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Recent Examples of living wage
An uncomfortable truth is that many remaining U.S. garment workers earn a smaller share of a living wage than their counterparts in some of the countries where a lot of American clothing is made, such as Cambodia or Vietnam.
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Elizabeth Cline, The Atlantic, 8 July 2025
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.
—Ritika Gupta, CNBC, 4 July 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
How much did living wages increase from 2025? Living wages for single people, couples and families increased across the board compared to February 2024, according to MIT living wage calculator data.
—Kendrick Marshall, Sacramento Bee, 19 Feb. 2025
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Elizabeth Cline, The Atlantic, 8 July 2025
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.
—Ritika Gupta, CNBC, 4 July 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
How much did living wages increase from 2025? Living wages for single people, couples and families increased across the board compared to February 2024, according to MIT living wage calculator data.
—Kendrick Marshall, Sacramento Bee, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for living wage
Noun
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The process has allowed Missourians to raise the minimum wage, legalize both recreational and medical marijuana and expand Medicaid in recent years.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
4 Sep. 2025
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However, many states and localities have adopted higher minimum wage rates, some reaching as high as $18 per hour, such as in the District of Columbia.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
3 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 11 Sep. 2025.
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