fair wage

noun

: a wage that is reasonable for the type of work done

The workers claim that they are not being paid fair wages.

Examples of fair wage in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Furthermore, fair wages would allow people to support themselves during incarceration and save for when they are released, which could have a meaningful impact on well-being during and after incarceration. —Julia Bowling, The Conversation, 29 May 2026

Cucinelli also makes sure his factory workers are paid fair wages and feel like family. —Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 26 May 2026

Chavez, who helped secure rights and fair wages for farmworkers in the 1960s and ’70s, and his name and influence are inescapable in California. —Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2026

The practice was pretty much unheard of until just after the Civil War, when it was essentially implemented as a way for employers to avoid paying Black workers a fair wage. —Allyson Reedy, Denver Post, 15 Apr. 2026

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