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Recent Examples of living wage
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.
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Preston Fore, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2025
If Johnston heeds that warning, the mayor will likely have to find a proposal that balances workers’ need for a living wage with the desire to attract businesses to the city core in order to find enough council support to pass the legislation.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 8 Nov. 2025
Her moving speech about protecting young artists with a living wage and basic healthcare went viral.
—Lucy Maguire, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
Granor Farm has a staff of more than 30, with over 20 full-time employees who earn a living wage and health benefits.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 17 Oct. 2025
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Preston Fore, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2025
If Johnston heeds that warning, the mayor will likely have to find a proposal that balances workers’ need for a living wage with the desire to attract businesses to the city core in order to find enough council support to pass the legislation.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 8 Nov. 2025
Her moving speech about protecting young artists with a living wage and basic healthcare went viral.
—Lucy Maguire, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
Granor Farm has a staff of more than 30, with over 20 full-time employees who earn a living wage and health benefits.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for living wage
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The opening of Buc-ee's will also bring more than 200 full-time jobs to Goodyear, which will pay above minimum wage and offer benefits.—
Dina Kaur,
AZCentral.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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That’s almost five times the minimum wage.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
8 Jan. 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 19 Jan. 2026.
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