living wage
noun
1
: a subsistence wage
2
: a wage sufficient to provide the necessities and comforts essential to an acceptable standard of living
Examples of living wage in a Sentence
He was barely earning a living wage.
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In addition to cost of living wage increases, the guild is also seeking to preserve layoff protections and add new guardrails to the contract that prevent work from being outsourced to third-party companies and/or non-union labor.
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Katie Campione, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
Pearson's campaign platform includes labor rights and living wages, affordable housing, Medicare for All, environmental justice, federal investment to combat poverty and gun reform.
—Beatrice Peterson, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2025
Locations influence living wages Using the calculator, Artios ranked the states in terms of an average living wage for one worker and no kids compared to each state's minimum.
—Russ Wiles, AZCentral.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Scotland’s national living wage (the minimum hourly rate for those 23 and older) rose from $12.08 in 2021 to $14.13 in 2023.
—Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2025
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Katie Campione, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
Pearson's campaign platform includes labor rights and living wages, affordable housing, Medicare for All, environmental justice, federal investment to combat poverty and gun reform.
—Beatrice Peterson, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2025
Locations influence living wages Using the calculator, Artios ranked the states in terms of an average living wage for one worker and no kids compared to each state's minimum.
—Russ Wiles, AZCentral.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Scotland’s national living wage (the minimum hourly rate for those 23 and older) rose from $12.08 in 2021 to $14.13 in 2023.
—Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for living wage
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“Living wage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/living%20wage. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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