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Recent Examples of living wage
The living wage in Mecklenburg County for a single, childless adult is currently $55,307, according to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Living Wage Calculator.
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Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 7 Jan. 2026
The Padres, early on, implored the mayor and City Council to remove Petco Park from the tourism wage mandate, arguing that the team is already subject to the city’s living wage ordinance, which imposes a higher wage floor than the citywide minimum wage.
—Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025
What is considered a living wage in Indianapolis?
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 11 Dec. 2025
As of 2024, 39% of factories are paying a living wage, and an additional 29% are paying wages that are 80% of living wages or more.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2025
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Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 7 Jan. 2026
The Padres, early on, implored the mayor and City Council to remove Petco Park from the tourism wage mandate, arguing that the team is already subject to the city’s living wage ordinance, which imposes a higher wage floor than the citywide minimum wage.
—Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025
What is considered a living wage in Indianapolis?
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 11 Dec. 2025
As of 2024, 39% of factories are paying a living wage, and an additional 29% are paying wages that are 80% of living wages or more.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for living wage
Noun
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Over the last year, labor tensions over minimum wages and working conditions have intensified over the past year, even as global consumption patterns disrupted orders.—
Mayu Saini,
Sourcing Journal,
16 Feb. 2026
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They are paid well below minimum wage for the work.—
Shelly Bradbury,
Denver Post,
16 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Veronica hands Flavia the pay envelope.—
Han Ong,
The New Yorker,
6 Sep. 2021
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The men who built the ships of the U.S. Navy men like Charles Fort of Dundalk and William Hooper of White Marsh had the satisfaction of doing a job right, of contributing to the nation's defense and of bringing home to their eastern Baltimore County communities a regular pay envelope.—
Jacques Kelly,
baltimoresun.com,
9 Aug. 2021
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“Living wage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/living%20wage. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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