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Recent Examples of living wage
The government's main mission was to kick start growth and make people better off but a year on, business optimism, productivity and job creation remain muted – pressured in part, by a rise in the national living wage and employers' national insurance contributions.
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Ritika Gupta, CNBC, 4 July 2025
In Massachusetts, an hourly living wage for two adults with two children is $37.71, according to MIT’s calculator.
—Addy Bink, The Hill, 21 June 2025
What To Know The best states for entry-level jobs offering salaries above the local living wage were Minnesota, Missouri, Wisconsin, Wyoming and Ohio.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
The organization aims to spark wider conversation about the fight for affordable housing and living wages through eye-catching billboards that the nonprofit buys along the 10 Freeway during spring music festival season in the Coachella Valley.
—Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2025
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Ritika Gupta, CNBC, 4 July 2025
In Massachusetts, an hourly living wage for two adults with two children is $37.71, according to MIT’s calculator.
—Addy Bink, The Hill, 21 June 2025
What To Know The best states for entry-level jobs offering salaries above the local living wage were Minnesota, Missouri, Wisconsin, Wyoming and Ohio.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
The organization aims to spark wider conversation about the fight for affordable housing and living wages through eye-catching billboards that the nonprofit buys along the 10 Freeway during spring music festival season in the Coachella Valley.
—Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for living wage
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The contract covers 160 production workers across both the Animation Guild and the Motion Picture Editors Guild (IATSE Local 700) and establishes a minimum wage, reduces healthcare coverage costs and guarantees retirement contributions, per the guilds.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
25 Sep. 2025
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The chair also called for a pause on minimum wage hikes, noting that garments remain a labor-intensive sector employing 600,000 to 800,000 workers.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
22 Sep. 2025
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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 7 Oct. 2025.
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