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Recent Examples of living wage
What is considered a living wage in Missouri in 2025?
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Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2025
Here’s how the numbers break down: What is considered a living wage in California in 2025?
—Kendrick Marshall, Sacramento Bee, 19 Feb. 2025
The living wage and minimum wage differ — living wage factors in basic expenses while minimum wage is set by state law.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2025
Listen to this article Housing Authority of Cook County union workers ratified two new union contracts this week, earning average salary floor raises of 4% and 7% and annual cost of living wage increases of 3% and 4%.
—Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
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Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2025
Here’s how the numbers break down: What is considered a living wage in California in 2025?
—Kendrick Marshall, Sacramento Bee, 19 Feb. 2025
The living wage and minimum wage differ — living wage factors in basic expenses while minimum wage is set by state law.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2025
Listen to this article Housing Authority of Cook County union workers ratified two new union contracts this week, earning average salary floor raises of 4% and 7% and annual cost of living wage increases of 3% and 4%.
—Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for living wage
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The partnership has at times opposed raising the city’s minimum wage, raising taxes on the rich to pay for free prekindergarten and providing paid sick-leave protections for all city workers.—
Nicholas Fandos,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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The City Council voted Wednesday for a sweeping package of minimum wage increases for hotel workers and employees of companies at Los Angeles International Airport.—
Noah Goldberg,
Los Angeles Times,
17 May 2025
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 28 May. 2025.
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