living wage

noun

Definition of living wagenext
as in minimum wage

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Recent Examples of living wage Additionally, the brand’s Living Wage Program, a supply chain initiative that assesses living wage benchmarks based on regional costs of living, continued with eight suppliers. — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 1 June 2026 Living in sunny paradise, teaching less than 20 hours a week, being paid what might be considered a living wage, but only if your standards are low enough. — Aimie K. Runyan, PEOPLE, 30 May 2026 The County Council does not provide a living wage on its own, and this rule further restricts who can effectively serve on the council to candidates. — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 20 May 2026 The living wage in Mecklenburg County is currently estimated around $53,100, according to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Living Wage Calculator. — Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 10 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for living wage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for living wage
  1. minimum wage
  2. pay envelope
Noun
  • About three-quarters of the 53-man roster will be guys on one-year contacts, many at near NFL minimum wage, a league record.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 23 Aug. 2026
  • To Singh, that’s a powerful opportunity for his city’s poorer residents who may be struggling to find even minimum wage jobs.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of minimum wage
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  • Immigrant workmen gave up a pay envelope, schoolchildren put in pennies — upward of 150,000 people in all, each name and each donation noted by Pulitzer’s New York World, and almost each one under a dollar.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Frustrated by the limits of collective bargaining, Reuther came to complain that bargaining, once so promising, had come to focus on just another nickel in the pay envelope.
    — John Gallagher, Detroit Free Press, 19 Oct. 2019
Definition of pay envelope

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“Living wage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/living%20wage. Accessed 25 Aug. 2026.

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