six-figure
adjective
: in the hundreds of thousands : totaling 100,000 or more but less than one million
a six-figure income
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Their reusable balloons launch from a pickup in ten minutes, giving emergency crews live fire intel without the six-figure satellite bill—or the wait.
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Marianne Lehnis, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
After recently getting an additional $75 billion in funding from Congress, ICE has amplified its recruitment efforts, flooding social media sites with posters promising recruits benefits such as student loan repayment, the $50,000 signing bonus, and a six-figure yearly salary.
—Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
Michael Lucchesi, 67, the former head of emergency medicine at Downstate, used the Brooklyn hospital and med school’s business credit card to give a healthy boost to his already six-figure salary, using taxpayer dollars to live large and make sure his pups were pampered.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2025
The six-figure jobs are out there, but the skills many young people currently possess aren’t.
—Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
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Marianne Lehnis, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
After recently getting an additional $75 billion in funding from Congress, ICE has amplified its recruitment efforts, flooding social media sites with posters promising recruits benefits such as student loan repayment, the $50,000 signing bonus, and a six-figure yearly salary.
—Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
Michael Lucchesi, 67, the former head of emergency medicine at Downstate, used the Brooklyn hospital and med school’s business credit card to give a healthy boost to his already six-figure salary, using taxpayer dollars to live large and make sure his pups were pampered.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2025
The six-figure jobs are out there, but the skills many young people currently possess aren’t.
—Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for six-figure
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“Six-figure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/six-figure. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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