living wage

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Recent Examples of living wage Bar advocates, who represent about 80% of indigent clients charged with crimes in the Bay State, have been on strike since May and have continued their work stoppage as their demands for a living wage remain unsatisfied. Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 7 Aug. 2025 Among those earning below the national living wage, the figures rise to 55% for those with disabilities, 54% for those from less-privileged socioeconomic backgrounds, and 47% for female respondents. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 July 2025 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. Yeo Boon Ping, 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 See All Example Sentences for living wage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for living wage
Noun
  • In Indonesia, protests came after news of a $3,000 monthly housing allowance for lawmakers, 10 times the minimum wage in a country where most people struggle to meet basic living costs.
    Elizabeth Shackelford, Twin Cities, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The formula estimates income from a minimum wage summer job, even though many technical college students work year-round and earn much more than that.
    Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Veronica hands Flavia the pay envelope.
    Han Ong, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2021
  • 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 20 Oct. 2025.

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