
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Simmone Shah, TIME, 10 June 2024
By the end of the century, for the first time in U.S. history, nonagricultural workers outnumbered farmers and wage earners outnumbered independent artisans.
—David W. Blight, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2020
Spending patterns cover all urban consumers and urban wage earners and clerical workers in urban or metropolitan areas.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 15 May 2024
California’s other low wage earners ask: What about us?
—Defne Karabatur, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2024
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Simmone Shah, TIME, 10 June 2024
By the end of the century, for the first time in U.S. history, nonagricultural workers outnumbered farmers and wage earners outnumbered independent artisans.
—David W. Blight, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2020
Spending patterns cover all urban consumers and urban wage earners and clerical workers in urban or metropolitan areas.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 15 May 2024
California’s other low wage earners ask: What about us?
—Defne Karabatur, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2024
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“Wage earner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wage%20earner. Accessed 17 Jun. 2024.
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