Examples of wage earner in a Sentence
Most wage earners were not affected by the income tax increase.
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Last month, while the overall consumer price index rose 3%, the index for urban wage earners increased 2.9%.
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Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 11 July 2024
Unscrupulous tax return preparers are promoting a scheme that targets retirees, as well as wage earners, by wrongly touting the tax filer's ability to buy clean energy credits to trim their tax bill.
—Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 11 July 2024
Police were heavy with overtime throughout the 2023 payroll year, but beyond the top 25 wage earners, overtime in the Fire Department was much less common.
—Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 2024
All wage earners, including the wealthy, pay taxes on income below that threshold.
—The Arizona Republic, 27 June 2024
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Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 11 July 2024
Unscrupulous tax return preparers are promoting a scheme that targets retirees, as well as wage earners, by wrongly touting the tax filer's ability to buy clean energy credits to trim their tax bill.
—Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 11 July 2024
Police were heavy with overtime throughout the 2023 payroll year, but beyond the top 25 wage earners, overtime in the Fire Department was much less common.
—Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 2024
All wage earners, including the wealthy, pay taxes on income below that threshold.
—The Arizona Republic, 27 June 2024
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“Wage earner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wage%20earner. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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